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Normal 0 21 false false false DE ZH-TW AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We can make all the plans in the world, still it's God that will direct our steps.   And, as Ephesians 2:10 says, we're created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.   For us as Distant Islands, this preparation for Jamaica already started in our first country, Cuba, when we met John...   Now John is a Jamaican, studying in Cuba.   He translated for us in church one evening and his dad is a pastor in Kingston.   So...

She sinned much therefore she loved much. How do you wrap your mind around this? When we have struggels we can have more empathy with those that are also struggeling. When we are aware of our own weakness and vulnerability,we can love more unconditionally without trying to fix the other person. Jesus is busy transforming my thinking about everything, mostly to being open towards brokeness and vulnerability. I tend to run away from my flaws and insecurities, but Jesus wants me to run to it, to embrace it and bring it to Him. He wants me to embrace myself and...

Words running around in my mind. Uncertainty pumping through my vains. Thoughts of what God should look like.    Sometimes we put God in a small box and we limit Him on what we want Him to do in our lives and not what He wants to do in our lives. I realized that I was so focused on the things of this lost world and who the world thinks I am that I loose sight of who God really is.   May I lose everything that I am and who I am and gain everything of who HE is...

The worst part of 2011 is waiting for 2012 to start. I am going on "Work your way" and I am dying to go. This matrix year is just feeling too long.   When I started thinking about who I was going to ask for financial support, I listed 6 people I thought was people who can help me. I haven't talked to one of those people jet. Up until now God has given me almost half the money I need for the trip, through people I didn't even think of asking.  God showed me: Sometimes people can make plans and think we know who to ask...

It is so far a amazing journey. I just love training. We been put in the wilderness for 4days with nothing els but our cloths we had on . What a adventure to get out of your comfort zone . We all smelt like pigs but what a time. After wilderness week we had a training course where we went deep in the Word . After that we had a teaching about God's grace . What a wonderful teaching.   And now we are journeying with school kids .

We couldn't understand what the big deal was about, saying Global is a challenge. We were so spoilt there, that we soon realized it is simply impossible that we are that nice. God really blessed us so much! We believe God made us look shiny and nice, because really, we hardly ever bought our own food.   They taught us how to serve without an agenda. Their dedication towards God's work is amazing, for them it truly is God first and family second. It was inspirational! And the love of Christ just flows through them. They have servant hearts, loving...

When i look back at Jordan it might seem dry and sad and full of heart break, but when i look back at Jordan with Jesus in it i see fulness, lessons learned and hope.  Yes, Jordan did break my heart. Listening to stories about families losing families. Children and their hopeless futures, having so much to offer yet so little opportunity. Love lost and no love found.  One of my dear friends said the following: “it’s not what they’re going through or in what situation they find themselves, but that they’re going through it without Jesus.”  When i take...

 

Signs everwhere, insanely tall buildings, crowded streets, people hurrying, cantonese characters, lots of lights...

drug addict ministry, prayers, guard duty, worship in different languages...

It's important to realize that God is at work and we must just join Him. My time in Uganda was a time of taking hands with others and reaching out. We didn't bring an agenda, we only joined God with what He is busy doing in Uganda.    It's sometimes tough to sit and listen for 3 hours to a group of people, but God taught me a valuable lesson. Every day belongs to Him, we must just surrender. It was wonderful to talk to the people in the ghettos and hear their stories. They touched my heart so deeply...

2018, was a year I’ll never forget. It was filled with moments and people that will never leave my heart.   I am looking back on 2018 with nothing but joy and thankfulness. It was a year of changing, letting go and seeking Jesus in every way possible. I found truth. I learned to live to love. I learned to be content with where God has me, good or bad.   I learned that sometimes it takes really hard seasons in life to get where God has you going.   I’m dancing into 2019 with Jesus, my best friend, my...