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[mybravesong]

Singapore Trip & 14 Day Self Isolation

Hello everyone! It's been awhile since my last update so this is a pretty long one. I am now in Australia, currently finishing up my self isolation for 14 days. In my last update, I talked about the last year & how I am currently fundraising for YWAM.

A lot has happened since. In late Feb, my family & I had gone on a trip to Singapore visiting relatives. In the end, weddings were cancelled, plans were changed but it gave us time to spend with loved ones. In all honesty, the trip felt timely. It was as though it was planned and orchestrated by God. It was also the first time in a long time, my whole immediate family was with me on this trip. Here are some highlights from my trip.

Below: Caught up with a couple of friends <3 

Below: Showing love to Construction Workers during this Covid19 crisis

Below: Ohana <3

It was a wonderful trip. During the trip, we did see a slight glimpse of precautions in wake of the virus in our first week in Singapore. That did not however prepare us for the coming days in Perth. Since being in a 14 day isolation, I have seen our world suddenly engulfed by fear & a lot of uncertainty. I too was deeply affected by this. I also carried a lot of anxiety for fear of the possibility of having the virus. And as you know, I initially planned to join YWAM around this time but unfortunately due to self isolation, I cannot. As many things are shutting down around us and with the rapid amount of change going on, there have been lots of changes within YWAM Perth as well.

Times like these cause a lot of shaking in our inner life. It's like our carefully sculpted foundation is suddenly enveloped in cracks & worse still, we can’t stop it from collapsing. I too struggled really bad and I tried to hold it altogether. It's times like these that reveal where our security really lies. It made me realise what I placed my security in was truly fragile and I cannot find steadiness in it. My man-made foundation of day to day systems, money, people, talent & coping mechanisms cannot withstand what the world throws at me. I did not have peace. I had thought my security had already been found in God but He has revealed there's still much more work to be done in my heart. I had become too proud with the little knowledge I knew in my head & my heart had grown distant from Him. I am being brought really low but in that, I am thankful.

It has taught me I don't have to be pretend I'm okay when I'm really not. It has taught me to not run away from my problems but to take courage & voice my struggle with closed ones, find strength in God & take things one step at a time. It's taught me we are all human, we all have tough days and we can be kind towards one another. I'm learning in this season to be thankful for things I've taken for granted - personal freedoms and rights of the everyday life. I’m thankful for Godly friendships & family. I'm thankful for our health care staff on the frontline. I'm thankful for our government that has taken up the challenge of leadership in such a difficult time. I'm thankful to be alive.

I don't know what God is teaching you today but I pray you would find strength in Him in your day of trouble. I don't confess to know everything about life but I know leaning on God has helped me overcome a lot over the last few years. He has not been a distant God that many think He is. 

There are still tougher days ahead. I believe what the world needs the most now is the good news & Jesus truly is good news. It is in times like these that God asks of us to not hide the light we carry but to show others that there is still hope & there is still a tomorrow in Jesus and peace is a possibility.

Isaiah 60:1-3, 19-20 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

We draw strength from the source. Look to Him. He is our everlasting light in the darkness. May these verses encourage you greatly as it has for me. I do still intend on joining YWAM Perth, it’s just a matter of time. Ministry will look differently but that update is for another time. Have a great week ahead & do let me know if there’s anything I can pray for. Let us encourage & build one another up in these coming days <3

[mountains-forests]

So outreach is over, it's weird realizing in a week almost everyone I've spent the last six, most transformative months of my life, will be home hugging their family's and planning their next adventures by themselves. Not only is it hard saying goodbye to them but also not getting to see my own family for another 12 months. Thank goodness for good memories + pictures and skype for the two above problems. A couple people have asked how I liked outreach and I've told them "Oh I liked it so much I'm going back in three months" they're usually confused until I tell them I'm staying for BAS. Things I've learned for outreach- no matter how tired you are you can keep going (there's a day of rest for a reason), good team relationships are everything. Also: red dust is incredibly hard to wash out, nothing comes out of the Kimberly's the same color. Speaking of tired with a week of graduation and good byes and then a half week of rest before BAS starts I'll have a little time to rest before new people start arriving and my new team mates show up. Thank yay for not going immediately into outreach haha. I'm still currently trusting for finances, which is fun when lecture phase money is due July 2, I really appreciate the prayers and the finances I have seen so far. If you want to contact me; pm me here, fb, my email address, blog, phone number are always open. #vscocam #outreach #outreachover #YWAM #YWAMPerth #backinperth #roadtrip #kimbo #refddust #BAS #staying #finances #trustingGod

