Saturday, October 24, 2009

Germany and Holland Report

First of all, I am grateful to God for all that He has done in our ministry. Secondly, I am grateful to all of you for your faithful prayer support. It is because of you that I can do what God has asked me to do. We have had an amazing time ministering in Germany and Holland.

For the majority of our time spent in Germany, we worked with a church in a town called Neugraben in the city of Hamburg. It was cool to work with this church because the congregation was really passionate about reaching out to their community, especially by ministering to the prostitutes and helping the homeless. So, during our time there, we were extremely active. We performed for the church a couple of times and did many school performances as well. We always share the Gospel and give our testimonies whenever we perform, and it’s really awesome to watch God use our talents and our stories for His Glory. We also ministered to the homeless people in the area by giving them food and spending time loving on them.

For a short time during our stay in Germany, we moved to another suburb still in Hamburg. We joined with a YWAM base there and ministered again in the local schools and churches. We did more street evangelism there, again specifically targeting reaching the prostitutes in Red Light District areas. One time during evangelism, our team had the chance to lead a lady to the Lord! Please pray for your new sister! (Just to clarify, she was not a prostitute.)

Although we only saw one salvation during our ministry in Germany, we planted many seeds and we trust that the Lord will water them. We really felt the spiritual darkness was strong in that nation. People didn’t really care about the Gospel or God. But we could sense breakthrough happening while we were there. Please also pray for that nation. God loves them sooo much!

From Germany, we traveled to Holland briefly to visit our friend’s church. The spiritual atmosphere in Holland was totally different than it was in Germany. During our short stay in Holland, we did couple of performances and encouraged the church a lot. After one of our performances, about 20 people rededicated themselves to Jesus! And that same night, I got to lead a 14 years old girl to Jesus! Her name was Karmen and she came to church that night because her friend invited her to watch our performance.

Thank you for taking time to read my blog. I hope you are encouraged by this report- God is moving around the world. I ask that you pray for me, personally, to be wise, sharp in spirit, and sensitive to what the Lord says. Please also pray that God will continue to anoint our team in ministry. It is the Lord’s blessing that fuels our ministry.

May God bless you so much more!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

More Happenings in South Africa

As you know, the outreach journey that my team and I have undertaken involves traveling to several different countries. We first flew to South Africa, now we are in Germany, and soon we plan to travel to Spain.

During the last two weeks that my team and I were in South Africa, we did a tremendous amount of ministry. For the first week, we attended a week-long conference hosted by YWAM at the Worcester-South Africa base. Many people came to this conference from many different YWAM bases. The daily teachings at this conference were amazing. From the teachings, I learned a lot about God’s mercy and His justice. Additional seminars also really opened my eyes about prophecy, and I have a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit and how He moves. My team and I got to perform at the conference a couple of times and evangelize in the area too. One day during evangelism, I had the chance to lead someone to the Lord!

After the Conference, we stayed in Worcester and joined a ministry called Impact World Tour for another week. During that tour, more than 6000 people heard the Gospel and more than 400 people gave their live to Jesus! It was amazing to see God moving! We were very busy that week but God gave us His strength. We started ministry at 8am and continued straight into the evening, performing 3 to 4 times per day everyday. It was a challenging week, but a wonderful week because we got to see God changing people’s hearts and gain more brothers and sisters in Christ!

We have currently begun ministry in Germany. There is a different spiritual atmosphere here. Please continue to pray for my team and me to shine God’s love everywhere we go. On a personal note, God has been challenging me to persevere and to press on toward the goal, forgetting my past and looking forward toward what lies ahead (as the Bible says in Philippians 3:13b-14). Please pray that I can apply this message to my life daily.

Thank you so much for taking time to read my blog. I pray God blesses you so much for your support.