What is FCM?

During my time in DTS God was really putting on my heart counseling, my whole life I have always wanted to help people in some way or in other. I have always had a great deal of respect for counselors but the thought of sitting in a four walled room sitting on a chair listing to people problems did not seem appealing to me. During my DTS I was in many situations and had many people come up to me to confirm that I needed to be in some sort of counseling training. During my DTS God really gave me ideas, dreams, and visions of what I would be able to do with training in counseling. I knew I had to go with it, so through research and help from my staff I found out about FCM, It stands for Foundations for Christian Counseling. It is a five month course with the first three months lecture and the last two months are outreach. Really cool story is that I actually applied to the FCM in two places Kona Hawaii and Colorado Springs, Now I really wanted to go to Kona because HELLO its Hawaii!! and because a few of my friends from my DTS were also going to be doing secondary schools in Kona. So I had my heart set on Kona but something inside me knew that it was not the right place and I was to be going to Colorado springs, well when God wants you to know something he will tell you and he will get through to you. I had so many people come up to me confirming that I was to go to Colorado, I never really listened but I finally put my pride aside and asked God why he wanted me to go to Colorado, His response "you will soon see" So I listened and decided to go to the FCM in CO. See, when we listen to God and go were he wants us  to it is sooooo worth it and His ways are far better than our ways. So I had my bags packed and ready to go to CO, My mother, me and the open rode we started our  drive to the beautiful state. Well even before I got there God had blessed me with being able to see two of my DTS friends, one of the states we drove through was Ohio and my really good friend Jessica lives there and another really good friend Becca lives not to far from Jess, So we all met up at Jessica's house and it was exactly what I needed! the whole visit was filled with laughter, memories, inside jokes and encouragement. It was such blessing and I was so sad the visit was so short. But we had to continue the journey. with some beautiful stops along the way  we finally made it to  Colorado. I am so excited to see all that God has for me during this school  I know that there is going to be a lot of inner healing and a greater realization of who God is. Each week is a different topic and we are going to be learning different counseling skills based on a biblical standpoint, the outreach is still in the planning stages but I will keep you all updated, I still am in need for money for outreach, I know tat God wants me to be going overseas with this group of people to help the broken and hurting. If you feel on your heart to bless me or support me financially you can write a check out to Clinton Worship Center the memo Monica Villagomez missions you can send it to
Clinton Worship Center
445 Berlin ST
 Clinton MA, 01510
Most important thing is prayer, please keep me in your prayers for safety, for my school and that I will get as much out of this school as God has for me. I will keep you all updated on the weeks to come.

JESUS

Still behind on my blog I apologize! So the last week I was with Coastlands Consultants we traveled up to Bangor Maine to Penobscot Christian school, were there are only 2 students in the eighth grade and everyone was like family. We all stayed at host family's from the school that week. Myself ,my friend Cassie and Pam we all stayed at a wonderful Pastors house. He welcomed us in there house along with his Wife and his four children who all attended the school. They were so welcoming, the kids even gave up there rooms for us to stay in! needless to say we felt very blessed. Throughout  the week I  helped out with the elementary chapel again. This week we taught on Jesus, a throne was set up in the front of the Chapel. The J stood for Jesus, simple gospel to the point, the E stood for Everyone everywhere, that Jesus is Lord over everyone, He listens to to all of his children no matter who they are, what they look like, what has happened to them, He is always there. the S stood for Savior, they learned that he is our Savior and he was the one who saved us. the U stood for unchanging  even though we change, the people around us changes, he never will, He will continue to love us even through our pain and sorrow. The final S stood for servant they learned how Jesus himself was a servant among his friends. He put others before himself, even when He washed the Disciples feet he was showing his love for them. They learned that they should lay themselves down before others and be a servant to many. Everyone says that they want to help people and be a servant like Jesus was but reality is that its hard to lay our self and our pride before others. to lay ourselves down and help others before ourselves. one of my speakers in DTS told us "Everyone wants to be a servant until they are treated like one" the truth is that we can only be a servant when we lay down our rights. Like I said before there were only 2 eight grade students so we were able to journal with the seventh grade as well. I to was able to journal with one of the seventh grade girls, her dream was to become a missionary and to one day build an orphanage, I was able to tell her some of my dreams that I have and the adventures that I have been on. she was really blessed to hear my experiences but the truth is that I was so blessed to hear that a young girl had a heart for missions and she already new that she did not want to live a "normal life" at such a young age! the week was filled with really awesome conversations and lots of gym classes!. Although the week went really well there were still a few downfalls, we had 2 snow days that we had to miss school and one little boy was hurt in one of my lessons....... OK let me explain Friday was going very well. Before chapel we start with a game called whats wrong with this picture, this is were we pick out students to act out a scenario  that is wrong or mean and the students correct it and they do it over the right way. So I picked out 3 volunteers I told the little boy to go and run and pretend to slip and fall and the other kids would laugh and not help him up, the kids would then point out what is wrong with the picture. Well long story short he really committed to the fall and ended up hurting himself, with a bloody nose and a lump on his head he headed off to the office. He ended up  being ok and the rest of the day went. well beside the fact that every time we asked one of the kids what they learned this week they answered "TO NOT TRIP AND FALL" "oh and about Jesus" haha you got to love little kids! well all was forgiven and forgotten and the kids still loved us and were very happy that we came to there school. I as very blessed and I was happy that my last week with the team was a memorable one.

