Friday we leave for North Luzon (still in the Philippines) for our second have our the Philippines outreach. I can't believe it's been a month. We've experienced so much - healings, salvations gallor, amazing conversations, spiritual growth not just in ourselves but others, teaming up with Philippino students, making a lot of new friends and just really experiencing the real God. It's been really cool. It's weird even thinking about going home and not doing this anymore - but the time will come ;).
I don't so much enjoy washing my clothes by hand at 10 pm and getting eaten by misquitos. They are evil I swear. There is nothing good about them. They're ugly and they make you itch like there's no tomorrow.
Anyways ya it's been really great - sorry about the lack of communication it's really hard to find time to sit down and write on someone else's computer - lines ups like no other haha.
Anyways I hope everyones doing well! peace
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wow I Haven't Written in Forever.. My Bad
Well for starters... sorry for those of you who want to know what I'm doing. But i'll quickly run through what's been going on because I only get the computer like maybe once ish a week for like 1/2 an hour.. to communcate with everyone.. and this is a good way to talk to many so here goes..
This week was VBS for slum kids.. it was great a few salvations which were awesome. Kids were crazy.. so many runners and we actually had to catch them unlike in Jamaica which made it a little harder haha. We do a lot of evangelism at night.. usually in the night markets, one of the malls in Cebu or where ever God sends us really. It's been so good .. lots of new people joining God's kingdom so its been awesome. We've been doing open airs a lot as well. Last week we had one in the garbage dump.. actually when we were walking around the village on the dump it was really smokey because they were burning it and so when we got over there we could still smell it but then when we walked away and looked back the smoke was gone then litereally like 10 seconds later we look again and teh smoke was back - thank you Jesus for looking out for our lungs. I dunno if someone prayed but either way God's looking out whether or not we ask for it :) I love God.. He makes me laugh. Anyways.. So ya its been really good. I'm definitely ready too keep going around the Philippines and travelling some more.. really looking forward to some.. well not rice. but thats not going to happen, naw its good .. the food is amazing here like AWWW mazing.. they are so good to us. soooo good. the base is normallying like 40 or less people and now thers like 100 plus people here because all 38 australia team members are here haha. its funny. ive really enjoyed getting to know the DTS students and laughing with them - they are easy to make laugh so it always winds up being a good time.
Anyways I gotta give the lap top back to Karls so I'll talk to you all later.
Keep praying that our team has healthy... bodies haha.. we're in a different environment .. i'll leave your imagination to it. Just for the record I'm totally good its just some of the others are not so good. Stomaches arent so strong I guess.
PEACE AND LOVE
Jesus loves you. :)
This week was VBS for slum kids.. it was great a few salvations which were awesome. Kids were crazy.. so many runners and we actually had to catch them unlike in Jamaica which made it a little harder haha. We do a lot of evangelism at night.. usually in the night markets, one of the malls in Cebu or where ever God sends us really. It's been so good .. lots of new people joining God's kingdom so its been awesome. We've been doing open airs a lot as well. Last week we had one in the garbage dump.. actually when we were walking around the village on the dump it was really smokey because they were burning it and so when we got over there we could still smell it but then when we walked away and looked back the smoke was gone then litereally like 10 seconds later we look again and teh smoke was back - thank you Jesus for looking out for our lungs. I dunno if someone prayed but either way God's looking out whether or not we ask for it :) I love God.. He makes me laugh. Anyways.. So ya its been really good. I'm definitely ready too keep going around the Philippines and travelling some more.. really looking forward to some.. well not rice. but thats not going to happen, naw its good .. the food is amazing here like AWWW mazing.. they are so good to us. soooo good. the base is normallying like 40 or less people and now thers like 100 plus people here because all 38 australia team members are here haha. its funny. ive really enjoyed getting to know the DTS students and laughing with them - they are easy to make laugh so it always winds up being a good time.
Anyways I gotta give the lap top back to Karls so I'll talk to you all later.
Keep praying that our team has healthy... bodies haha.. we're in a different environment .. i'll leave your imagination to it. Just for the record I'm totally good its just some of the others are not so good. Stomaches arent so strong I guess.
PEACE AND LOVE
Jesus loves you. :)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Made It!
Wow, so was it ever a long trip getting here. We don't actually live in Cebu City, we're in Talisay - Carman Village to be more excact -45 min away from Cebu I believe.
It's been really cool though. We've had like 3 salvations already and a lot of really cool conversation with people. We've been doing a lot of evangelism and street work so it's hot and we smell and we're sticky with humidity but God is so worth it.
I've love being here and God is definitely giving me a heart for the youth here especially. The people are so great. God really showed me yesterday how much it hurts Him when we don't think we're good enough. I met this amazing girl, 13, the other day at the beach who almost cried when I asked her to say "I am beautiful" before I left. It broke my heart to see how desperate she was to look American. She impacted me so much.. I was talked to Deborah and we decided to go back hopefully tonight with a camera.. take some pictures of her and then go to SM mall and print them off and write notes on the back and give them to her to hang onto so she can see how beautiful she is. Unless you see this girl you dont understand how stunning she is. I cant believe how blessed she is.. perfect face. Anyways.. thats one story ..
We've been spending a lot of time as a team together and a bit of time mingling with others from our school. really though God's amazing. It stinks that I dont have internet more often. But to tell you think the truth I dont miss it. haha, ya I wish I could communicate with home more easiely but God put me in this place for the people not to act like I'm at home.. so keeping that in mind it helps me focus on what I'm doing now and on the people that need Him.
Thanks again for everything - Again, I couldn't do it without you guys.
It's been really cool though. We've had like 3 salvations already and a lot of really cool conversation with people. We've been doing a lot of evangelism and street work so it's hot and we smell and we're sticky with humidity but God is so worth it.
I've love being here and God is definitely giving me a heart for the youth here especially. The people are so great. God really showed me yesterday how much it hurts Him when we don't think we're good enough. I met this amazing girl, 13, the other day at the beach who almost cried when I asked her to say "I am beautiful" before I left. It broke my heart to see how desperate she was to look American. She impacted me so much.. I was talked to Deborah and we decided to go back hopefully tonight with a camera.. take some pictures of her and then go to SM mall and print them off and write notes on the back and give them to her to hang onto so she can see how beautiful she is. Unless you see this girl you dont understand how stunning she is. I cant believe how blessed she is.. perfect face. Anyways.. thats one story ..
We've been spending a lot of time as a team together and a bit of time mingling with others from our school. really though God's amazing. It stinks that I dont have internet more often. But to tell you think the truth I dont miss it. haha, ya I wish I could communicate with home more easiely but God put me in this place for the people not to act like I'm at home.. so keeping that in mind it helps me focus on what I'm doing now and on the people that need Him.
Thanks again for everything - Again, I couldn't do it without you guys.
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