New and Exciting Things Ahead

I love and miss everyone very much and I hope you are doing great! I’m sorry that it’s been so long since I posted on my blog, but I fully intend to intentionally post more often. Now I would like to update you on how things are going over here in Hong Kong. For the past two months I have been doing Mission Building, which is just serving at the YWAM base in whatever ways they need me. During this time God was able to teach me a lot about being intentional in spending time with him. I have learned that without spending time with God each day we become weak and the enemy can take full advantage of that. It began to make me ineffective within my ministry, I wasn't sure why and then God gave me a revelation of what was happening. I was trying to move in my own strength and God humbled me and showed me my dependency for him. He's continuing to teach me many things and I'm looking forward to everything he has in store ahead.

        During my mission building phase, I also got to take part in a local ministry called “Sons and Daughters”. It is a ministry working in the red light districts of Hong Kong, which are areas where prostitution and many other illegal activities occur regularly. My main focus is to reach the men of the red light district and share with them, which in turn gives the girls on my team an opportunity to share more effectively with the women there. After going there every week I began to build relationships with the guys who are there, each one having their own personal story of how they got there and why they stay. I met one very interesting man from Fiji, that man was so full of love. He was very drunk at the time that I met him, but he kept sharing with me about how much better he wanted for me and that he didn’t want me to go through all that he went through. After talking with him I was able to learn the story of why he was here in Hong Kong. He used to be a farmer in Fiji until something bad happened. His cousin convinced him to sell his house and his land and to go to Australia. So he sold everything he had hoping to have a better life and a better farm over in Australia, but he didn’t get the life he wanted. He wound up in Hong Kong, and didn’t have enough money to leave when he was here. Then while here his visa expired and they arrested him and now he is under the governmental system of Hong Kong, trying to find a way to get out of the life he is now stuck in. He now longer has a place that he can really call home; his home now is hanging out with the men on the streets in Hong Kong. Seeing people with such hurts and seeing the love that he still has is incredible. It makes me feel more eager to meet with him share with him the freedom and love that Jesus has for him. Unfortunately, I have not seen him since that night. I keep praying for all involved the red light district they are all beautiful people who need to be shown the true love of God!

This is a picture of me and my wonderful FEET team!

        Freshly starting now is the next program called FEET, Far East Evangelism Team, where we will be going to 3-4 different countries throughout Asia sharing the gospel for 2-3 months. We are in the preparation/lecture phase of FEET where we will be learning more about God's heart for the nations. We will also be learning dramas and dances that we will use to share the gospel, I have gotten a small taste of the dramas and they are awesome and powerful. We will be doing this preparation for about one month in Hong Kong before we are launched out for our 2-3 month outreach. We have been sharing our testimonies and praying for one another during the first week. We are learning about worship and have just begun learning our dances and dramas. I'm very excited to see what God is going to do in and through my team during this program. I'll keep you all updated on what's going on.

        I would like to share a couple of prayer requests with you. I have a friend who just had her best friend back home pass away and she has returned home, but now must find a way to pay for her ticket. Please pray for her and her friends with this tragedy and provision of funds. My friend Samuel also still needs approximately $4000 USD to finish the program and return home. I am also still in need of funds, approximately $3300-3500 USD. Please keep all of us in your prayers for these things and also for our time here in Asia. I love you all and I am I'm so excited that we're going on this journey together.