 I can honestly say that I learned a lot while being on the team, they really blessed me by just living in community with them. The light that that they bring to each school, They really do make a difference in the lives of kids. I f you asked me "how did this team have an affect on you even though you were with them for such a short time"? I would answer, there life screams Jesus! The way they live there everyday life, servants of each other, encouraging , and just being a family. But the one thing that left a big impact on me is there willingness to be used by God, even when they are not on a scheduled ministry week they are still used by God, They are still changing lives. and they are doing all this while still being transformed by God. Everyone has a story, a past that they are either ashamed of, afraid of, or hurt by. So they want to be healed form the past, they want to be fixed by God, then they go and help others around them. These five people that I lived with, served with, and worked with They are still trying to find the answers  they are still healing from the past but they still give, they still mentored. Instead of watching these kids walk though a journey to redemption  THEY WALK RIGHT NEXT TO THEM! going though a  journey of there own, sharing there struggles, fears, and desires with the kids. they are real and that's what effects the kids, and that's what affected me. I was really blessed to be able to hear there stories on the way back from Bangor and all I have to say in response is God is sooo good ! from were they came from, the pain, the hurt that they all had to go through in the Past. They decided to use it to bring change to people. and they are still walking though the journey  I know that God is going to use this group for something big! So all I have to say is Thanks guys! Thank you for letting me into your family, for being so real with me, and for welcoming me. These guys are the dreamers, the Daughters of the King, The redeemed, the Son of the most high, and the Mother of many! I can't wait to see what these world changers are going to be doing next time I see them. :)

God is bigger than...

 I apologize I have not been a good blogger, well the second week of ministry with Coastlands, we were at Concord Christian Academy, I really loved it, I was able to start and finish the whole week! we taught Elementary and Middle school so we had pre-k to eighth. we started the day all together with songs and an object lesson, than Elementary and Middle school was split up for the message. I stayed with the Elementary chapel. The theme for there week was God is bigger than... each day the kids would learn about how God is bigger than the different problems they face in there life and the things that they go through. Little did I know that even though I would be helping with the week I learned so much! Monday was God is bigger than our "Set backs" we taught them how things in life can hold you back, they can put you back a few steps, make you wait for awhile or just flat out stop you. God is bigger than all of that! one of my team members shared his story, it was a eye opening story about how he had to really trust in God, he was faced with a set back that could have totally stopped him from being in the ministry. He had to come to the Realization that God was in control. He did end up overcoming his set back an was able to join the ministry again thankfully because he is a big impact on the team as well as the students he comes in contact with. Each day we leaned that God is bigger than so many things, such as fear, obstacles, barriers and even doubt. God is bigger than all these things that can get in our way. Now I learned all of this growing up but it never made this much sense to me than it did when we were explaining it to 4 to 10 year old's. I realized that God is bigger than any thing that stands in the way of my dreams and the plans he has for my life, all I have to do is trust him that he will provide everything that I need. we were also journaling with the eighth graders again, they write us questions about anything they want and we write back to them. I was able to journal with two girls, they were both so sweet and filled with questions about the bible and God himself. One girl I was writing to was questioning how she knew that God loved her I could fell the hurt and confusion as I was reading her journal, all I could respond to her was the scriptures to reassure her that the greatest thing that God did to prove his love for us was the greatest sacrifice. the other young girl I was writing too was filled with fear and confusion as she was afraid that she would lose sight of Gods love for her as she was going to public school the following year, I was able to let her know that Gods love will never fail her and he will always be there walking by her side. I was really blessed by the kids and they were affected by us. While we were doing question and answer one of the sixth grade girls started to thank us for coming and opening her eyes to see Gods love and that God had sent us there to help them. Needles to say the week went really well and God did a lot to the hearts of the students as well as my team.