Peeling the onion July 7 07
My dearest Friend and mentor Bob, has a phrase, peeling an onion. He is referring to being refined as one matures in their walk with God. Each time I come to Asia, I have another layer peeled off. And as you can guess, each time a layer is removed, it hurts.
As I sat in the commissioning ceremony the other day, I cried, and thanked Him for making me who I am, and for guiding me, and growing me. I realized that it isn't my direct job to bring the message necessarily, but rather disciplining the counselors. That was an awesome realization, or I should say Revelation.
As I write this, I am sitting in the Hong Kong airport, hours away from entering Viet Nam. I've reflected on many things. I would like to take this time to publicly say, Jen, I am proud and honored to call you my friend, and I am thankful that God permitted us to meet. I also want to share that I began this journey $1500 sort, which included my expenses, but through the blessings of the Lord, some one made an anonymous donation covering the rest of the tuition I owed. Not only that, but someone else also did the same so the overage is going to help another member on my team.
We are about to enter the unknown. I do not know when I will be able to again add to this blog. All I know is that God is working in Viet Nam, and He has many plans for this country, and the Asian people. Asia is one of the most under served areas in the world, and needs the most. God is going to work great things in this land and I am blessed to part of this group, and I mean all of the people going this year. I could sense the spirit in all of these wonderful young men and women willing to sacrifice their summer and money to go to such a strange and distant land to serve for the Kingdom. They are so wonderful, all 200 of them. It is through them that God is going to do mighty work, now and in the future. As one person said, it is their divine right to here the message.
As I sat in the commissioning ceremony the other day, I cried, and thanked Him for making me who I am, and for guiding me, and growing me. I realized that it isn't my direct job to bring the message necessarily, but rather disciplining the counselors. That was an awesome realization, or I should say Revelation.
As I write this, I am sitting in the Hong Kong airport, hours away from entering Viet Nam. I've reflected on many things. I would like to take this time to publicly say, Jen, I am proud and honored to call you my friend, and I am thankful that God permitted us to meet. I also want to share that I began this journey $1500 sort, which included my expenses, but through the blessings of the Lord, some one made an anonymous donation covering the rest of the tuition I owed. Not only that, but someone else also did the same so the overage is going to help another member on my team.
We are about to enter the unknown. I do not know when I will be able to again add to this blog. All I know is that God is working in Viet Nam, and He has many plans for this country, and the Asian people. Asia is one of the most under served areas in the world, and needs the most. God is going to work great things in this land and I am blessed to part of this group, and I mean all of the people going this year. I could sense the spirit in all of these wonderful young men and women willing to sacrifice their summer and money to go to such a strange and distant land to serve for the Kingdom. They are so wonderful, all 200 of them. It is through them that God is going to do mighty work, now and in the future. As one person said, it is their divine right to here the message.
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