I am behind on the blog. The good news is our homework is done for this week. We have to complete a two page summary of the teaching of the week. This week our topic was 'The Cross and The Blood of Jesus'. The teaching was great, from the heart, and very intense. We also have to read a book of the bible each week. This week we read Acts (last week was John) and our homework is to write a three sentence summary of each chapter. Even though this is quite time consuming it's actually a great way to process the information. We will do pretty much the entire New Testament over the next 10 weeks.
This week we were given our three outreach destinations. If you are following us on Facebook you will be way ahead of the blog. Jen’s been posting more frequent updates. See a link over to the left… The three locations are Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Here is a summary of the projects.
Cambodia
Batanbong - North of capital city
DTS working there sbs
Bought 13 acres and raised it up 9 feet
Teaching English main focus
Established 10 years
University 20000 students teaching English
Water projects
Staying in a hotel
Hanoi Vietnam
Teaching ESL at universities
Helping at a drug rehab
Children's ministry puppets, crafts, the Jesus film
Lots of ‘unregistered’ churches
7 million people in Hanoi
Staying at rented apartments - could be a bonus
Malaysia
Primarily English language
Penang - a commercial city
Going with Brother Ray - a great guy that we just met this week and who has been in Penang for a few years
Homeless ministry
Population is divided between Malay, Chinese and Indian
Many people who are stuck there without passports- refugees from other countries like Myanmar (Burma)
Street ministry
Fishing village
Teaching
Staying at a YWAM base
Lots of opportunities with children
Will do outreach to a small village three hours south for maybe a week
We had Jemma and Ryan with us and we were given the three locations and we were asked to go away for 20 minutes and pray about which location the Holy Spirit is leading us. Well, Barry (that’s me) chose Cambodia, Jemma chose Malaysia and Ryan chose Vietnam. Jenny wrote all three names. Great! Either the Holy Spirit is not talking to us or we are not hearing Him.
It sound like we will be going to Vietnam, which is awesome because we all like Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)! We will find out for sure tomorrow.
Yesterday afternoon we went up to Mauna Kea the dormant volcano which is 13,796ft above sea level (and we are staying at sea level). The height of the mountain from the seabed is over 30,000ft which makes it taller than Mount Everest. Unlike Mount Everest we were able to drive to the visitor centre which is at about 9,000ft where everyone is asked to stop for at least thirty minutes to acclimatize. Apparently, driving straight to the top can be quite hazardous to your health and it is not recommended that children 16 and under even go to the top.
So, Jenny, the kids and I stayed at the visitor centre and watched the sun set. It was lovely and cool, probably about 15C, compared to the steady 30C down here at the base. Our Norwegian friends (who drove) did go to the top and said it was spectacular.
So, Jenny, the kids and I stayed at the visitor centre and watched the sun set. It was lovely and cool, probably about 15C, compared to the steady 30C down here at the base. Our Norwegian friends (who drove) did go to the top and said it was spectacular.
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| Our family photo so we can learn each others names |
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| Ryan helped me with my work duty. Great job Ryan. |
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| A slide from our teaching this week |
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| Mauna Kea Volcano |
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| Top of the world! Almost. |
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| Ryan is the man! |
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