Been a long and tiring week for me... had workshops to attend, school to go & studying for my exam...
Physically really a challenge as i was just recovering from a team and then came another group. Mentally also tiring as i had to be on "alert" all the time for any policies change or things to take note of... feels like a secretry for a while hahahaha...
But after all these... i get to see Loong :) and that kind of lifted my soul... i know i have neglected him for this period of buzzing here and buzzing there and i can hardly have time to talk to him... I am so glad everything is over for now... now got some time to Pak-Tor... hahahaha
This coming Tue i will be traveling to the EAST with Loong to attend a graduation, to take video for 2 village churches. Guess wat?! I get to trek to the village... 3-4 hrs trek.. so exciting!!! And will be staying up there too... pray pray no mosquitoes to attack... i hate these things... i wonder why did God made them hahahah
Oh the weather will be super duper hot! Think i will be chao-ta by the time i come back to the capital. I will be there for 8-10days and also will be joining in for one of the outreach event... Wonder if my stomach is ready to eat the BIG portion of food the villagers going to serve me... those who been up here will know what i mean by the portion - BIG like mount everest... and no choice I got to FINISH ALL... culturally very sensitive and wat more i am a M here...
okie dokies i got to catch up with my rest and pack my lugguage for this journey... 14 hrs bus ride and will be trekking for long hrs of which the roads are really steep and rocky... PRAY PRAY PRAY...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
13 April is A Brand New Year and brand New Life for 2 Sophia Girls
Today is New Year for this country & because of the election, no one pays any attention to this new year. But today is a great day for many of us as we come together to celebrate 4 of our church members baptism of which, 2 are from our Sophia home.
I am really excited and happy & encouraged too to see 2 of our girls making this decision on their own and making this public declaration of their faith too.
My Short interview with them
Me: " Jina, tell me about how u are feeling right now."
Rojina:" i am feeling happy."
Me: " What is baptism to u?"
Rojina: " I am to die with Christ and to raise together with Christ."
Me:" Soma! How are u feeling?"
Somaya's reply: " I am feeling scare..."
Me: " Scare in good sense or bad sense?"
Somaya: " In good sense Di Di..." (she shys off)
Then, in the evening, we had a little program put up by our small girls in the home as a gesture to celebrate New Year. We all got ourselves into some kind of involvement in performing, dancing and singing. And we ended off with FOOD!!!
I enjoyed my New Year very much, seeing my girls being baptized is the most encouraging moment while in Np. I am looking forward to see more of my girls coming forward to say that they will like to be baptized too in the following year.
Thank U Lord for your death & ressuraction that today 4 of them have made a public declaration. May u watch over them as they continue and take another step of Faith to go deeper in their relationship with u.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Overflow of His Greatness & Excitment!!!
Been a tiring week for me but I am energized up by what He is doing in my life and my girls life in sophia home.
Before the team from WSCS arrived, i managed to go out to stock up food in my house due to the uncertainty of the situation - Election day. Don't you think polling/voting day is peaceful here, it can actually be worst than the 2006 "peoples movement" resulting in 13,000 death. But really only could be Him - Prince of Peace. The very day of polling is very peaceful. Only a few blood shed, 2 bomb blast in the capital (1 or 2 day before voting day)... you must be thinking what peace is that glo u talking about??!?!! This is really considered peaceful for the percentage of death toll and the degree of violence. Okie i better don't continue or will scare you guys off from coming here...
I have lots of thanks giving to share:
- 2 or 3 days before the bomb blast near the hospital, I was at the hospital visiting one of my girl's mother who had to go through for an operation.
- 1 day before the bomb blast, i walked passed that place twice to get some of the team's stuff exchanged due to faultiness of the item and i was with 2 of my sophia home girls
- The very day of explosion, i was with the team and decided to go to Mangal Bazaar instead of another place where it is near the bomb blast.
This itself is a testimony of God's protection and grace upon me.
- I managed to send the WSCS team to the airport by hoping on the very bus the hotel had arranged and also get to help my Thai friend to get a ride too and we took a private authorized vehical back to our home safely. (the day for voting, no vehicals are allowed to be on the street so everyone walks to go and vote)
Back to where i was saying about stocking up food in my house, i delibrate asked 1 girl to come with me and is the very girl that i mentioned in my previous blog that i couldn't have personal time spend with, yup i got her to come with me to shop. While walking to the different places, we spend time talking and when reached my house, we took some time to talk deeper and prayers too. She was shocked by the questions that i asked as those were questions that she has in her heart but do not know how to go about getting her answers...
