I can't believe that it's 2011 already. I feel like it crept up on me and it doesn't feel like a new year. It just feels like one giant blur. It doesn't feel like I've been home for 4 months either but all of it has come. It is 2011, I have been home for 4 months and there are new things to look forward too.
As I think back on 2010, I feel like it was a long and crazy journey with the Lord. From staffing a DTS in January and taking a team to India and China in April, and then staffing a second DTS in July and coming home, it was a journey of obedience to the Lord with emotional, spiritual, and physical turbulence along the way but in the end it all pans out. India and China were such exciting times. There is something about being with the poor in spirit and material wealth, and in places where the gospel is not as welcome or freely being preached. It definitely had hard points. Well, most of it was hard and it had harder moments but in those moments I found that His grace is sufficient for me. Then the school I staffed in July was just a breath of fresh air. Recovering from the highs and lows of the previous outreach as well as being a part of a group of people that were in one accord in hearts and minds for the Lord.
But all of this is done and there are new things to look forward to. A new journey, new adventures, new struggles, new victories and new beginnings. As we start this new year I ask you to pray, not only for me, but also for yourselves. Ask the Lord about the things he wants to do through you, what he is asking of you, and what he has in store for you. Also pray about what he is going to do in the earth this year and partner with him in intercession.
For me, I will continue working at Target for the next month maybe 2. But in February I plan on traveling with a friend of mine interning under him. I'll start sometime in February and go for the next 2-3 years. Pray for me as I continue on this journey with the Lord.
I'll be giving more details on the trip in the weeks to come.
Happy new year.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
Haiti video trailer
This is a video that my friend Edward made. He was one of the guys that came in to visit teams and to record what was going on.
The video is a small sample of things to come.
The video is a small sample of things to come.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Haiti time
I can't believe that it's already almost a week since I returned from Haiti. I'm having "Haiti withdrawal syndrome" now that I'm back. I wish that it didn't end but everything has its time and seasons and it is finished.
Day 1: The first day I arrived was in the early afternoon. It already reminded me of India but this time I was alone and not with a team. It was sort of confusing and it took about 2 hours for me to find the people who were picking me up. But I arrived finally at the base and met the Awaken DTS crew. Some of them were resting and others had left to visit an orphanage. I was feeling a little pain in my stomach but I was ready to go out and meet the people and see the nation. And I was able to go out in the evening. I went out with some of the Awaken guys to the tent city near the base. It was exciting and totally a dream come true for me. We ended the night with worship and prayer into the night. By now the prayer and worship burn had gone on for about 20 hours.
Day 2: Woke up Sunday morning and I couldn't believe that I was in Haiti. I knew I was there but at the same time it was still like a dream. On this day we went up the mountain and went to a resort called Le Montcel. The YWAM Haiti group was trying to purchase this place as a base so we were asked to go up there and pray over the place and see what God's will was. Since I had just arrived, it was funny to me that the first full day that I would spend in Haiti would be at a resort. But no matter what we do, it's all for His glory. I know that the 2 teams really enjoyed this time because it was a break for the two months of ministry that they had already faced. The ride up and down was anything but easy though. Unpaved, rocky roads full of ditches in a bus that had three wooden benches going long ways to sit on was our mode of transportation but it was well worth the ride. From the mountain we could see an amazing view of Port au Prince. I could see why YWAM would want a place like that. To enthrone Jesus over the land.
Day 3: 3:40 AM I'm awoken by yells in the night. I can barely make it out but it sounds like someone yelling, "THE BOX IS ON FIRE!" I literally turn over in my sleeping bag and try to go back to sleep but someone barges into our room and tells us to get up. I still didn't really know what was going on but I thought that the electrical box, bus, or house was on fire. What really had happened was that the power line melted and fell right in front of the entrance to the property and the line was laying next to a bus YWAM was renting. The tires on the left side had both busted and melted from the fire and was till burning. With electrical fires, you're not supposed to put it out with water but we had no other choice so we had a team running water to the fire. Luckily we had someone on the team that used to be a fireman so he helped with extinguishing the flame and keeping us calm and under control. We saw this as a direct attack from the enemy. As we burn before the Lord in worship and prayer, the enemy coming in the natural and trying to mimic what we are doing. We don't know exactly what our worship and prayers are releasing in the spirit but we do know that the enemy doesn't like it.
As we all went back to bed I had some thoughts. We are rebuilding a wall like Nehemiah and when he received ill report and was told to hide inside the temple he chose not to but to continue to build the wall with a sword on their side. We saw this as an opportunity to not be shaken and continue to run after the Lord. Another thought I had was that we were never in any danger but it was just to scare us. We had some ministries that we were supposed to go to but instead we regrouped in worship.
More to come....
Day 1: The first day I arrived was in the early afternoon. It already reminded me of India but this time I was alone and not with a team. It was sort of confusing and it took about 2 hours for me to find the people who were picking me up. But I arrived finally at the base and met the Awaken DTS crew. Some of them were resting and others had left to visit an orphanage. I was feeling a little pain in my stomach but I was ready to go out and meet the people and see the nation. And I was able to go out in the evening. I went out with some of the Awaken guys to the tent city near the base. It was exciting and totally a dream come true for me. We ended the night with worship and prayer into the night. By now the prayer and worship burn had gone on for about 20 hours.
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| Le Montcel restaurant building |
Day 3: 3:40 AM I'm awoken by yells in the night. I can barely make it out but it sounds like someone yelling, "THE BOX IS ON FIRE!" I literally turn over in my sleeping bag and try to go back to sleep but someone barges into our room and tells us to get up. I still didn't really know what was going on but I thought that the electrical box, bus, or house was on fire. What really had happened was that the power line melted and fell right in front of the entrance to the property and the line was laying next to a bus YWAM was renting. The tires on the left side had both busted and melted from the fire and was till burning. With electrical fires, you're not supposed to put it out with water but we had no other choice so we had a team running water to the fire. Luckily we had someone on the team that used to be a fireman so he helped with extinguishing the flame and keeping us calm and under control. We saw this as a direct attack from the enemy. As we burn before the Lord in worship and prayer, the enemy coming in the natural and trying to mimic what we are doing. We don't know exactly what our worship and prayers are releasing in the spirit but we do know that the enemy doesn't like it.
As we all went back to bed I had some thoughts. We are rebuilding a wall like Nehemiah and when he received ill report and was told to hide inside the temple he chose not to but to continue to build the wall with a sword on their side. We saw this as an opportunity to not be shaken and continue to run after the Lord. Another thought I had was that we were never in any danger but it was just to scare us. We had some ministries that we were supposed to go to but instead we regrouped in worship.
More to come....
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