[sassydaisies-blog]

OUTREACH PART 1:NEPAL

Wow I am sorry that this update is so overdue! Outreach has been absolutely insane. Very busy, very stretching and a overall very new experience. It's been a while since my last actual update so let's back track a little bit. The week before I left in Perth I found out my Grandpa Lea finished his battle with lung cancer and passed away. It was very difficult news to get but I had an amazing family with my class mates in Perth that really helped me through it. I had said good bye before I left Canada knowing it might be the last. It was a long battle for my grandpa but I'm so so happy he is no longer suffering and is now running around heaven with Jesus. About 3 days after I got that news I left Australia to head to Nepal! It was the start to a crazy new adventure! We flew from Australia to Malaysia, spent the night in the airport there (yeah I'm a real world traveller I slept on the ground) and then we headed to Nepal early in the morning the next day. The landscape of Nepal from the plane was absolutely breath taking. It is full of beautiful mountains being home to Everest and the Himalayas. As soon as we landed, to say the least I felt a little bit of culture shock. Here are a few reasons why, 1) in Asia for toilets they use these things called squatees, uhh yeah basically exactly what it sounds like you just squat so yeah that was new 2) Nepal + traffic Rules = does not exist AT ALL 3) It's very busy on the streets where ever you go and wherever you go you're drawing a lot of attention for what you look like (for me that was being a blonde white girl haha). Nepal is located in between China and India so those are its two major influences. It's a very culturally strong and religious country. Being my first time in Asia this was something very very new to me. I definitely had a lot of adjusting to do when we arrived but I was eager to see what God had in store for us all! We went from Kathmandu to Ilam where we would be staying. It was about 14 hour drive on a lot of twisting roads up and down the mountains (yes I puked twice wooooooooo hooooo). In Ilam we were staying at a YWAM base/Christian school. The first week our ministry was done painting the school and helping out where we could along with also playing with the local village kids. For about 3-4 days during the first week I was stuck in bed with a fever and feeling pretty rough. But after a few days I was all good and was able to join up with everyone again. Praise God! As ministry continued we started to do a lot of hiking! Nepal is a fairly small country so most of it is remote and spread out. For us to get to the next village it was usually at least a 1 1/2 hour hike. I learnt something very quickly, I suck at hiking haha BUT THATS OKAY, i kept on pushing. One of my team mates Peyton and I were always happy to take up the back of the group haha. When we would arrive in a village we would do this thing called an open air. Basically it is a time where we gather a group of people and share the gospel with them. We do some skits, sing some songs, usually talk with people if they have any question and pray for people. After an open air we'd often get invited to a house for tea. Now let me tell you, I'm almost positive I drank my body weight in tea at least twice while in Nepal. Every where we went and I mean every where we would have tea. I am not complaining because all of it was usually home made so I was blessed by some really good tea about 5 times a day for a month! Generally our time in Nepal was doing a lot of discipleship with Christians in the country. Although we were expecting something different from Nepal, meeting many Christians in the nation was very encouraging. Nepal is an insanely Hindu/Buddhist country. It took me by surprise since I've only ever really experience catholic or Christian nations. Seeing people stand up for their belief in Jesus was very very encouraging when there was so much going against them. It made me so grateful for where I am from and also my family. It is so common in Nepal for people to be disowned by their families, friends and even from their village when they choose to be a Christian. Those who we met though, despite some experiences and circumstances were very full of joy. When they spoke of the blessing that had come into their lives since they had given it to God, it was very obvious how he had been working. We made amazing relationships with many of our contacts in Nepal as well! Our translator that was always with us is named BM. He was our honorary 10th team member and boy did we love him. He was a Christian who was constantly full of both joy and wisdom. We had the privilege to stay with some students from the school as well. There was a group of 8 students that were going to be travelling to the USA in May to study for a year. They wanted to practice their English so they stayed with us! The girls in my room were 13 and 14. They were both such sweet hearts. It was a huge blessing to get to know them both. As I said before it is very shameful for your family if you become Christian so these girls were Buddhist but also Christians. (Side note the really big issue in Nepal is not that they don't believe in Jesus they do but then they believe in 1000s of other gods as well.) When I asked the girls why they were Buddhist the only reason they had was because their parents were. With that being said it was really amazing to be able to spend time with them talking about Jesus and what their beliefs were. Now that was kind of a general over view of Nepal, here's some of the high lights for me! One day we did a 9 1/2 hour hike (all up hill, I basically died) to a village to visit a new church there. This was probably on of the most difficult things I've ever done, the amazing thing was that I really REALLY had to depend on God for my strength. It was a cool opportunity and experience, defiantly one I'll never forget. Near the end of our time in Nepal we hosted a youth conference with local Pastors and alongside the other Nepal team from my DTS. I loved getting to spend time with the other team and also seeing so many Christian youth come together to learn about God and have a great time! There was about 300 youth that showed up! After the three days of the conference we had three days of bible distribution through out the foot hill of the Himalayas! Again haha really really difficult but also really incredible. Through out our three days of bible distribution we would do about 6-8 hours of hiking a day. In this time I found strength physically and mentally in Jesus like I had never before. The Joy of the Lord had evidently shown up because I was happier than ever through out those days even though I was being pushed harder than ever. For bible distribution what we did was basically take up a back pack full of bible in the language of Nepali and hike everywhere and hand them out to everyone we saw or drop them off at every house. At the end of the month we headed back to Kathmandu before leaving for the Philippines. On our very last day we went and visited an organization called Dinadi. Dinadi was a beautiful organization ran by a Christian family. What they do is employ women from off the streets or who can't easily find work, to knit toques, mittens and scarfs. The work they do it absolutely beautiful. The products are then sold and the women are able to support themselves and their family's. I was very inspired and encouraged by their work. It was a very practical and beautiful way to support the women of Nepal and show Jesus love for them. Well that was Nepal! I've now been in the Philippines for a month and I promise that update will be here soon! Thank you so much for the continual love and support through this journey. I love and appreciate you all. ❤️❤️ All the love Ali 😊❤️

