Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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As we hit the one week mark and my 11 months on the mission field nears
an end, I find my heart filled with an immense thankfulness for each one
of YOU.

Each one of you who has sent me an email or facebook message of encouragement.

Each one of you who has sent me an update on you or your family so I continue to feel connected to home.

Each one of you who has commented on my blog.

Each one of you who has supported me financially.

Each one of you who has encouraged me to keep pressing forward during the times I wanted to pack my bags and head home.

Each one of you who has interceded for me in prayer.

The stories I share below from the past 11 months about God moving throughout the nations are due in great part because of each one of you. I am so blessed by all of you who have joined me on this journey. Enjoy seeing what the Lord has done because of you.

Because of you…
 
  

 
…Filipino orphan children were someone’s favorite. They were hugged, loved,laughed with, prayed with, played with, and tucked into bed at night while giggling til our stomachs hurt, given just one more kiss about fifty times, and singing “Oh How He loves Us together.
 

                                

 

 

…Cambodian street children could be kids for
the night as they had loving arms to run into each evening at the night
shelter followed by countless games of Uno accompanied by countless
laughs.

 

 
…impoverished children in Malaysia will receive heart surgery
because of the heart boxes sold at the Penang Adventist Hospital. And I
will have a lifelong friend, Cat, who I met there (Looks like I’ll be
needing to take a trip back to Malaysia sometime. Who wants to come
along?).
 
 
 
…Thai prostitutes were treated like the daughters of God
that they are and were shown that they are worth more than the world
tells them and more than they tell themselves. Relationships were formed
and these women were given a way out of prostitution and into a better
life. 
 

 

…I was able to spend my days playing in the dirt, laughing with
and loving beautiful Rwandan children in a country still recovering from
the horrific genocide.

 

 
…we have over thirty new Kenyan
brothers Christ after we shared the gospel at a local prison and nearly a
third of them accepted Jesus into their hearts.
 

 

…our team worked alongside the disabled (the most rejected people
group in Tanzania) at Neema Crafts, one of the only places in the
country that offers disabled people an opportunity to work (and not just
work, but to work for fair wages with medical care!).

 

 

 

…Nepalese orphans received the love and attention they desperately
deserve and need, but rarely get. They were able to play and laugh like
the children they are!

 

 

…an Indian village heard about Jesus!
People approached us on the streets and even came to our porch to ask
about this man “Jesus” they were now hearing about from their families
and neighbors. Because of you, this village will now have a church home
for its new believers to fellowship at and to learn more about Christ
at.

 

 

…a children’s recreation center is freshly painted and five
Romanian foster children had three big sisters and a big brother to jump
on the trampoline with, talk with, cuddle with, and be told and shown
that their lives are of more worth than Gold.

 

…the streets of Odessa, Ukraine were filled with songs of praise
as our team did worship ministry. Great conversations about God occurred
with both locals and tourists and you could feel the spiritual
atmosphere shifting.

Because of you these and hundreds more stories like this are forever engraved on my heart. Because of you these and hundreds of other lives are forever changed. Because of you God’s love was shared and there is more Kingdom love here on earth in 11 countries than there was 11 months ago.