Last Update from USA

Hey everyone,

So the last of my days here in the ILC are coming to a close. We have two more days of class and then commissioning on Wednesday and then I will be leaving to go to Poland on Thursday morning. FINALLY!!! I am so excited to dive into what the Lord has for me there and can't wait to get settled into the culture and start learning the language.

But anyways wanted to share some things that I have learned about over the past couple of weeks. Most of these last two weeks were spent with our region, Central and Eastern Europe and then we had some contingency training, interrogation and capture situations, and then some other type situations. So it was good and now have the confidence about going through that if it ever comes. Poland though is a very secure country so I really don't think it will come to anything like that. I come across another new song this week that I want to share with you. I love music so you might get some more of these in the future but anyways. The song though has a very important message. The basic message of the song is that God's Love is the most important thing and is what gets us through everything that we go through. Through the ups and downs, through the very tough times, through the times we think we are nothing and through the times that we think we can't do it anymore, GOD's LOVE is what gets us through. So we have to stay grounded in Him and in His word daily. We will always have God's love and it's something no one can take away from us. But we can take it away from ourselves by not spending time in prayer and with Him in His word. So I will email it to whoever that wants to listen so just send me an email. It's a beautiful song called "Loving me" by Jon McLaughlin. I am also attaching the lyrics of it at the end if you want to read them.



Prayers Request:
That God would allow my car to sell soon!
That God would keep me safe as I travel and make my way to Poland!
That God would help me learn the language and do it faster than I could by myself!
That I would stay grounded in HIM and in His Word Daily!!

Hope that everyone is doing well and that you all are staying grounded in His Word. I am praying for you that God would open your heart and open your eyes to what He has for you. Next time you hear from me, Ill be in Poland across the sea!! Hope you'll have great weeks and until next time, Be still and know that He is God.

going with HIM,
John Mark Folker




Here's the lyrics if you want to read them:
Loving Me by Jon McLaughlin

Open up the center of my being
There's gotta be some room inside of me
I’m tired of trying to find a way to make it through these endless days

Complacency is not enough for me
Constant thoughts of where I ought to be plague me
How could I be a fool so long when the only way I live at all

You’re loving me
You’re grace is so amazing
You’re loving me

I’ve tried to push distractions from my head
Oh, I try and try but find myself mislead
I need Your hand to clear this road
I know I cannot bear this load

I run until I run right out of breath
And only a fool would run from what he knows is best
Without Your hand to guide I know
There’s loneliness there’s never growth
But still I try, I fail all on my own
But through it all

You’re loving me
You’re grace is so amazing
You’re loving me

So open up any door for me
And watch me walk again
I give up all fear and reluctance to depend
And when I fall down, Your rules they never bend
You pick me up anyway

Cause You're loving me
You're grace is so amazing
You're loving me