[christianemikaela]

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[nyanko-lover]

5th week & time for another update. 2 minggu terakhir menjadi saat-saat yg luar biasa dalam petualangan saya bersama Tuhan. Banyak pelajaran & proses yg menyakitkan namun memberikan kebebasan bagi hidup saya yg diberikan oleh Tuhan. Well...it's process.hahah! Melanjutkan update saya terakhir mengenai rencana outreach saya ke Manila & Nepal, saya dan seluruh peserta dan staff Frontline DTS - YWAM Perth akan melakukan fundraising dengan HIKE-A-THON. Well....bagi yg belum tau apa itu hike-a-thon, ini merupakan salah satu bentuk fundraising dengan hiking dalam jarak yang sangat panjang dan trail yang sangat sulit . Donatur yang tergerak untuk men-support kami dalam fundraising ini dapat membantu dengan memberikan donasi per km atau dengan memberikan donasi langsung. Adapun perincian dari rencana outreach dan fundraising kami adalah sebagai berikut: 1. Lokasi Outreach: Manila (Filipina) & Nepal 2. Kegiatan selama outreach: a. Nepal: - Penginjilan ke suku pedalaman yang masih sangat primitif dan belum pernah mengenal Yesus - Kami juga memperoleh kesempatan untuk membantu mengembangkan kesejahteraan masyarakat tersebut. b. Manila - megacities: Tujuan dari megacities adalah untuk setiap kota dapat melihat Tuhan,meresponi kasih karuniaNya,dan kembali pada apa yang sudah Tuhan tetapkan dari semula - memuliakan Tuhan dalam setiap aspek kehidupan mereka. Kami akan membagikan cinta kasih Kristus melalui evangelism,intercession,mercy ministry, & training 3. Fundraising yg dilakukan: Hike-A-Thon ( Minggu, 6 November 2016 - Jumat, 11 November 2016) 4. Jarak hiking per hari: 14 - 20 km per hari 5. Cara untuk berpartisipasi: Partisipasi dapat dilakukan dalam bentuk support donasi & doa. Donasi dapat diberikan dengan nilai per km, misal: Rp 10.000 ($1) per km,atau langsung memberikan donasi dalam jumlah langsung. Kami menerima seberapapun jumlah donasi yang diberikan,karena setiap sen pun sangat berarti untuk menunjang panggilan kami untuk menjangkau jiwa-jiwa yang belum & sulit terjangkau. Thx a lot for the support & God bless you all !! _^^_ @pieterpaulusjaya @jessytanudjaya #frontlinedts #ywamperth

