...we're goin' on a mission trip!
haha!
for sure excited na talaga lahat sa mga pupunta sa mission trip. at eto pa, ngayon ko lang napagtanto na ang tamang spelling ng pupuntahan namin ay guinAyangan; i thought it's guinyangan - it's just pronounced like this by the locals but yung former ang talagang tama. hay! kung kailan na-print out ko na yung IDs, saka lang namin napansin! nakita pa ng senior pastor namin. hihi...sorry po pastor!
there will be different presentations kasi for each night, kaya each church must prepare as many presentations as they can para hindi maubusan. first night daw is evangelistic night, yun kumbaga ang pinaka-unang gathering for the whole trip. ang sabi sa amin, camp daw yung mangyayari; the young people from guinayangan will be staying where the sessions and revival nights will take place...para hindi na raw sila gumastos ng malaki for pagbabangka at sa paglalakad nila ng napakalayo. it's very humbling to know these stories where the believers of the Lord need to exert much of their effort just to get to the church and serve Him, without complaints or anything that would question God of their situation.
last night was our first practice (yung representative ng church namin) and 1 3/4 ang naaccomplish namin na presentation. woohoo! thank You Lord! haha! supposedly may practice din kami today kaso yung magkapatid naming kasama eh may pinuntahan, buti na lang we filled the time gap of waiting for the boys kung tuloy ba o hindy by making the IDs. we edited the template that i did and saka namin pina-print sa labas tapos laminated it sa church. masaya naman in fairness, yun nga lang, ang konti namin sa church kaya di masyado masaya kwentuhan. hehe. last night talaga, bonding kaming 5 youth leaders. tawanan, nakagawa pa kami ng 1-stanza-1-chorus na video (arra, load mo sa You Tube! haha!).
ayun. daming activities sa church kaya sa thursday na next namin na practice. after nun, monday and tuesday night na with other churches. tapos wednesday ng 12mn - WOOHOOOOOO!!! go go go!
since maaga kaming natapos ngayon in making IDs and postponed practice namin, i'll be spending my time na preparing for short messages for cell groups doon. hay!
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nga pala, naka-boto na ako. 2nd taym! hehe! yun lang. still trusting in the Lord na maaayos ang government natin. in man's ways that seems to be a wishful thinking, but in God, all things are possible. Amen!
THE MISSION
Steve Green, 1989
There's a call going out Across the land in every nation
A call to those who swear allegiance to the cross of Christ
A call to true humility, to live our lives responsibly
To deepen our devotion to the cross at any price
Let us then be sober, moving only in the Spirit
As aliens and strangers in a hostile foreign land
The message we're proclaiming is repentance and forgiveness
The offer of salvation to a dying race of man
Chorus:
To love the Lord our God
Is the heartbeat of our mission
The spring from which our service overflows
Across the street or around the world
The mission is still the same
Proclaim and live the Truth
In Jesus' name
As a candle is consumed by the passion of the flame
Spilling light unsparingly throughout a darkened room
Let us burn to know Him deeper
With our service flaming bright
Will radiate His passions
And blaze with holy light
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This song really makes a great impact in my life and there comes a deep realization that i must do my responsibility as a Christian. I'm not being forced to do it; however, it's only by the Lord's love that truly compels me to share the Gospel to the lost. My desire to become a missionary is starting to arise within me but there are still lots and lots of preparation, training and consecration that i must undertake to become full equipped and armored as a soldier of the Lord.
Being part of the team for the mission trip will surely bring me to a whole new different level of knowing the Lord and how He wants me to be consumed for His glory. I'm very expectant of every good thing that the Lord will do; and when i mean good, it doesn't have to be overtly positive in man's eyes - it could be disappointing or frustrating, but definitely God will always bring the very best out of what will happen in every little detail that's gonna take place.
Meanwhile, the cell group that I'm handling right now is...well, on a crisis. I fully rely on the power and wisdom of the Lord because i don't want to see them completely getting their lives out of hand just because of the earthly affections that their eyes have laid upon.
God is refining us each and every day. We get to grow and mature as we see each situation and obstacle in our lives through His eyes. May His unfailing love continue to envelope us in the midst of brokenness and purification for His Kingdom.
