Meet A!
A is an amazing young woman who spent a month in the Philippines spreading Christ's love to everyone she met. The most amazing part about A is that she became a Christian a little over six months ago, and immediately wanted to share the Gospel. This is a daunting task, considering that A lives in a country where it is illegal to be a Christian, but this didn't stop her from visiting K.I.M and being the hands and feet of Christ. She spent 2 weeks in Cainta at the YMC and then continued 2 more weeks with other local ministries. A was very nervous about sharing her faith but as you are about to read, God guided her steps throughout her trip. Here is her story of her 4 week missions trip to Manila.
(Some of the words are abbreviated for A's safety, but are pretty easy to determine.)
Here's what happened in the amazing one month M trip in the
Philippines.
For the first 2 weeks, I was with Kids International Ministry, I took care
of the children in the children’s home, I lead their nightly devotions (My
first time leading devotions ever!!) I was so nervous, but it went well, because
G gave me words to say. I taught them crafts, and hung out with them. I
took care of the babies and small children to help their caregiver (nursery
workers). In the meantime, I went to another street children ministry in the
evenings. Here I lead their devotions as well, bought them a white teaching
board (dry erase), pens and inks. The sister (Myles) who takes care of everything
in this ministry herself always cooks a meal for 50+children after their
devotion every night, so I helped buy food so that they could prepare a better
meal for these kids. I went on the feedings as well, to the poorest flooded
area, we pr(ayed) with people before giving them food, and then played with them,
and sang worship songs for them.
After this 2 weeks(in Manila), I went working with a church
under YWAM I lead B study in their club for 4 hours-4 lessons which I
learned from a sister in New Zealand! I couldn't believe it was many people's
first time hearing those messages and expressions. I joined 2 of their B studies, sharing my testimony. People were so interested in me, they keep
asking me how does it feel to be a Christian in C(country)? What is the situation
there.....Then I visited a home for Aged people, where I shared my testimony
with nearly 100 old people. I didn't have courage to share but I pr every time before I spoke, and the H.S did give me words to say. For another day, I went sharing
the G with 4 young people to one of the streets where crimes happen
everyday. We approached 10 people, about 5 of them pr to receive Ch with me. The last
day I invited some gangsters for B study. They were even using drugs when
I was with them, talking to them. I wasn't confident about what I could do for
them, because I do not understand a gangsters life and how they feel. Amazingly, during our B study, I was able to answer their questions well,(one guy
mentioned that he can't feel G's existence, I had a ball pen, so I told him
that we can't see the pen point because of the pen cover. We can't feel G because our sins covered us, separated us from G. I heard about this
explanation in a B study, I didn't know that I remembered this. haha
Guess you will never know when you can use this to bless other people! In the
end of that B class, 4 gangsters pr with me to receive Ch. I'm
not very confident if they really meant it, because it seems so easy for them
to pr with me....:(
As you can see, this is an amazing week of experience for me!! I feel
part of their family even it's only one week.
For the last week, I went to CEBU with the same P.I met many people there. They are going to different countries after this training. They
all asked me many questions about how does it feel to be a Ch in
C(country), what's the situation there right now...haha There was one older sister, she
told me that she was one of the first person who smuggled B(books) into C(country). It
was a easier week because it was just training every morning. I spent the rest
of time learning violin! I had 4 lessons, and I could play 5 songs out of it!
haha I wish to continue learning the violin soon.
Thanks A for sharing your adventure in the Philippines! Check back next week for more news from Manila and a recap of K.I.M's first ever mission team and their trip to Hong Kong!
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” |