[jannahburr]

Intercession over the city

[kassiddd]

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! For your prayers, support and love. Today God lead me through a process of having one of the most active time with God with morning, and through obedience He has spoke and provided. This is good news for me, but there is more to come. Tonight we saw $5,655 come in, and now trusting for $21,000 #give #ywamperth #cs4wddts2016 #faithful (at YWAM Perth)

[reachingtheunreached]

Reflections on a Second Week of Looking at The Father’s Heart

Man, a second time around, a year later, just totally diving into who God is as my Father. It was different from last year, but none-the-less life changing. Our speaker was this awesome father-hearted guy named Aleni. He came to us from Perth, Australia, but he is an islander which means teaching wasn’t a sort of linear kind of teaching you find in most classrooms; it was more of a circular, add in a few loopy loops, and maybe a zig-zag, and then back to the beginning kind of teaching, so forgive me if this post takes on a similar shape. 

- {“If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father” (said by Jesus)} This totally struck me right away, because it made me think of all the times I was exactly like Philip (who started that conversation with Jesus), not satisfied with what I have already seen. God created all in this world; through it, have I not seen His glory already? And what does that say about me? Have I been a good steward of the image God made me in? But that brought us right up to this next part: {If you are secure in the love of the Father, you will draw others to it.} It seemed so obvious after he said it. Of course others will be drawn to a perfect love I trust in whole-heartedly. There is nothing else in this universe that is like the love of the Father, and I can have steadfast trust in it. 

- {Don’t use the measuring stick the enemy has given to find your value.} Aleni brought this up with examples of the things we compare against others, things we use to define beauty and success, and things we say are ‘important’. Since when did God say a magazine cover is the standard of beauty? God never put standards out in the world for us to meet. Why do we believe them then? It’s because we believe the lie, from the same liar who told Adam and Eve that they would become like God if they disobeyed. When God goes to them in the garden after they’ve eaten the fruit, He asks them some questions, among them, this one: {Who told you you were naked? Who told you?} This isn’t a question of anger, or a question of trying to figure things out. God already knows. But what it brings up is the fact that the Father never told them any lie, He never exposed them, and He definitely never made them feel any shame. He wants them to recognize that He is the one who speaks life, and love, and truth. Never accept your truth from somewhere or someone other than the Father.

The week was filled with a lot of other gold, but I figured I wouldn’t barf it all out in one go. I guess all I can finish off with is that if you are ever feeling a real disconnect with Papa God as the incredibly loving Father He is, just relax and remember this: YOU DON’T HAVE TO EARN IT. God chooses to love you. Every single day. He chooses it, and He won’t change His mind. Now, let yourself simply be loved. 

- Analies

[mybravesong]

Fundraising Update

Hello from sunny Singapore. It’s been about 3 weeks since we started fundraising for the School of Evangelism. In total, we’re around 1/4 of $10,000 goal. In 3 weeks!! Can you believe it? I really want to pause here and give a shout out to many who are championing what God is doing in and through me. I can only response with deep gratitude towards God and towards you. I do love to be transparent about amounts I’m getting from sales + donations so I’ve put up a dashboard here: https://www.thedash.com/dashboard/Nk949Jax6

I know people are asking why fundraise? why not just work? I 100% totally understand that. I too found that it would be easier to just work and raise the money myself and believe me, I very much wanted to. But haha as you know, 

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,  neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,    so are my ways higher than your ways    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God had other plans. He said, “No, I want you to fundraise. I don’t want this to be about what you can do and accomplish by yourself. But I want this to be about relationship - relationship with Me and relationship with others. I want you to collab with others.”. With much trembling, I said - ok God, I will take a step of obedience and fundraise. What happened afterwards was nothing short of amazing. God brought alongside people. I didn’t ask but He just brought people. People who were filled with excitement for God to work, who were inspired by Him. GOD DESERVES ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE PRAISE FOR THIS. Words cannot express the encouragement I’ve felt as you’ve all avail yourselves to partner with us on this ride of a lifetime - from the Adult Zone to Friends and Family (if I could I would name all of you!!!). You continue to spur me on towards Christ and His purposes. It’s been nothing short of crazy and I am humbled by your love, encouragement and generosity.

