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Faith Outreach.

We just got back from our second outreach.This outreach was about hearing Gods voice.Helping students to listen to what they think God is telling them and to step out in FAITH and do it....We travelled 6 hours on a bus to Uttaradit province,no place to stay, no plans and not alot of money....But we were all very excited and God came through once again!!!!!

 

We went to 3 different Provinces and a village in the mountains...We prayerwalked, shared the gospel on the streets,served people in different ways, spent time with kids and prayed for the sick...

 

 

 I took 'Through painted deserts', another awesome book by Donald Miller with me on outreach.
 Being in this village and out of my comfort zone...I could relate to everything he said in the book.

 " I've learned,too, that i dont really know very much about anything. I mean, I used to have all these theories about life.I thought i had everything figured out,even God, but i dont. I think the woods,being away from all the clingy soot of commercialism, have taught me life is enormous,and i am very tiny in the middle of it.I feel, at times, like a droplet of water in a raging river.I know for a fact that as a grain of sand compares in size to the earth itself, i compare in size to the cosmos. I am that insignificant. And yet the chemicals in my brain that make me feel beauty when i look up at the stars, when i watch the sunset, indicate i must be here for a reason.I think i would sum it up this way: life is not a story about me, but its is being told to me, and i can be glad of that.I think that is the why of life and,in fact, the why of this ancient faith i am caught up in: to enjoy God.
The stars were created to dazzle us,like a love letter, light itself is just a metaphor,something that exists outside of time,made up of what seems like nothing,infinite in its power,something that can be experienced but not understood, like God."

That was exactly what i experienced on outreach....

We did a kids program and invited all the children in the village...played games, did a drama and had lots of fun...

We went to visit a different house every evening, shared testimonies, worshiped and prayed for the families.
The Karen people are very friendly and we were given lots of snacks, fruit and thai tea with every visit.
I had a very good time in the village, sleeping on the floor, taking cold bucket showers and adapting to their way of life....

Back from first outreach..

We took our outreach team to a village called Thoong Praow, its in Maesuay amphur about one hour from Chiang Rai.
The main aim of this outreach was practical service. We built a wall for a church, cleaned the well and made a bamboo fence during our 2 weeks there.

Saviour Father Friend

This morning i stand in awe of you
the air so fresh, the sky so blue
Its something i feel deep inside,
very hard to put on paper...
How can i describe my wonderful maker?
 
Saviour, Father, friend...
Can i run this race with you till the end?
My soul cries for something more,
You are all im looking for

You've put everything in its place
im captured by your grace
My God I long to see your face
Let me stay in this place

Saviour, Father, friend
I want to walk with You till the end...

The students and the crazy staff...

I just want to thank you all for keeping me in your prayers!! God has been faithfull once again and i received all the money i needed for my trip to Australia...Go God!!!!
" I dont think you can explain how christian faith works. Its a mystery. And i love this about christian spirituality. It cannot be explained, and yet it is beautiful and true. It is something you feel, and it comes from the soul...."

Language of the soul...

I watched a show and they were interviewing a man about jazz music. He said jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery. I thought that was beautiful because, while it is music, it is very hard to put on paper, it is so much more a language of the soul. It is as if the soul is saying something, something about freedom. I think Christian spirituality is like jazz music. I think loving Jesus is something you feel. I think it is something very difficult to get on paper. But it is no less real, no less meaningful, no less beautiful. The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. It is a music birthed out of freedom. And that is the closest thing i know to Christian spirituality. A music birthed out of freedom. Everybody sings their song the way they feel it, everybody closes their eyes and lifts up their hands...
Donald Miller.
Oh my word, i was just blown away by this...Ive just finished reading Blue like jazz by Donald Miller and im sure ill read it a 100 times more..Its so beautiful the way he speaks about Christian spirituality,the way he shares his life, his song with every reader...During our worship times this week i sensed Gods freedom and when i looked around seeing my friends and fellow staff members lifting their hands to God, i thanked Him for this song, this gift He has given each one of us...