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For the past couple years I’ve been hearing about how amazing Pastor’s School is, first from my pastor in Iowa, then from the folks here at Crossfire MC. It’s difficult, however, to truly describe something as life-changing as Pastor’s School, and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I first got there.

The workshops I attended were mostly pretty good, but the one that impacted me the most was “Praying with Passion and Power”. The thing that I remember the most from it is the speaker showing us a chain mail and explaining how, when we wear the chain mail it’s like we’re wearing prayer; we’re alone with God. Chain mail is heavy, and most of us would be able to put it on and wear it for a few minutes or even a few hours, but how many of us could live in it; how many of us could fight in it? Prayer takes training; it’s not easy. Prayer warriors don’t become warriors overnight; it takes time.

One thing I would recommend to anyone attending Pastor’s School is climb the mountain. It doesn’t matter if you go all the way up or just halfway or even a quarter of the way (I didn’t go all the way up), but climb it. Take some time away from your day, go during a lunch or dinner break, and get alone with God on the mountain. Why does being on the mountain make such a difference? Because you’re making an effort to be with God. You’re sacrificing time and comfort to be with Him and He’ll meet you in that place.

I climbed the mountain on Wednesday during our dinner break and I was just sitting there looking out over everything and thinking how big God is and just praising Him for everything He is, and He just spoke to me and began to show me all the different ways that He’s fulfilled dreams that I’ve had, dreams that He’s given me. Like when I was looking for a job and I thought how amazing it would be to nanny for a family and then two days later there’s an ad in the paper from a family that needed a nanny. Or like how I’ve always wanted to be a part of a worship band that does youth conferences and camps and such, and now I am, even though it looks crazy different from the way I’d imagined it. This was a confirmation of the dreams that God has given me, and an inspiration to me to continue to go after them.

There are so many other things that God did during the two days of Pastor’s School, and if I were to try and describe them all they would fill a book, so for now, I’ll just encourage you to consider taking a couple days away and going to Pastor’s School next year, even if you’re not a pastor; if you are in any kind of ministry at all, Pastor’s School will benefit you. And God will totally blow

- Kaitlin Pederson