We have seen some pretty cool results from our God-inspired efforts this last week - like Kaio being alot more active than usual, more youth coming in and having a good experience with christians, and at least getting these guys out of the usually toxic atmosphere that surrounds them. We've also seen a couple people come a couple steps closer to knowing Christ through just talking with them hanging out and loving them... in the words of Robin, the one we feel is just a step away - "I didn't know you christians could be so cool..." its so simple, but it kinda makes you think doesn't it? What do our actions say about our God? How do our lifestyles and attitudes have an effect on the lost around us? Evangelism can be so simple... Anyways, its here that our intense time of learning, application and impact in Perth draws to a close... we will miss this city, the faces of lost people we've met and those we have only passed by on the streets will continue to be in our hearts... we'll be back for a week in June, but thats not nearly enough even to share stories with friends who have gone off on their own adventures around the Indian Ocean...
The last two days have been full of last minute shopping, snack buying (for the lengthy train rides), packing, throwing away and giving away... all on top of finishing up National Youth week events... why? Because 17 hours from the time of this post, the 13 of us are finally venturing out into east asia for the overseas part of our outreach. We are going to China and Mongolia!!! Even though our time in China is short, and full of travel, we are still in China, it is the next step for us and we believe we can have an impact there as well. This is a country desperately in need of what we have, a country where 600 million people have never heard the name of Jesus. And they respond well... while in other countries new christians are shy about their newfound hope, the Chinese seem to come home to God and convert workplaces and families within weeks! We arrive in Hong Kong Monday night, and spend no longer than two days there. We will meet up with our DTS school leader, Quenton, who has and will be traveling to the other teams in India and Indonesia. Quenton will have our train tickets to Beijing, and we will arrive there after a 25 hour journey through the countryside of China. During our 5 days in Beijing, we will do whatever church visiting, and sightseeing we can. We then head out for another long train ride (approx 30 hr.) to Ulan-Bator, the capital city of Mongolia.... from there we have little info as to what we get to do, but we know it may involve building a community center, staying in Gers ( portable Mongolian hut kinda thing) in the mountains, potential horse riding, and fermented mare-milk drinking... big question mark on that one, but hey - we'll give it a go! Its time to strap on our boots and get moving... we're stoked, ready and hopeful... and we have God on our side... could life be any better?!
Keep us in your prayers and feel free to comment on this post or send me an email with any questions you may have! followjesushome@gmail.com ~ until later everyone....
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