hey!
sooo i am in malaysia:
this month my team has worked in a kitchen cooking and serving the homeless here in penang, construction in a future school/thrift store, and spending time with refugees.
we have worked alongside some incredible people: verna, a south african woman who is radical and wildly in love with her maker; violet and alan, who run penHOP and are expectantly waiting n the return of Jesus, inspiring my squad to remember our why; the worship leader of kawan (hallelujah!)(iykyk(:)who chants her praises to the lord with all; uncle ben, a man we couldn’t really understand most of the time, serves the homeless in Georgetown wholly relying on the lord for all things in prayer and thanksgiving; ed, who loves the lord and his people so deeply, it inspires you in an instant; a woman who fights for the lost and unseen in penang, loving the lord, sacrificing so much wholeheartedly. we got the honor of seeing the fire god in all these people who are living out the mission we are all called to.
we stayed at a place called penHOP (penang house of prayer). we lived in dorms above the prayer room, convenient because we spent a lot of time in the prayer room.
in this place god met, pursued, and changed me.
i wish i had the gift of speaking eloquently and was able to convey to you what god did and continues to do within me. so, i will try my best to genuinely tell you what this place did to me, and why i will never be the same.
the presence of god.
we sat in the presence of god atleast 15 hours a week in a corporate setting(two or more gathered baby!). we would do anywhere from 2 hour to 7 hour burns through the week, sitting with the lord in the prayer room. in this time we would read our bibles, process, sit with the lord in solitude, quieting our minds and hearing what god is saying to us individually, interceding, and worshipping.
the presence of god is what changes you. it is tangible. his heartbeat in creation brings me to weep. love love love. i so deeply need him, his presence, to receive his love.
i am now sitting in a sleeping pod in KL thinking about who i was 4 weeks ago and who i am now. i am thinking about all i have grown, the words and impressions god has given. I can’t tell you everything now, I don’t even know fully what work the lord is doing in me now. I wish I could explain.. but I am learning the deeper meaning of pursuing the lord.
jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
in other news, i am still about $3,000 away from being fully funded, and I need to be fully funded by january 11! please please consider donating and fully funding me before christmas so i can stay on the field!
