WEEK TWO!!!

Here is more information! It is really awesome.

So it's been a really wonderful week two. I felt the Lord so much this week. On Wednesday the Lord said to me "the kingdom of heaven is a servants heart." I spent the rest of the week dwelling on it, still am haha..for the first time I really understood the desire to be in the lowest place! As I was laying facedown in the dirt with children stepping all over me I was crying out "oh God take me lower! Take me lower!" what I am realizing is that only the presence of the Lord can give you the desire to be hungrier for Him; only the presence of the Lord can make you want to go lower, to be more humble. This is what we should pray for: more hunger, more thirst, more humility. You see, when you are So hungry, you will eat anything! (and are thankful!) When you are full, you can end up turning down the things of God. 

A few months ago I started praying "Jesus I want to see your eyes!!" and I desired so much to see them. Of course in my mind I thought I would have a visitation or see visions of Jesus' eyes. But when I came here to mozambique, I saw Jesus in the eyes of the children. They are covered in dirt and rags and are the beautiful bride of our Lord. When you see Jesus in someone, how could you not love them with all that you are. Well I now want to see Jesus in every person I look at. Since this lines up with His heart, He has revealed Himself in every person I look at and wow, He is so beautiful!! 

For all who are reading this, thank you. Thank you for your prayers! I still need them more than ever haha just like Gods mercies are new every morning, I need a greater measure of grace every morning! Haha  today to get back from town we took a 'shapa' (van). It's like a 12 passenger van and 27 people were crammed in it! It was crazy. As I looked through a small hole between the limbs and clothing of the people in my row, I saw the most amazing view I've ever seen. We were on top of the city and I could see a whole hillside of villages with the ocean as the backdrop. It was incredible. I'm trying to take full advantage of the bright blue indian ocean. 

I miss you guys back home! Time is seeming to fly by though. I've noticed that me and Garrett are having totally different experiences (he is on the floor every service lol) and I don't really see him much. It's cool though because we will have 2 different experiences to bring back to campbellsville with us!  Next year is going to be awesome. The Lord has big plans. 

Much love! 

First Week of Blessings and Lessons!

It  has been difficult to get updates from Deanna, but we feel very blessed when I do receive any news at all from her. This is an email we just received from her to share with you.


WEEK 1
I have now been here for one whole week! Because the Lord’s ways are higher than our ways, this adventure has been so different than I thought it would be. There have already been ups and downs and miracles and sufferings. The more I press in to the presence of God, the more I realize that I don’t know anything haha not even why I am here and I love it!! Its so great being clueless and knowing that my Daddy God will pull through with Glory! I am learning even more how faithful God is. I am so thankful that He does not move based on our feelings. When I don’t feel the presence in worship, it does not mean that He is not moving. He is doing wonderful things even when I am so unaware.
I am so blessed here..I’ll talk about some of the highlights of the week. I’ve already heard some awesome speakers including Randy Clark about four times, Will Hart (from Furious Love), Mattheus from Holland, and Heidi and Rolland A LOT! I got a hug from Heidi YAY! Haha

Children’s Day:
My 2nd or 3rd day here was Children’s Day. It is a HUGE holiday here in Mozambique. A whole day to celebrate the children! Yay! There was so much Joy in worship that morning. After that we had an Amazing meal of chicken, rice, and cabbage (still has been the best meal ive had). We then celebrated the kids! Over 4,000 children got a meal of chicken and a cold coke (their favorite)! As I hugged on those children, I FELL IN LOVE! The rest of the day all I could say was “I’m so in love I could die right now!” and I meant it! Haha! I really felt like I was wrapping my arms around my true love, Jesus. What a miracle! Haha and you all know my human extent of compassion. I’m thankful for Heaven downloads. 

Weekend Conference in Mieze:

Well that weekend we went about 20 min away to a conference in Mieze with Randy Clark and Heidi and Rolland Baker. Ill keep the complaining short and say..it was the opposite of children’s day for me. I was quite miserable and wanted to leave the whole time I was camping out there. I needed grace so badly for my lack of compassion, will to eat the food, lack of sleep, frustration with the language barrier and the heat! Well Gods just bigger than all that stuff haha..Friday night so many people were healed! A baby was blind in one eye and some of my friends saw it turn from white to brown and it could see! I was with a group praying for an older blind woman. We just had so much compassion for her the longer we prayed. After about 30 min, we brought her on stage to Heidi since that baby could now see. We were asked to soak her in prayer while Heidi prayed for someone else. When she finally came back over, she grabbed the woman by the hand and gave her a deep hug full of love. She then asked her if she could see, and the woman said she could see the bright light and that she had never seen light before!!! She then accepted Jesus! Even though she still couldn’t see, there was such joy released in her salvation! The next night a boy who had never walked before was healed and walked across the stage! Also a baby who was blind and could not stand or walk was totally healed, saw his mom for the first time, and walked to her! Then a torrential downpour of rain fell. In Mozi if rain falls, it is the Ultimate sign of God’s presence! We found out today that it was not scheduled to rain until November, and it ONLY rained on the conference!! Not even a mile away was bone dry dirt!! The whole time we were singing in out flooded tents “You’ll come like the rain! You’ll come like the rain!!” My favorite miracle that happened was on Sunday. For lunch the meal for the people to come was bread rolls.  They had 1,500 rolls and 2,500 people. Every person ate a whole roll! Haha yay!! There were miracles in our mist and we didn’t even know it until today!!
oh i love you all so much. thank you for reading my updates and for all the prayers! feel free to email me at dmulhall13@gmail.com. i really want to hear about your alls lives too and whats going on this summer! 

First Couple of Days!

This is a copy of an email sent to us and I just copied and pasted into Deanna's blog:

Hey family and friends!!
So I am already in LOVE with Mozambique! I don't have long on here,
but know a blog post is coming shortly :)
I miss you all! and to all who sent me texts, THANK YOU! it was so
sweet to hear from you!

It is really hot here haha maybe 90s and humid? and we are outside all
day..after day one i figured out exactly what i shouldve packed and
what i packed that was unnecessary.

I have great house mates! 13 girls cramed into the smallest rooms ive
ever seen with 2 bathrooms. like there isnt even enough room to change
in your room, and the bathrooms are all covered with water. haha and i
love it!!

I have already heard Randy Clark and Heidi Baker speak twice!! This
weekend we have the amazing opportunity to go to a Mozambican
conference in Maize (dont know the spelling). It is about 20 minutes
off base. Heidi and Randy are leading it. We will camp out all weekend
with no showers or bathrooms with about 1000 mozambican pastors who
will have traveled days to get here! It is a one of a kind
opportunity!

Ill probably repeat some of this in my blog, but thats ok lol..

I never knew I could love this children so much. The kids on the iris
base are just amazing. I need so much grace to help remember their
names and faces and to learn the language.

I do have a few prayer requests :)
-grace for the heat of Mozambique! haha im white.
-please pray for increased hunger for the presence of God for me. I NEED IT!!!
-that the Lord would keep revealing my destiny in greater measures
-that I never get tired of rice and beans every meal! yay!!

Oh there is so much joy in communion with God and His people!

I love you all!!

Deanna

P.s. I love hearing from you guys!! please write me :)