Sunday, January 28, 2007
Training College!!!
So, I know that it's been awhile since I last blogged. Many apologies!! Life has been sooo busy, It's been great! I am in College!! WOOHOO. God is so good! Since I last blogged I have been busy with Farewell meetings @ Werribee and also at Melbourne Centrals Divisional meeting, which was great. I have 2 rooms @ College, very spacious and really homely. I love it! My sessional buddies are just incredible! We're all still settling in still and some of us are even still unpacking! Classes start on the 31st of this month (only a couple of days to go). We have Orientation until the 11th of Feb and then move into a 2 week intensive on 'Worship & Preaching' then, after that 2 weeks we move into the beginning of the semester. Can I ask that you please pray for all of the 'Witnesses for Christ' session (W4C)not just in Australia, but all over the world as we step into the fulness of what God wants us to do, and that is to change the world by sharing His love, grace, peace, justice and forgiveness. Pray that we continue to stay passionate and become even more passionate as we serve God in this way, That He would mould us and make us all that He wants us to be. May this be the beginning of a MIGHTY REVIVAL in Australia and a Revolution world-wide. HALLELUJAH!! God is SOOO GOOD!!! Love, Prayers & Blessings always, Cadet Stobes!! hehehe (still sounds bizarre!)
Saturday, January 6, 2007
He is ABLE!!
I want to share with you, some of the things that God has been doing in my life..
I'll start with New Years Eve. For those who don't know, I work in Events Management at an Events Centre. I also do Comepetition Rock 'n' Roll Dancing. Are you still with me? My Rock 'n' Roll clug run dances at the Events Centre where I work. They had a MASSIVE New Years Eve Dance!! 500 people in attendance. A life band, DJ, Awesome Outfits and lots of dancing! I arrived @ about 8pm and went straight into the Centre's Office to talk to my friends who were working that night. We had been chatting for literally 5 minutes when my dance teacher ran in and said ''Quick, we need help, a man is having a seizure on the dance floor'' There were 3 of us there. It was my built in instinct to take charge. I asked one of the guys to call the ambulance and asked the 2nd guy to accompany me in and attempt to ease the situation. We could not find this man (By this stage my brain is overloaded with prayers) We finally found him after 30 seconds in between 2 tables. This man was not a petite fellow! About 50 people were attempting to administer First Aid. As soon as I got there I said ''Unless you are a Doctor or Nurse, I'd appreciate you all stepping back as we are both highly trained in work place first aid. So they did and a nurse stepped forward and helped us. The man started going very purple after his seizure. His false teeth had began to block his airways. I removed them and we placed him in the lateral position. He had a pulse, but it was very weak and his breathing went from stable to shallow. He began turning purple again. A very, very dark purple. It was horrific! He had now stopped breathing. I checked his pulse and his heart was not beating. This man was in complete heart failure. So I began Compressions and the nurse did the breathing. After 4 goes at doing 30 compressions each time, I swapped with my work mate and he did 4 and we repeated this until the ambulance came. We revived this man 4 times before the ambulance arrived. We lost him again while the ambulance people were there and straight away the hooked him up to a Defibrilator machine. They worked on him for 15 minutes and then the MICA Ambulance came (They are pretty much an intensive care unit that specialise in very serious cases. Generally the staff are more advanced and experienced and are able to administer higher amounts of medication. When they arrived, My role change. They didn't need 7 people working on this guy. So I went over to his wife and simply sat with her, comforted her, gave her a warm hug and was Jesus to her. I was praying even more during this time and I looked around and saw another lady praying and the Scripture that says ''When 2 or more gather in my name, there is power' And I was like 'Ok God, do Your thing!'They eventually had to give him a drug that paralysed him, so that they could place a tube down his throat to assist him with his breathing. They took him off to hospital and I we received a call @ 11pm that same night saying that he was in a stable condition. PRAISE GOD! I also received a phone call from my manager on Thursday telling me that the man had woken up out of his Coma with very minimal brain damage that will be healed in no time. This man was without Oxygen for approx. 5 minutes. AFTER 3 minutes your major organs begin to close down. How does this happen? The Grace of our God! He was faithful, He IS faithful. I don't take credit for this because I know that it was all God's doing, not mine. He is ABLE! Hallelujah!!
On a sadder note, I received a call from a very close friend on Thursday telling me that her cancer had returned and it was not looking the best. It hit very close to home. For those who don't know, In 2004 my Mum died after a very brave and long 4 year battle with Cancer. So it was very hard for me to hear those words 'My cancer is back' and she told me it was hard for her to say those words to me. She has asked me to pray for her, she didn't have to ask as I do pray for her all the time. It turns out that she went to Primary School with my Dad's girlfriend. So there are lots of people praying for her. Sometime over the next 2 weeks she is going to come over for dinner. I firmly believe that on that night God will do a mighty thing and she will come to the Lord. PLEASE pray that it be so. She was suppossed to call me the other day, she didn't so I messaged her and she sent one back saying 'The morphine (for the pain) and the heat don't mix. I just woke up. Will call you tomorrow. Please keep praying' I understand some may think she is only taking an interest in God because she is sick with Cancer. However, I believe that God is using this situation for His Glory. And I'm beliving very strongly that she will come to know God. I love her very dearly and hope to support her in any way I can. He is Able!!!
