Mission rocks

Hello people!! hows life? really long time never come cg n talk to all of u liao (trust me i really do wanted to come last fri =P chris told me you're gonna celebrate my birthday somemore)

Life for me has been really great, mission trip in cambodia is one of the best times in my life, the experience is truly unforgettable!! i do have so many things to share! let me start 1st with a funny incident in cambodia...

i was riding on a motorcycle driven by my interpretor as we were going to a church to preach, suddenly i was thristy, i reached for the bottle in my bag, opened the lid and was about to drink it. then... PAK! i forgot that i was wearing helmet! lol

ok there are many more funny incidents like dat (i hoped u laughed, when i told my team the loudest one laughing is aunty esther, our very own missionary)

This is a pic of me eating some cow dung, tastes good =)

here is a picture of my missionary team + aunty esther.. we really grew close to one another.. 9 days together ler...

What did i do over there u might ask? Well let me 1st say again that the experience of being used by God directly so so amazing, every morning i would thank God during our group devotion for such an exciting time for such an opportunity to impact lives.

Unlike the other mission teams that went to cambodia, we didn't have any children ministry (which is such a shame cause i do love kids, they taste good =P), home outreach or open preaching. Our goal was mainly to reach out to the youths in baray (where aunty esther stays) and kampot (where Ps kenneth and Yin Meng stays) by conducting the teachings in their youth camp. Let me start 1st with Kampot...

This is their 1st youth camp in Kampot, the youths actually didn't know what it means, they thought its like scouts camping thingy untill Yin Meng had to explain to them. So since its their 1st time, they wasn't as responsive to the teachings we had with them. Around 40 people came and at the end 3 people gave their lives to Jesus, i expected more but Praise God because to God these 3 lives turned to God is worth all our time there!

btw i really adore Kenneth's 2 son - jonathan and daniel. They think i'm troy volten lol

After 2 days we then travelled to Baray through Phnom Penh, straight away that night we had a revival meeting about having a passion for God preached by my team leader. Immediately i see the total change in spiritual atmosphere than that of in Kampot, these 100 youths that came were really hungry for God and the things of God. When the preaching starts all of them were so attentive, the way they listened and responded to the teaching truly put all of us to shame. At the end everyone responded to having a passion for Jesus. Praise God

After the revival meeting, our team had a debriefing, my team leader stressed again that now its time to step up and really be serious about our teaching, because this youths are really receptive they are really like good soil, and if we allow God to use us, the word of God will come and be multiplied 40 50 folds. At this i straight when back and looked through my teaching, i was suppose to pakat with my team leader and do a 2-part teaching of Serving one another in Love which is the theme of the camp. Thank God through His strength and power i believe that the teachings did leave a difference in their lives.

Youth camp in Baray

The camp lasted around 4 days.. seriously i super enjoyed the camp, the youths are so enthu for God but too bad i can't communicate with them =( The major highlight was the last day where they had a youth rally, 100 youth campers actually brought 400 friends to come for it. On that day trucks after trucks, filled with people came into the camp site, it was truly an amazing sight. Btw i dunno y but my team leader placed me in charge of the evangelistic messenge (whats wrong with her man lol), so u can imagine since the night before i was kan chiong spidering, i never felt so nervous before especially when th people start coming in and in and in.

As nervous as i am i prayed to God and said "Lord more than anything, more than praying for good english or fluent speech or good explaination, I pray that you'll use me as Your humble vessel, as Your mouth piece." And although i was still nervous, when i started my sermon i immediately felt the peace of God coming to me, i was able to interact with all of them like i was interacting with a group of friends. And at the end, around 200 people gave their lives to Christ! Praise God!! Looking back, i know that it is not anything that i've done or how good i am, but i'm so priveledge tat God in His mercy chose to use me to bring the good news to the non christians, therefore i really cannot boast about myself, but to boast about how great this God really is!!

After that we had R & R (rest and recreation) and we came back on the 14/8.

I still remember on th 15/8, when i was worshipping God at home and thinking about my experience in cambodia.. tears start flowing down my eyes, i really cannot imagine tat God not only chose all of us to be His children, but trusts us, sinful and stiffed neck people to carry out His will on earth, truly God's love is amazing.

One thing among many things i've learnt through this camp is by looking at the lives of these cambodian youths. Most of us (if not all of us) cannot even imagine what they're going through, i never had to worry about whether there was food to eat tomoro, or that i wouldn't have enough money to further my education, yet from their lives i see the joy of the Lord, i still see totally devotion and submission to Him. And i start to look at our lives, we become bitter and blame God even when facing the smallest inconvenience.

Not only did i see the love of God in their lives, i noticed their deep desire in spite of their hard circumstances, to stand and make a difference for God wherever they are. It causes me to look at myself and ask, am i making a difference in the area God has placed me in? And i've learnt through the teaching i've prepared that to make a difference, it is to start serving and loving the people around you, transforming them 1 by 1 by the love of God.

i believe tat in the same way God sent me to cambodia to reach out to the youths, He sends all of us to our family, to DUMC, to IMU to make a difference for Him. i can still remember the youths singing the song "making a difference" in the cambodia language, such a passion for God and people. Lets catch that passion! start looking for needs of people around You, and start to reach out and share the love of Christ to them today! And we'll make a difference 4 God!

i was the first aider there, openning ceremony. Yin Meng was in pain while i pose 4 tis pic =P