A Mosque Near Ground Zero?

Hey! Youth Conference was last week, and it was really great... it was about Spiritual Revolution and the speakers and sermons were awesome. Pastor Schaap preached A Polished Shaft and America, America - and they were both amazing sermons. There was a special guest speaker there... Mosab Hassan Yousef...or as some people might know him..the Son of Hamas. What he said was really interesting and eye-opening.... Honestly, I didn't know about the mosque going to be built at Ground Zero until he mentioned it. Now I see it all over the news...people argueing and in disagreement as to whether it should be there or not. They see it as their right, to express their religion, because after all, it's only the peace-seeking moderate Muslims. What people don't seem to understand as Mosab Yousef put it, the fanatical terrorist Muslims and the moderate Muslims all worship the same god, and the way they worship their god? - is to kill people who don't believe the same thing as they do. What they are doing putting a mosque on Ground Zero? It's a slap in the face to all the people who died on 9/11. What they are doing is building a monument praising the god who commands them to worship him by killing those people. What god do they serve when they walk into that mosque and pray to him? The very same one the terrorists serve.

I am so glad I serve a God who loves me and the world, despite how we sin. He died for everyone, Muslims included. My God says "For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord SHALL BE SAVED." The God I serve? He died for ME. He died for those Muslims. He died for everyone. I rest peaceful in His arms of love, not worrying about where I am going. Because I am going to Heaven...and guess what... I didn't have to do anything for it. He did it all for me!

Now that's love.

-D.L.
Gal. 2:20

1st year - over...

Freshman year is over! I can hardly believe it. It went by so fast, and yet it seems as if forever ago that I left for college. It was a good year. Difficult at times, yes...but God helped us to get through them. I'm in Indiana right now. We just got here a couple of days ago - well Josiah and I did. When school let out we went up to Ontario and stayed there for a while, as Mom and Dad were traveling around for deputation. We went to my cousins wedding and I tried to find some work...Now the Szabatins are all together again. We are going to Youth Conference in a few days, and I am trying to get to the wedding of one of my Dorm Sup.'s. I'm sorry I didn't really update in the past few months...it's a little difficult during the school year. I'm looking forward to Sophomore year. I miss my friends from school and I can't wait to see them again. Summer is going well...I've been able to see a lot of family and made some good memories, and still making them. Ta-ta for now, and I'll try to stay updated.
D.L.
Gal. 2:20

Enjoy some pics from summer and the past school year. :)