Hi my name is Kate and I live in Redding, California and I'm super excited to be a
part of this class. I know that Holy Spirit's timing is perfect but it does
feel long overdue. I really enjoyed scrolling through some of the intros and
just so appreciate everyone's authenticity and just willingness to
share where they're at in their journey. I really feel like we're going to dive
in super quick, super fast and just gain a lot of momentum in our lives and that
this is just going to be a new foundation for what we build from here
on out. I sat here for a minute thinking what am I gonna say and it's like okay
this doesn't need to be scripted. I am in desperate need for some rest, some
internal rest and it's something that I want to establish in my life and carry
it with me all the days of my life and it has not been. There have been moments
of that in my life but a majority of it I would say I've lived in fight-or-flight
and I don't know where to begin but I worked in health care for about 15 years
some high intense jobs throughout my life and currently in a very fast-paced
position and about six years ago I was in hospice and palliative care so it was
around a lot of death and dying, lots of people with health challenges. I grew up
my family was in the health care field and then I started experiencing health
problems about 10 years ago and then went on a long journey through the
natural health world and experienced moments of relief and then to get to a
place where I was desperate for breakthrough left everything in in
Orange County California and moved up north to attend ministry school and
again experienced a measure of breakthrough with you know seeking the
supernatural interventions along with again natural interventions and it's
something that I'm super passionate about health care and it's been
something I've wrestled with for a long time and knowing and understanding that
our thought life in our internal world is so reflective of how our physical
health is and knowing that every thought we have manifests in our body and so
when we're in a tightly wound state of anxiety constantly I know that that has
impacted my health so here I am at another fast-paced position and just
really wanting to learn how to maintain a state of rest regardless of what's
going on around me and regardless of the demands that other people or employers
or whatever is happening around us that we can still maintain in a place of rest
so that's what I'm going after and I'm super grateful to have support people
who are going after the same thing Ashley carries so much wisdom I always
want to call her dr. Ashley I mean she's like a doctor in the spirit but I started
listening to some of her content last year and it was incredibly encouraging
and in a way that I had not heard it yet before and so when there was this
opportunity to participate in this rest intensive I knew that now's the time and
there's no need to delay this and even in the midst of a busy schedule all the
things are going through my mind I don't have time I'm like going to miss you
know two classes because I have work events or what am I gonna do and none of
that matters none of it matters if if I'm in a constant state of stress and
anxiety so here we are I've been off of social media for this past year in order
to pursue rest and so I just created a temp account today to hop on and it
won't let me go live because I don't have enough friends so here I am
recording this video and hopefully it'll let me upload it but I don't know what
else there is to say other than I really won't want and need this to be a
priority in my life I need to know how to not just shift into rest but to stay
in in a place of rest and I know it's gonna come through revelation and
renewing of my mind and my understanding and
And yeah, super grateful to be here with you all
and excited for what God is going to do in six weeks.
I just feel that there's an acceleration on this group
and I'm really expectant for what the impartation is.
And I know that the places that Ashley has gone
is has been costly to her
and just super grateful for the wisdom that she carries.
Okay, see you all soon.
Bye.