I am so so excited by the overflowing greatness and filled with excitment as i spend more time with my girls and hear from God what He wants to speak to them individually.
2 of my girls are going to be baptized this Sun as this Sun is also their new year day. I am really excited and touched by God's hands working in the mist of their hearts and they are serious about their salvation and taking the step of public declaration and also like what Rom 6 talks about being baptized in Jesus' death and ressuraction with Him - a new creature in Him.
Though physically i maybe very tire and recovering, but my spirit is just so energized up and i know whenever i do things beyond my own strength, it is His strength that substains me through...
Guess i just need to sleep early and wake up late these days.... (gd excuse hahhaha)
Before the team from WSCS arrived, i managed to go out to stock up food in my house due to the uncertainty of the situation - Election day. Don't you think polling/voting day is peaceful here, it can actually be worst than the 2006 "peoples movement" resulting in 13,000 death. But really only could be Him - Prince of Peace. The very day of polling is very peaceful. Only a few blood shed, 2 bomb blast in the capital (1 or 2 day before voting day)... you must be thinking what peace is that glo u talking about??!?!! This is really considered peaceful for the percentage of death toll and the degree of violence. Okie i better don't continue or will scare you guys off from coming here...
I have lots of thanks giving to share:
- 2 or 3 days before the bomb blast near the hospital, I was at the hospital visiting one of my girl's mother who had to go through for an operation.
- 1 day before the bomb blast, i walked passed that place twice to get some of the team's stuff exchanged due to faultiness of the item and i was with 2 of my sophia home girls
- The very day of explosion, i was with the team and decided to go to Mangal Bazaar instead of another place where it is near the bomb blast.
This itself is a testimony of God's protection and grace upon me.
- I managed to send the WSCS team to the airport by hoping on the very bus the hotel had arranged and also get to help my Thai friend to get a ride too and we took a private authorized vehical back to our home safely. (the day for voting, no vehicals are allowed to be on the street so everyone walks to go and vote)
Back to where i was saying about stocking up food in my house, i delibrate asked 1 girl to come with me and is the very girl that i mentioned in my previous blog that i couldn't have personal time spend with, yup i got her to come with me to shop. While walking to the different places, we spend time talking and when reached my house, we took some time to talk deeper and prayers too. She was shocked by the questions that i asked as those were questions that she has in her heart but do not know how to go about getting her answers...
I am so so excited by the overflowing greatness and filled with excitment as i spend more time with my girls and hear from God what He wants to speak to them individually.
2 of my girls are going to be baptized this Sun as this Sun is also their new year day. I am really excited and touched by God's hands working in the mist of their hearts and they are serious about their salvation and taking the step of public declaration and also like what Rom 6 talks about being baptized in Jesus' death and ressuraction with Him - a new creature in Him.
Though physically i maybe very tire and recovering, but my spirit is just so energized up and i know whenever i do things beyond my own strength, it is His strength that substains me through...
Guess i just need to sleep early and wake up late these days.... (gd excuse hahhaha)
Saturday, April 5, 2008
It Could Only be Him...
Had a tiring week battling with some spiritual issues and i know i have won the victory but physically i need a good rest...
I simply follow the leading of the HS to talk to some of my girls and there was breakthrough within their lives. 1 girl felt condemnation within herself & also her sister... 1 girl felt confuse and felt that she is a burden to her family... and 1 was dealing with issues of pride... but all these girls have walked out all these in victory...
I have never moved into this area so strongly in sophia home but it is time... the girl who felt condemed, immediately, there was restoration by the HS. The girl who felt confuse and a burden to her mother, she said less then 5 sentenses and with my own finite mind that's all i could know but only the Lord's opening of my spiritual eyes & ears, I was used by Him to speak words that pierced right into her heart. She just can't stop tearing and those tears were tears of victory to me as i know the evil one is working hard within this ministry to destroy but he lost! The one dealing with pride, broke through when i felt to challenge her to go and hug 1 of the sister to be reconciled.
I am just a vessal whom the Lord uses to speak to them... i take no glory cos i know if is my own works, it will not be moving strong... Our girls are experiancing the move of God within their lives... i am excited...
