Becoming a Bible Detective (SOMD ~ WK 7)

This week our speaker challenged us this week and become Sherlock Holmes and discover what the Bible has to say. It was super challenging, but in a different way than I've been challenged before. I'm not really sure how to share what I've learned this week. It was a lot of personal revelation that I don't know as much as I thought I did about the Bible and that I need to go back to God to truly understand what I am reading. Our speaker Heather also challenged me with my spiritual worldview and how Scripture supports what I believe. I love how everything Heather spoke about, she backed up with scripture. If we had any questions, she encouraged us to answer it with what we've learned rather than try to feed us her opinion.

I have grown up with a very western worldview. Others have grown up with a traditional worldview. There's nothing wrong with this, it's just that we see and learn about God differently. This means as a missionary, I have to have an understanding of another's worldview in order to know how to share and teach about God. If someone came to me and told me about Jesus and had cold hard facts to back up what they are saying, I would probably believe them. I would still probably have questions but I would be able to begin to understand who Jesus is and who he can become to me.  If they tried to do this in Asia, where they have a more traditional worldview, then history and truth would not be enough from them to believe. They value power and they would want to see proof of it in order to believe. A traditional worldview also has a totally different view on the spiritual world than what I grew up in. Heather broke this all down for us so we can learn to understand different cultures. Traditional worldview believes in spirits, ghosts, blessings, curses, magic, witchcraft on a totally different level then us in the west. I grew up with all these spiritual things being super glamorized in Hollywood. I don't live my life affected by these things, but those in the traditional worldview, live their lives based on how spirits will affect them. If we don't as least learn about these things, then we will not understand how to reach them with the Gospel. We all have a message to deliver, but do we know how to "package" it and deliver it to the appropriate person.
This week also showed me more of the Israelites worldview in the Old Testament, which we are still reading through (We are half way done! We will finish the Old Testament and start Matthew on Monday!). I loved when we were shown the original Hebrew and the original meaning of the passages we were reading. It's crazy how when a verse is translated into English, the whole meaning of the verse can be changed. I am really enjoying reading through the whole Bible. I am absorbing so much by reading whole books in one sitting. I am building a mental timeline and understanding the context in which it was written a little more each week.

 I ALMOST FORGOT! I have a really exciting announcement!!! I am going on outreach to......

GREECE!!!! 

I am soooooo excited for this outreach. There is a huge Syrian refugee crisis in Greece right now and they are needing aid once they land in the country, and we get the opportunity to serve and tell them about who God is to us as Christians. There have been more Muslims coming to Christ then ever before. I love how YWAM takes time to teach and then gives a way to take what was learned and apply it. I am so excited to be apart of the story. 

Please be praying for the other students in my school, as they make the decision on whether they will be joining this optional outreach and also for finances for those who feel called to go. My leaders will be announcing more details and the final team next week. 

Thank you all so much for your support and prayers during my time here at YWAM LA. Love you all! 

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Jordyne Castaneda 

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