Week 6: Where did you go?!

Hello Everybody!
So ... Whew! Last week was Prayer Week with the DTS which means we have prayer going on for 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Each staff and student were put into groups of 4 to pray for 2 hour slots daily, that being above the 4 hours of class (corporate prayer) and the nightly sessions. It was so intense! But SO SO SO worth it! I'm still bit weary and more than a bit tired but I'm so happy that I was able to be a part of last week's adventures! A lot of inner healing took place, every corporate session ended up being times of being open with where we're at and what we're struggling with as well as confession and repentance. Whew. Leon Russell, a good friend of mine from when I staffed here from 07-08, was leading that week and he made a remark which made me reflect on what I was learning "Reba, I love watching you on Prayer Week, you wrestle the ENTIRE TIME!" This is my fourth prayer week that I've been involved with and he's so right! I end up reflecting and wrestling with whatever God is teaching me at that point in time. Last week God was asking me to be OPEN with everyone on the DTS, not just the people I've grown to know and trust. It was so hard! Fear of man made me feel like I was immobilized for the better part of the week and when I finally broke through it, man was it AMAZING! It drew me closer to some of the students I hadn't gotten to know as well and opened the door for a lot of healing in my own heart. I was open about where my Dad is at and what's going on at home, that opened up a door for me to pray with a student whose Dad has Parkinson's Disease. My heart broke for him! We prayed and prayed, I definitely cried and cried. It was such an intimate time with God and the students around me.
This week we're heading into Inductive Bible Study here with Bryan Hunsberger, another friend of mine! He's so passionate about the Word and how we learn & apply it to our lives that it lights a fire under me to get into it more!
Prayer Requests:
1. I broke a tooth yesterday morning eating a banana chip. Sigh! Serves me right for eating healthy! Anyways, it broke one of my top back molars and I called around to find a dentist to take care of it since its quite painful and so sensitive! I'm looking at $300-ish for a consultation, x-ray and to fix the stinkin' thing. Please join me in prayer for God to give the Dentist WISDOM, to provide the $ to cover the costs and for grace to not cry while getting it done!
2. Dad is doing alright, as good as can be expected. Please pray for my Mom, her servant heart and her compassion for him.
3. Its week 7 in DTS! Yikes! That means only 4 more weeks here in Australia before coming home for a bit! I need to figure out how to get my gear home and how to settle my affairs here!
4. To be functioning completely out of God's strength and never out of my own. I'm trying to be so careful that I don't work out of 'me', I don't want to burn out!!
5. CWAM (Cowboys With A Mission) is trying to recruit at least 5 more students for their DTS coming up this Spring. I'm going to hopefully pop a few emails out to some cowboy churches here in Australia but please pray for that huge blessing on them!

Praise Requests:
1. A very fruitful and amazing week of prayer!
2. God working in my heart and changing me bit by bit.
3. The last batch of my newsletters going out this week (please let me know if you haven't received one and you'd like one!)
4. Great staff here with me making this journey easier to bear!
5. Encouragements and love sent to me by all of YOU!

Thank you for suffering through this very long and drawn out email!
I love you all very much and am so blessed by each one of you!
Love,
Reba