1 more girl to go to talk to but time is not on my side and i think the evil is trying hard to make me to avoid talking to her. Today, i shared on 1 john 4 with all the girls and taught on the leading of the HS and testing the Spirit. So many of them have experiance the move of God over the past week and they really became excited to hear more. This girl came to me and said, " DiDi, you have something to tell me right?" so the other girls who were being taught to respect the time that God wants to spend with individual started to show respect to what the girl wanted to know what the Lord has been speaking to me about her. But there are others who are also not in the group so i don't think is the right time so i told her, when is time, you will get to know but keep praying. With that excitment in her, i was glad and know she is ready to listen.
Another breakthrough, today, i bought a cake to celebrate our girls bday as i heard 3 months they have forgotten to celebrate. But anyway, my bday was also being celebrated. When was asked who would like to pray for me, the new girl - Diki raised her hand and said she wants to pray for me. Everyone was shocked because she is not a believer yet but she is keen in praying a blessing for me. I could see that she really open herself up to me and would come to hug and play with me when i come to sophia home. I only knew her for 1 wk and she was willing to do that i was surprised.
Oh gosh 1 more to thank God about was, when the Lord was leading me to gather the older girls to pray about bringing in 2 other girls, we obeyed what the Lord was leading us to and we simply inform them that we will accept but on the other hand, that very day was also the last day of transport to come into the capital and the next bus will be after election and we will take that as a sign that God does not want us to keep the 2 girls.
1.5 days passed, the 2 girls arrived. They are very under mal-nourished and our older girls also could see it could only be God who spoke to them about bringing them while praying and we voted with their eyes closed and majority vote that they felt God's peace to bring them in and God honor that by bringing the girls to board the last bus too...
All these are all just amazing and i am here to testify the goodness of God and nothing else but It Could Only be Him... i'm awe and humbled by Him.
I simply follow the leading of the HS to talk to some of my girls and there was breakthrough within their lives. 1 girl felt condemnation within herself & also her sister... 1 girl felt confuse and felt that she is a burden to her family... and 1 was dealing with issues of pride... but all these girls have walked out all these in victory...
I have never moved into this area so strongly in sophia home but it is time... the girl who felt condemed, immediately, there was restoration by the HS. The girl who felt confuse and a burden to her mother, she said less then 5 sentenses and with my own finite mind that's all i could know but only the Lord's opening of my spiritual eyes & ears, I was used by Him to speak words that pierced right into her heart. She just can't stop tearing and those tears were tears of victory to me as i know the evil one is working hard within this ministry to destroy but he lost! The one dealing with pride, broke through when i felt to challenge her to go and hug 1 of the sister to be reconciled.
I am just a vessal whom the Lord uses to speak to them... i take no glory cos i know if is my own works, it will not be moving strong... Our girls are experiancing the move of God within their lives... i am excited...
1 more girl to go to talk to but time is not on my side and i think the evil is trying hard to make me to avoid talking to her. Today, i shared on 1 john 4 with all the girls and taught on the leading of the HS and testing the Spirit. So many of them have experiance the move of God over the past week and they really became excited to hear more. This girl came to me and said, " DiDi, you have something to tell me right?" so the other girls who were being taught to respect the time that God wants to spend with individual started to show respect to what the girl wanted to know what the Lord has been speaking to me about her. But there are others who are also not in the group so i don't think is the right time so i told her, when is time, you will get to know but keep praying. With that excitment in her, i was glad and know she is ready to listen.
Another breakthrough, today, i bought a cake to celebrate our girls bday as i heard 3 months they have forgotten to celebrate. But anyway, my bday was also being celebrated. When was asked who would like to pray for me, the new girl - Diki raised her hand and said she wants to pray for me. Everyone was shocked because she is not a believer yet but she is keen in praying a blessing for me. I could see that she really open herself up to me and would come to hug and play with me when i come to sophia home. I only knew her for 1 wk and she was willing to do that i was surprised.
Oh gosh 1 more to thank God about was, when the Lord was leading me to gather the older girls to pray about bringing in 2 other girls, we obeyed what the Lord was leading us to and we simply inform them that we will accept but on the other hand, that very day was also the last day of transport to come into the capital and the next bus will be after election and we will take that as a sign that God does not want us to keep the 2 girls.
1.5 days passed, the 2 girls arrived. They are very under mal-nourished and our older girls also could see it could only be God who spoke to them about bringing them while praying and we voted with their eyes closed and majority vote that they felt God's peace to bring them in and God honor that by bringing the girls to board the last bus too...
All these are all just amazing and i am here to testify the goodness of God and nothing else but It Could Only be Him... i'm awe and humbled by Him.
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