In the silence, in a quiet place, In the stillness you are there... Our stay in Jerusalem surprised me on a personal level. I had so many expectations to visit all the religious places of Jesus' life, and of his crucifixion. I had an expectancy to have wonderful feelings of joy overwhelm me when in the supposed resting place of Jesus' body, or the Mount of Olives. The real eye opener was when I visited Bethlehem to see where Jesus was born. The exact spot is marked with immense fanfare and pomp, and a continous flood of tourists ensure that the space...
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I can only describe the first 3 weeks of training as intense, exhausting, tiring, liberating, excrutiating...and yet exceeding all my expectations. God has come to meet me in unexpected ways, in different circumstances, and it only goes to show me how intimately He knows each of us, and He knows exactly all our needs. We have had the opportunity to get involved in a primary school and did the last bit of work yesterday. It was so exciting to see what could be done in only 2 weeks! We also got involved with the school children, and I was truly...
Assignment: locate an empty space in a small town and furnish it as a restaurant Time frame: 3 weeks Obstacles: language and limited budget Modus Operandi: Chinese frasebook, a lot of hand signs and creativity Mission: possible! So there we were. Three team members in a tibetan town in rural China.We had to find a place to hire as a restaurant, and to furnish and decorate it to function as a pizza restaurant. Normally not too difficult, but considering the location quite a challenge! But we were up for it! God really prepared the way for us. We were...