What have you been up to? As some of you know, I am currently in Singapore. Why am I in Singapore while my friends and family are holding the fort in Perth? That is yet another interesting story on it’s own. On the day I returned home, I received a letter from the Singapore government to renounce my Singapore citizenship! Honestly, I love love Singapore to bits - I’m what you called patriotic. Love the people, love the food, just love this country! To give it up was such a hard hard thing to do but God reminded me just before I went to sleep, “Lynn, remember your identity isn’t tied to a country.”. I woke up the next day and remembered an experience I had during my discipleship training school. This was the experience. DAY 64 Saturday (8 Sept)

I woke up around 7.30am? God wanted me to go to swan River. I didn’t want to (because it was about an hr before breakfast, I was feeling lazy and it looked like it was gonna rain) but He really wanted me to go so I got ready and went.  As I was walking I was singing the song he is the light light light light of the world. All throughout, it was cloudy but you could see the sun was just very bright behind the clouds. When I got to the swan River, I stood and waited. I looked down and suddenly I heard shouts from the river. It was a bunch of people rowing in a boat and the coach shouting directions in a speedboat next to it.

They paused in the middle of the river and I thought they were gonna turn back but the coach was talking to the rowers (there were 2 sets of them). Then they went further down the river. I walked a little further and sat at a bench, then I saw a train and it looked like the Singapore train and God asked me if I would lay down my identity as Singaporean and I said I have but he said not entirely and I said it’ll be hard but I’ll let it go if You want me to. As I got up from the bench, the sun came out at that same timing and the sky was just suddenly clear and the sun shined so brightly and as I walked up the stairs back on the path back to the base, God said I am the light of the world (I felt the warmth of the sun on my back) and he said just like the coach was with the rowers each step of the way, I am with You. You know what you must do.

At the time, I had thought that God wanted me to go into missions but He is so kind. He’s asked me about letting go my citizenship before I even saw the letter. He is so gentle and good. I checked the date in which the government had sent the letter and it was the exact same week I had this experience. It was so clear, He wanted me to give it up. Who was I to refuse Him? Who was I to say no to the one who loves me the most? I said, “ok God I’ll do it.. in April.” I thought, I’d do it but I’ll do it when it would be most convenient in April(I’d be back for my cousin’s wedding and stopover in Singapore) but God was taking it one step further, He said I want you to walk in activeness and not in passivity. He wanted me to go to Singapore as soon as I could to get it done. At that moment I told Him, are you kidding me? I don’t have the money God, how? This was His answer. When I was having a meal with my family, I suddenly remembered - my sisters(my sweetie pies) had decided together that for my birthday in Dec 2018, they’d give a total of $300 just for the specific use of flight travel. The amount I needed was $298 so it just covered it with $2 to spare. Wow, He had already known. God is so good. 

So, here I am now in a tiny red dot near the equator. This is what I’ve been up to so far, I’ve since renounced my citizenship and had to opportunity to partner with my good friend - Jamie in JB in macaroon making. She prayed about it and decided to give me part of the proceeds. LIKE WHUTT?! It was something unexpected.

Jamie and I (she makes bomb macaroons!! follow her at @jaeybakes on instagram)

Did a little semi-babysitting (they’re cute)

I’ve also got the chance to spend time with my extended family! God is truly good. If I’d not listen to His prompting, I’d have miss out on moments like these! <3

my grandpa, (Really thank God for sustaining him in health!) , my aunty and I

My cousins & I - gosh I miss this bunch of humans.