O Lord - Every good thing comes from you and I ask that as the man who suffered the attack on New Years begins to recover I pray that Your blessing, grace and healing hand be with him and that his heart may be open to you. And Lord for my very good friend Robin, please comfort her, heal her, use me to support her and bring her close to you. Believing in You and Your might forever, Amen. Bless you all!!
I'll start with New Years Eve. For those who don't know, I work in Events Management at an Events Centre. I also do Comepetition Rock 'n' Roll Dancing. Are you still with me? My Rock 'n' Roll clug run dances at the Events Centre where I work. They had a MASSIVE New Years Eve Dance!! 500 people in attendance. A life band, DJ, Awesome Outfits and lots of dancing! I arrived @ about 8pm and went straight into the Centre's Office to talk to my friends who were working that night. We had been chatting for literally 5 minutes when my dance teacher ran in and said ''Quick, we need help, a man is having a seizure on the dance floor'' There were 3 of us there. It was my built in instinct to take charge. I asked one of the guys to call the ambulance and asked the 2nd guy to accompany me in and attempt to ease the situation. We could not find this man (By this stage my brain is overloaded with prayers) We finally found him after 30 seconds in between 2 tables. This man was not a petite fellow! About 50 people were attempting to administer First Aid. As soon as I got there I said ''Unless you are a Doctor or Nurse, I'd appreciate you all stepping back as we are both highly trained in work place first aid. So they did and a nurse stepped forward and helped us. The man started going very purple after his seizure. His false teeth had began to block his airways. I removed them and we placed him in the lateral position. He had a pulse, but it was very weak and his breathing went from stable to shallow. He began turning purple again. A very, very dark purple. It was horrific! He had now stopped breathing. I checked his pulse and his heart was not beating. This man was in complete heart failure. So I began Compressions and the nurse did the breathing. After 4 goes at doing 30 compressions each time, I swapped with my work mate and he did 4 and we repeated this until the ambulance came. We revived this man 4 times before the ambulance arrived. We lost him again while the ambulance people were there and straight away the hooked him up to a Defibrilator machine. They worked on him for 15 minutes and then the MICA Ambulance came (They are pretty much an intensive care unit that specialise in very serious cases. Generally the staff are more advanced and experienced and are able to administer higher amounts of medication. When they arrived, My role change. They didn't need 7 people working on this guy. So I went over to his wife and simply sat with her, comforted her, gave her a warm hug and was Jesus to her. I was praying even more during this time and I looked around and saw another lady praying and the Scripture that says ''When 2 or more gather in my name, there is power' And I was like 'Ok God, do Your thing!'They eventually had to give him a drug that paralysed him, so that they could place a tube down his throat to assist him with his breathing. They took him off to hospital and I we received a call @ 11pm that same night saying that he was in a stable condition. PRAISE GOD! I also received a phone call from my manager on Thursday telling me that the man had woken up out of his Coma with very minimal brain damage that will be healed in no time. This man was without Oxygen for approx. 5 minutes. AFTER 3 minutes your major organs begin to close down. How does this happen? The Grace of our God! He was faithful, He IS faithful. I don't take credit for this because I know that it was all God's doing, not mine. He is ABLE! Hallelujah!!
On a sadder note, I received a call from a very close friend on Thursday telling me that her cancer had returned and it was not looking the best. It hit very close to home. For those who don't know, In 2004 my Mum died after a very brave and long 4 year battle with Cancer. So it was very hard for me to hear those words 'My cancer is back' and she told me it was hard for her to say those words to me. She has asked me to pray for her, she didn't have to ask as I do pray for her all the time. It turns out that she went to Primary School with my Dad's girlfriend. So there are lots of people praying for her. Sometime over the next 2 weeks she is going to come over for dinner. I firmly believe that on that night God will do a mighty thing and she will come to the Lord. PLEASE pray that it be so. She was suppossed to call me the other day, she didn't so I messaged her and she sent one back saying 'The morphine (for the pain) and the heat don't mix. I just woke up. Will call you tomorrow. Please keep praying' I understand some may think she is only taking an interest in God because she is sick with Cancer. However, I believe that God is using this situation for His Glory. And I'm beliving very strongly that she will come to know God. I love her very dearly and hope to support her in any way I can. He is Able!!!
O Lord - Every good thing comes from you and I ask that as the man who suffered the attack on New Years begins to recover I pray that Your blessing, grace and healing hand be with him and that his heart may be open to you. And Lord for my very good friend Robin, please comfort her, heal her, use me to support her and bring her close to you. Believing in You and Your might forever, Amen. Bless you all!!
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