Taipei 101 and 101 things I'm thankful for.

Yesterday Robert, Genese and I were able to go to the second highest building in the world, named Taipei 101 because it has 101 floors. It was a great day to give thanks to God and celebrate the way he got all of us to Taiwan to be a part of the SBS.

Some of the SBS crew in front of Taipei 101

Part of our School of Biblical studies is to do a final application after we finish reading each book of the bible. For the book of Colossians, I was inspired by Paul's words: “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:15–17, ESV).

So, for my final application I took some time and just wrote a list of 101 things I was thankful for, you don't have to read it all, I mostly did for personal edification and enrichment. I deeply enjoyed it, and it gave me much for faith in what God is capable of doing, and highly encourage each one to apply Paul's words in their own way.

1. A sweet laptop
2. a comfy bed
3. salvation from the power of sin
4. salvation from the power of death
5. when I die I get to see Jesus!
6. Jesus loves me!
7. The Father loves me!
8. The Holy Spirit loves me!
9. I've never been starving in my entire life!
10. There is a fan next to my bed to cool me down when I'm hot.
11. There are many awesome people who have supported me, have prayed for and been super encouraging.
12. Alison Tenneson and my parents gave Robert and Genese money to buy a ticket to come here

13. 

    Robert, Genese and I in front of Taipei 101

    When Robert and Genese got stuck in Canada and needed more money God provided for them 1086USD in one hour through his people.
14. I didn't know how it was going to happen, but now Robert and Genese are here in Taiwan!
15. God is so much more committed to me than I could ever be to Him!
16. Gabrielle Villahermosa, my friend from Kona
17. Jared Karpa, my friend from Kona
18. Tim Kizziar, who helped me out in a season where I was struggling following Jesus
19. I've been able to spend almost 10 months of my life in beautiful and amazing Kona Hawaii
20. God is raising up a global prayer and worship movement, and soon 24/7 prayer and worship will cover the earth!
21. IHOP-KC started in 1999 with 20 intercessory missionaries and now has trained 1000s of people and inspired millions to pursue Jesus through prayer and worship
22. nothing is impossible for God!
23. There is no heart that God can't turn to him!
24. Samra Spear, who was an awesome English teacher
25. Mrs. Johnson, an amazing health teacher
26. Dan Bing for breakfast, which is like an asian pancake with egg and cheese in it
27. quesadillas
28. cheese in general
29. oatmeal
30. cheep cheep rice
31. rice and beans from Haiti
32. rice and bean sauce from Haiti
33. Patays from Haiti, which is a fried piece of dough with vegetables inside
34. All the students from the Haiti DTS, they were so amazing
35. All the money God gave us, over 100,000 USD for all the people that needed money

36. 

    Taipei 101 in the distance, it far away and very massive

    transit visas to get through the U.S. to Benin
37. Chimene Djeumo, a mighty woman of God from Cameroon, Africa
38. My parents love Jesus!
39. My parents told me about Jesus and I believed for the first time when I was 4
40. Music is so fun to play!
41. I'm so thankful that as Christians we get to follow God together, and its not good to be alone
42. I have two awesome roommates
43. I get to take a shower with hot water, and with much more than a gallon a day
44. I don't have to walk all day to get clean water, I can just go to the fridge where there is clean water freshly filtered
45. I can pay the equivalence of 1USD and get a really good sandwich for breakfast
46. Misty Edwards, amazing singer/songwriter/worship leader
47. The Jesus Culture band
48. There is live worship and intercession streaming from IHOP-KC 24/7
49. When I was in Kona last year someone gave me a guitar
50. Earlier this year in Kona someone gave me a prophetic word that encouraged me to keep leading worship
51. My parents paid for many years of drum lessons
52. My dad worked very hard to provide for his family
53. My parents took me many places on family vacations when I was younger
54. Sean Murphy was an amazing leader during the Haiti DTS.
55. Jesus has the power to raise the dead!
56. A Cambodian student had a heart attack while we were ministering in Cambodia, they probably died, and one of my friends on the team prayed for them and they were totally fine and came to class the next day.
57. Someone was healed in Cambodia of a chemical imbalance in the brain, and they were able to study much better after my friend and I prayed to Jesus for them.
58. Jesus loves to heal the sick!
59. Mike Bickle
60. Football

61. 

    An amazing view of Taipei from the observatory

    Lacrosse
62. Basketball
63. Foosball
64. Tim Tebow
65. Jeremy Lin
66. my Grandma
67. Fritos, our family cat that recently passed away
68. Having a car for 2 years in high school
69. DTS right after high school
70. A high school diploma
71. I get to be in a School Biblical Studies (SBS) for 9 months!
72. After the SBS I get to do 3 weeks of preaching and teaching training and then 8 weeks of outreach
73. God is so good!
74. God is gracious and compassionate.
75. God is slow to anger and rich in love.
76. He accepts me every time I come back to him!
77. He has good plans for me!
78. I don't have to worry about ever being lonely because he is always with me!
79. God has given me his indwelling spirit!
80. God speaks to me and tells me He loves me!
81. We have 66 books in the canon of scripture that show us what God is like!
82. There has been so many people that died to give us the bible that we have today!
83. I'm thankful that God raised up Martin Luther to restore the teaching of salvation through God's grace and faith in Jesus.
84. There is so much evidence of Jesus and who he is!
85. There are 4 different perspectives on Jesus written a few decades after Jesus died that each show the same Jesus. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John!
86. We have amazing staff in our SBS that always take care of us and teach us a lot about the bible!
87. Jesus died for me! (did I say that one already?)
88. There are immeasurable riches, wisdom, knowledge and mystery to be searched out through the knowledge of Christ.
89. God is raising up a generation that is committed to preaching the gospel
90. Loren and Darlene Cunningham, who started YWAM 52 years ago.
91. I'm thankful that there are Christians all over the world!
92. I'm thankful that there are fewer and fewer people that haven't heard about Jesus everyday.
93. God is drawing Christian leaders all across the world to come together through Call2All congresses.
94. We have Lou Engle come to the YWAM base in Kona earlier this year and prophesy that God is going to raise up 24/7 worship and prayer at YWAM bases.
95. There is going to be a 2 week training school called the Circuit Riders in Kansas City this summer that is going to call people to faith filled proclamation of the gospel and train in basic principles and application. I believe this is going to a huge convergence of prayer and missions, filling people with fire for the great commission even more!
96. For all of eternity we will get to gaze upon God and cry “holy, holy, holy!”
97. I will get to be friends with angels one day
98. God has filled me up with joy in his presence!
99. When I had Dengue Fever in Haiti there were lots of people to take care of me.
100. According to Lee Strobell, a journalist who investigated the claims of Jesus, there are currently about 5,646 extant greek manuscripts of the NT. Thats a lot!

101. 

     This was an advertisement that says "How far would you go for love"
     Jesus went to the cross. There is no greater love!!!

     If anyone has read this far in the list, I want to thank you as well :). Thank you reading, and may you be blessed in your thanksgiving as well!