My cousin Teri and I

On top of that, I’ve had so many opportunities to share what Christ is doing and to encourage others in their walk with God (especially over chinese new year). It’s been so good catching up with all my aunties and uncles!! I’m thinking over all these moments and I’m just amazed at how God is orchestrating this! This has no means been an easy 3 weeks. There are days where I am still filled with doubt, but the best part of God’s nature is - doubts will always come but He CONSTANTLY without fail reassures the direction He has called us to take - through people, through His word. I’m amazed and so thankful! I love that what He said in DTS remains true, that He is with me wherever I go. His love is so comforting, so reassuring and so BIG! This is the God that came down to die for us, the God that said, I’ve traded your sins for my blessings. What an honour it is to serve Him!

I just want to take a moment and encourage you. Perhaps you’re in a bit of a situation yourself, you’re surrounded by doubts about the future, look to Him. He is able to supply your every need! :) His love is constant and He does not shift like shadows, no matter your circumstance. If there’s anything I can keep you in prayer for - drop me a message! I’ll be happy to!!

Please also do continue to uphold the fundraising and my time in Singapore in prayer. :)

[christianemikaela]

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[nyanko-lover]

Have been spending my first week in West Asutralia,Perth. Great thanks to the great Father Jesus who took me here to take Frontline DTS in YWAM as He promised. I'm staying with the other DTS students in a very nice dorm. Also my classmates, dormates,& mentors are verrry nice. So happy to be able to study about God together with them. This week we learnt a lot about hearing God's voice. And I just realize that all this time I prayed,I was a bit wrong in my way of praying. I often forgot to put God's will as priority over my own issues. Since then,I began to ask God to speak His heart,not pushing Him to answer my questions. And everytime I do that,He always speak to me, and it's very nice. I feel like this week i'm getting more closer to God. He'd reminded of who He is & who I am again.He reminded me to trust Him,He's my shield,my shelter,and everything. I love spending quiet times alone w/ Him in the morning at the park. It feels like spending time with a best friend or a lover.So comfortable. Anyway,over all these glitters I still have to face a challange which hasn't finished. I still need to pay 2610 AUD to pay the lecture fees & more for the outreach and I still don't have the money. But I believe God will provide it.As His promised me through His words in Psalms 37,I trust Him that He'll provide it for me. I was thinking about taking a part-time job here,but then God say NO .It's NOT what He wants for taking me here for. So then,I decided to depend on Him & trust Him more. O yea,last night one of my roomate suddenly gave 100 aud for my lecture fee. It's amazing God really is beginning to fullfill His promise. So now I just need 2510 AUD left. I trust God will provide it & will not late to help me. He's already taken me this far. So He WON'T start to fail me this time. #ywamperth #frontlinedts2016 #pursuethedestiny #trustinChrist #nevergiveup

[kibarbs]

The sunsets here are among the loveliest I've seen; the proof of Gods infinite creativity. #ywamperth #mapdts2015

[measkris]

Financial Statement

Ok guys.. Today I want to share my important prayer about finance now. Why I share this ? Should I see this like I don’t have faith ? I think not.

I think, I have to share this because I want being humility, humble and responsibility for the finance thing I need for my mission school fees and outreach now in YWAM Perth on my Media, Art and Photography Discipleship School.

I want to share this shortly and not long and I hope so, lol. So... I have tell you in this blog how I can come to YWAM Perth to do Discipleship Mission School. Then, my heart for outreach come to part of East Asia. This is kind of secure country and I cannot talk much about this country in public because I want this mission be growth with God’s plan. My vision for this country is, I see a lot of missionary by discipleship way and they can spread to all nations for teaching about gospel. I need about $4500 AUD and $2380 AUD for my school fees here... These are a lot and more than before for me, guys... I know what you gonna said... but, I trust my Father that He is providing. This is very important for me guys... God name will glorify through what happened and I want you to keep pray for me and support me.

I want to share some story while I am in here and I will tell you later. This is important for me to share because this is my step of faith to being faithful and try to tell you guys what happened and keep going in faith together with this part. Every amount of your gift is counting from God and this is not only trip for me, this will be my life and death across nations to spread gospel.

