The Philippines! Though we only have about two weeks here, they are going to be two weeks full of what the pastor here calls “maximum.”
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This year, I have learned to sing to the Lord a new song. I got on a plane headed to South Africa knowing that I was jumping off the high dive into the deep end. Fortunately, God is faithful to His Word. There were times when I thought, "I can’t do this" to which God replied to me “I am.”
There are points in my life that I can’t deny what I feel led to do. With that, every obstacle, hurdle, and challenge become something that may be hard to overcome, but there is no longer a question of whether I can overcome them. Last November, I was hanging out with God. We were talking about things that were happening then, but also I was asking Him about what goals He wanted me to work towards in the future. He began showing me that I needed to participate in Global Challenge. Immediately I came up with a list of...
Cambodia. At first when you think of Cambodia, you would probably think of the horrific things that have happened here in the past. When I first realized that I was coming here, I thought the same thing. Now that I am here, I don’t think of that at all.
Today we returned to the village where God had done miracles and several community members had accepted the Lord the previous day. Again, we were allowed to speak to the school children. This time, we did a drama about how sins become burdens in your life and weigh you down and how Christ comes and wants to take our burdens from us. All we have to do is give them to Him and He will throw them as far as the east is from the west. After this drama, we again shared the gospel message and asked the kids if there were any of them that wanted give their life and their burdens to God. At this invitation, 18 kids came forward and we were able to pray for them! We then gave all the school children, teachers and some parents New Testaments. Again, people from the community came for prayer. Women were healed from body pains, sickness of their whole body and chest pain. More people came to know Christ and more people came from their homes for prayer! Again, God was faithful and showed His glory to those people!
After praying for the people, we were invited to join them for lunch. But, it was not just any lunch,
“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us. He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day that we will LIVE before Him. So Let us KNOW, let us press on to KNOW the LORD. HIS going forth is as certain as dawn; and He will come like rain, like spring rain watering the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3 The last couple months have been a journey. I left my home and country with anxiety and...
Since we have been in Thailand, we have met up with some additional guests to the Southbound family!
“God never leaves us where He finds us unless we insist.”
We made it back to Jeffrey's Bay! What an amazing time we had in Coffee Bay and it couldn't have been any better! After beginning the journey with the call, faith, and expectation that God would provide in our hearts, He did that and more . The journey home, the faith only had to continue. With only a little money in our pockets, we had the challenge of getting back to Jeffrey's Bay (9 hour trip) on faith; asking God to provide for us every step of the way. I can testify that God was faithful...
