Happy Independence Day! It's our last day at the Native Bible Conference, and wow what a day today. We went to service at Glennallen Community Chapel, and the service in itself was a God marker. From the songs, to the sermon, to even the Breakdown of the Gospel in Romans on the back of the bulletin, was like God giving us exactly the message he wanted us to give the teens; and then Mrs. Hui came up with the idea of having a teen service after our typical program.
At the service, about 20 people showed up, maybe plus or minus the team, but it was still a good crowd, we did worship and our rendition of the Everything - Lifehouse skit and Bob Wendt from ABC spoke a little bit. For me, it was so powerful to see how God was working, especially in this guy Mikey's life. For those of us that met him, he's the friendly, funny, all smiles kinda guy. He was so focused during the whole service, it was like you could see the gears turning in his head. And what a "coincidence" that he just so happened to come home for the weekend because it was the holiday and he got to come to the service. He was telling us after, that he felt like it was a wake up call in his life because even though he accepted Christ there were still somethings that weren't in line in his life. I'll be praying for him, please do too.
Tomorrow we leave for Anchorage! Please pray for our Bible Club there from Tues-Thurs!
I will fear no evil, for my God is with me
and if my God is with me, whom then shall I fear?
Oh, no you never let go
through the calm and through the storm
Oh, no you never let go
in every high and every low
Oh, no you never let go
Lord, you never let go of me
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Monday, July 5, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Greetings from...Detroit?!
Yes, you read that correctly, we are in Detroit. Now I'm sure you're wondering wait...wasn't it Alaska Missions Trip? Well yes, and throughout today's events God has showed me, besides his humorous side, but also to count my blessings.
So start from last night, I stayed up all night doing last minute laundry and packing, that by the time I was done, it made no sense to sleep because I had to wake up in 30 minutes to get ready to go to the airport. Or so I thought, because before I got into the shower, Mrs. Hui (Helen) called me and told me our 12:45 pm flight was canceled. After I got off the phone, I felt very disheartened because I started to panic that things were going crazy so last minute. Thankfully we were able to find a flight for 4:15pm to Detroit and then to Anchorage, but when we got there, our flight was delayed until 5:45pm. We departed Philadelphia with a feeling of urgency because when we arrived in Detroit we had literally about 10 minutes to get from Gate 23 to Gate 70. Talk about a rush for time. We got to Detroit, and we thought maybe there was still time. To make things better, our gate had been moved to 72! Wow, what were the odds. This was very exciting all about until we pulled into the gate, and watched our flight to Anchorage pull out. Wow, talk about a salty situation. But even so, it was almost funny. Then we waited 2.5 hours in line to sort out our flight situation. And in the end, we got comp'ed rooms at Crowne Plaza along with some food vouchers.
If you can imagine, it was a pretty hectic day...and while most times I would find myself frustrated and groaning about how unfortunate my day was, I found myself adopting a positive attitude because I realized that God was really trying to show us something. First of all, God has a plan, and through LT and Mrs. Hui, they really helped remind me of that. While in our minds, it seemed like setbacks, however because our flight got canceled, we just so happened to end up in Detroit, where we were able to meet this girl Santi and also this Chinese family that has their 3 kids that are going to CMU. What are the odds? Also, as we got into Detroit, although we were delayed, we got into Detroit just in time before the storm/tornado warning hit. Could you imagine if we were trying to land and/or depart? It could've gone terribly wrong.
Today's entry is long because I feel like with such a hectic day, it is something that needs to be shared, for people to see how God is omnipotent and omniscient but also how his sense of humor plays into things. This trip we were challenged to look out for "God markers", and as a personal reflection, as I'm learning to look for them, it's teaching me not only more about who God is, and how he works; but also about how my life is when I don't take the time to see how God is working through me and in me.
Well that's all for now! Until next time! God Bless :)
For my prayer partners out there, please pray for:
-safety as we travel from Detroit to Anchorage
-our time management as we make use of the extra time God has given us to plan and prepare our time in Glennallen.
-us to be more alert to the needs of the people around us and that we will have the right words for them
So start from last night, I stayed up all night doing last minute laundry and packing, that by the time I was done, it made no sense to sleep because I had to wake up in 30 minutes to get ready to go to the airport. Or so I thought, because before I got into the shower, Mrs. Hui (Helen) called me and told me our 12:45 pm flight was canceled. After I got off the phone, I felt very disheartened because I started to panic that things were going crazy so last minute. Thankfully we were able to find a flight for 4:15pm to Detroit and then to Anchorage, but when we got there, our flight was delayed until 5:45pm. We departed Philadelphia with a feeling of urgency because when we arrived in Detroit we had literally about 10 minutes to get from Gate 23 to Gate 70. Talk about a rush for time. We got to Detroit, and we thought maybe there was still time. To make things better, our gate had been moved to 72! Wow, what were the odds. This was very exciting all about until we pulled into the gate, and watched our flight to Anchorage pull out. Wow, talk about a salty situation. But even so, it was almost funny. Then we waited 2.5 hours in line to sort out our flight situation. And in the end, we got comp'ed rooms at Crowne Plaza along with some food vouchers.
If you can imagine, it was a pretty hectic day...and while most times I would find myself frustrated and groaning about how unfortunate my day was, I found myself adopting a positive attitude because I realized that God was really trying to show us something. First of all, God has a plan, and through LT and Mrs. Hui, they really helped remind me of that. While in our minds, it seemed like setbacks, however because our flight got canceled, we just so happened to end up in Detroit, where we were able to meet this girl Santi and also this Chinese family that has their 3 kids that are going to CMU. What are the odds? Also, as we got into Detroit, although we were delayed, we got into Detroit just in time before the storm/tornado warning hit. Could you imagine if we were trying to land and/or depart? It could've gone terribly wrong.
Today's entry is long because I feel like with such a hectic day, it is something that needs to be shared, for people to see how God is omnipotent and omniscient but also how his sense of humor plays into things. This trip we were challenged to look out for "God markers", and as a personal reflection, as I'm learning to look for them, it's teaching me not only more about who God is, and how he works; but also about how my life is when I don't take the time to see how God is working through me and in me.
Well that's all for now! Until next time! God Bless :)
For my prayer partners out there, please pray for:
-safety as we travel from Detroit to Anchorage
-our time management as we make use of the extra time God has given us to plan and prepare our time in Glennallen.
-us to be more alert to the needs of the people around us and that we will have the right words for them
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