Thanks^^God bless You

-Me as Kris-

[mybravesong]

Moving On

Don’t worry, I’m not physically moving anywhere. I am however moving on from 2018. Although I am, I can’t help but take a bit of time just to reflect on what transpired in 2018. 2018 for me has been a year where I would define in these words, “dare to be brave”. God led me to leave my job and go on a wild adventure with Him through the Music DTS(Discipleship Training School) in YWAM Perth. Some thought it was a crazy and an irrational, illogical choice to make. I was met with many who questioned the choice I was making. Why would you give up a stable job? I was plagued with constant worry about my future. But when I made the decision in my heart to follow Christ, there was PEACE, just so much peace. And when I move that conviction into action, God gave me a word that confirmed the redirection that was taking place in my life. I honestly can’t fully comprehend it and I don’t entirely even now - not the fullness of it anyway.

Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.

In DTS (Discipleship Training School), I found myself growing in the depth of God’s love, how personal He is or how much worth I have in His eyes. It was like my whole being was submerged and soaking in a bathtub full of so much enoughness in the light of who God is. That’s a weird image to put in your head but it’s true. Words can’t describe the transformation in my heart, it’s cliche to say, “God’s worked in my heart and I now know He is good and He is enough for me.” It sounds so simple, so fundamental, so foundational but it was this profound truth that penetrated my heart so deeply. The best part was, I got to do it along side this incredible bunch of people who, more than friends, I call family! <3 

As part of the DTS, we went to the nations to apply and share what we had learned. I went to Nepal&Manila. I found myself pushing my way out of my comfort zone, doing things I’d never thought I would ever do - preach the gospel, share my testimony in the open, be unafraid of who God has made me to be, to express love with kindness, to overcome control and a lot more. It is so REAL and I experienced God move like never before. Everything I thought was impossible became more than possible with God and I was experiencing it in real time. It would be sad if I didn’t include some highlights so here you go.

Highlights from my time in the nations

The Nepal/Manila Team

NEPAL

My team and I did a lot of gospel skits and shared about Christ (His nature and character).

We worshipped and proclaimed God’s goodness on mountain tops and interceded for the people there.

We partnered with many local churches, praying and doing house visits. 

MANILA

Sharing the gospel to many in villages and even in prison!!

We worked a lot with kids. They are so wonderful and we see so much of God in them.

That’s really brief but we saw God move so powerfully through ministry. At outreach, God began to show me His heart for people. He was the one moving the whole time and all my team and I were doing was just to partner with Him. 

The last few weeks of 2018 came and went in a snap. Outreach ended, then came Christmas and quickly after, New Years. So here I am now, in 2019. My heart is filled with much joy and thanksgiving for my Lord. He has saved me and continues to walk day by day with me. I take delight in knowing that everything that happened was every bit necessary. He has stolen my heart with His kindness and gentleness. He has taken me from sorrow to joy, from doubt to trust, from hopeless to hope, from defeat to victory, from captivity to freedom. Yes! I can honestly say I wouldn’t have chosen this for me, but He did and there is not a single bit of regret in that. 

So what does 2019 hold?

God’s on the move everywhere and I’ve been asking God where to next? What’s my next step God? I’m happy to say, God revealed to me His heart in a deep deep way as I was sharing who He is with people. I saw God’s compassion on people and His longing for relationship with each person. As I was sharing one time, He said this, “I long to comfort these people, to pour my love into these people, how can I reach them?". Through many confirmations, I knew God was calling me into evangelism. He wanted me to capture His heart for the ones far from Him. It could look like so many things but before outreach, there had been a school at the back of my mind and it just clicked. This school is called The School of Evangelism. This school aims to equip people to take the gospel wherever they go. So, in obedience, I have applied for this school. I’m kinda excited and filled with anticipation for God to move in this coming year. This is the season laid in front of me and I’m so ready to move with God in it.

So, I’m inviting you! If you believe in what God is doing through me, come alongside and partner with us(God & I). 

Pray and ask God how He would like you to contribute whether it’s prayer, finance or anything else He brings to mind - holding a bake sale, doing a movie night etc. The possibilities are endless haha! I’ll also be starting to bake and sell some cookies so keep an eye out for that. The fees for the school is about $10k, this includes accomodation, food, plane tickets. It is an amount that’s kinda big but that’s where faith & trust come in. So, pray, reach out, shoot me a DM, I’ll be more than happy to answer questions.

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Thanks for reading, I hope it was an encouragement to you to keep the faith and continue persevering in Christ! Feel free to share this and encourage one another :)

[thebishopofnottingham]

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