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Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, July 18, 2010
MM 2010
So I'm officially back in Davis/Sac. Our team arrived back into the States around 8PM at SFO on July 16th. It's been a long 3 week journey to Myanmar and various thoughts are coming and going.
Having a difficult time adjusting back to the "normal" sleeping schedule. First night back slept for 3 hours and then went off to Hayward for a softball tournament. Last night slept for about 6 hours, but still up before dawn.
MM trip was difficult, not just physically but emotionally. Being in MM really reminded me about my first mission trip to Indonesia back in '98....I disliked that experience very much so, and I think the flashbacks really presented themselves again this year. I realized that 2 things I don't like very much is diesel-fuel exhaust and traveling in SE Asia. I rarely get motion sickness, but it seemed like I was "sick" almost everyday. The weather was hot and sticky, except on those days that it actually rained. Food was a hit and miss, mostly a hit, but still battled with stomach issues throughout the trip. Saw more than my fair share of Buddhas and pagodas and temples....these people are blindly living oppressed lives and they don't even know it. So much deceit and manipulation and corruption...only God can break through that blanket of evil.
Definitely saw first hand how God used our team to encourage the missionaries and their wives and families. Awesome times of fellowship and worship and just plain laughter. I think they needed the encouragement...the affirmation that what they sacrificed to do was the right act of obedience.
Still got a few thoughts to process and convert into prayers before God. Learning to pray more...learning to just speak with God more consistently (ie: meditation).
Grateful to all of my supporters, for without their help, this trip would not have been possible. Need to write a follow-up letter/testimony. Hopefully I can clearly express into words the things that took place in Myanmar in the last 3 weeks....
PTL!
Having a difficult time adjusting back to the "normal" sleeping schedule. First night back slept for 3 hours and then went off to Hayward for a softball tournament. Last night slept for about 6 hours, but still up before dawn.
MM trip was difficult, not just physically but emotionally. Being in MM really reminded me about my first mission trip to Indonesia back in '98....I disliked that experience very much so, and I think the flashbacks really presented themselves again this year. I realized that 2 things I don't like very much is diesel-fuel exhaust and traveling in SE Asia. I rarely get motion sickness, but it seemed like I was "sick" almost everyday. The weather was hot and sticky, except on those days that it actually rained. Food was a hit and miss, mostly a hit, but still battled with stomach issues throughout the trip. Saw more than my fair share of Buddhas and pagodas and temples....these people are blindly living oppressed lives and they don't even know it. So much deceit and manipulation and corruption...only God can break through that blanket of evil.
Definitely saw first hand how God used our team to encourage the missionaries and their wives and families. Awesome times of fellowship and worship and just plain laughter. I think they needed the encouragement...the affirmation that what they sacrificed to do was the right act of obedience.
Still got a few thoughts to process and convert into prayers before God. Learning to pray more...learning to just speak with God more consistently (ie: meditation).
Grateful to all of my supporters, for without their help, this trip would not have been possible. Need to write a follow-up letter/testimony. Hopefully I can clearly express into words the things that took place in Myanmar in the last 3 weeks....
PTL!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Myanmar
looks like I'm going to Myanmar for a few weeks this summer. kinda caught off-guard here, definitely need to come before the Lord in prayer. me? a team leader? i've never officially led a team before. i've always been on the side, or in the background....advising, mobilizing, counseling. but now i'm up front and in the middle. all my faults and weaknesses are flooding my thoughts right now. did I mention that i need to pray?
friends, will you pray with/for me??
June 28 - July 17
friends, will you pray with/for me??
June 28 - July 17
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Great Collection of Quotes
"In a day, when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are traveling in a wrong path" - Swami Vivekananda
"If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they had never tried a new thing in their life" - Albert Einstein
"Never break four things in our life - Trust, Relation, Promise and Heart - because when they break, they don't make noise but pains a lot?" - Charles Dickens
"Three sentences for getting success: Know more than other | Work more than other | Expect less than other" - Williams Shakespeare
"If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see.." - Mother Teresa
"I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure" - Thomas Alva Edison
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" - Leo Tolstoy
"If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they had never tried a new thing in their life" - Albert Einstein
"Never break four things in our life - Trust, Relation, Promise and Heart - because when they break, they don't make noise but pains a lot?" - Charles Dickens
"Three sentences for getting success: Know more than other | Work more than other | Expect less than other" - Williams Shakespeare
"If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see.." - Mother Teresa
"I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure" - Thomas Alva Edison
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" - Leo Tolstoy
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Come Home Running
As I'm preparing for our services this weekend, this song came to mind, which also seems to coincide with this morning's devotional from Luke 15:11-24. I don't know about you, but sometimes we just need to remember to just let everything go and just run to Him. He is the One who can solve all our problems, love us more than anyone else can love us, and provide for us more than we'll ever need or want.
The biggest question mark in my life right now pertains to my future....future job/career, future spouse/family, future plans, etc... And sometimes I feel like I'm barely treading the waters of life. I need to be constantly reminded of how BIG and GREAT my God is and how He loves me so much and just wants my heart in obedience to Him. How cool is that huh?
I hope that as you reflect on the lyrics of this song, and think about the price that was paid on the cross, you will recognize just how great and loving our God truly is and run to Him.....
Come Home Running
Oh heart of mine, why must you stray?
From one so fair you run away
And one more time you have to pay
The heaviness of needless shame
Oh heart of mine, come back home
You've been too long out on your own
And He's been there all along
Watching for you down the road
So come home running
His arms are open wide
His name is Jesus
He understands
He is the answer
You are looking for
So come home running
Just as you are
Oh child of God so dearly loved
And ransomed by the Savior's blood
And called by name, daughter and son
Wrapped in the robe of righteousness
~Chris Tomlin
The biggest question mark in my life right now pertains to my future....future job/career, future spouse/family, future plans, etc... And sometimes I feel like I'm barely treading the waters of life. I need to be constantly reminded of how BIG and GREAT my God is and how He loves me so much and just wants my heart in obedience to Him. How cool is that huh?
I hope that as you reflect on the lyrics of this song, and think about the price that was paid on the cross, you will recognize just how great and loving our God truly is and run to Him.....
Come Home Running
Oh heart of mine, why must you stray?
From one so fair you run away
And one more time you have to pay
The heaviness of needless shame
Oh heart of mine, come back home
You've been too long out on your own
And He's been there all along
Watching for you down the road
So come home running
His arms are open wide
His name is Jesus
He understands
He is the answer
You are looking for
So come home running
Just as you are
Oh child of God so dearly loved
And ransomed by the Savior's blood
And called by name, daughter and son
Wrapped in the robe of righteousness
~Chris Tomlin
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