Author: yeleannaes
Stepping Forward
The Earth Care team leaves for Bali, Indonesia in less than 3 hours. Three A.M. Monday morning we are in a van leaving the Oxford, NZ base, and the home we have made here over the last two months. It’s crazy how the time has flown by, and yet it seems as though we have…
Scree Sliding
Last weekend Liz, Sam and I decided to do an overnight at the hut we visited earlier in the Torlesse mountain range. Unfortunately, it was cloudy most of the weekend and we didn’t get to climb Mt. Torlesse like we wanted to. So, we decided to go scree sliding instead. Scree: noun, a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain. Scree…
Thinking over the title of this blog
I can’t believe how appropriate it has been for the last three years. Every time I take a step, I start thinking about the next one. Someday, I’d like the next step to last more than a year or two.
I don’t even have the words.
This week has been amazing. God is really pouring out his love and power into us as we approach these last few weeks before outreach. For an awesome example of this, I refer you to Angela’s blog on Blessings. Earth Care had a fun afternoon learning some more conversational Khmer, and praying for each members…
Ok, Lord. Bring it on.
Last Friday, I gave my life to Jesus. I don’t mean salvation. That happened years ago. I mean the continual process of laying down my rights to my self and just living in obedience to the King of Kings. We are a product of the decisions we make. The most important? Who will be the…
Hamner Springs
The weekend activity last weekend was to a place called Hamner Springs. I was expecting more like natural hot springs, but it was more like a water park with warm water in all the pools. And, my new camera is water proof!
A Prayer in Wonder
Is this really you God? This is the answer I want. You never give me answers like this. This is not the way you usually answer this prayer. There’s so much I don’t know about a great many things. I’m sure this must just be me. What do I know? I generally want things that…
Last Week’s Lecture
We learned very practical knowledge for out-reach. First, we had lessons in Community Development. Basically, learning to minister to all the needs of those we’re going to be reaching out to: physical and social along with spiritual. Second, we’ve had Rus Alit here from Bali, Indonesia, to teach us about appropriate technology. All he does…
Some of you have asked
What are you going to be learning in New Zealand? I have to say, up until two days ago, I wasn’t sure myself. I knew of course that YWAM would be teaching Bible centered Christian theology. But, I didn’t know how to describe the content of that teaching. And then one of our speakers said…
What did you do today?
I’m sorry this post has been long in comming. They do like to keep us busy here. Plus, I’ve been practicing a lot to be in worship band next Monday. More on this latter, bur I think practice has been going well. Last Saturday started our first weekend activities. I’m not sure how exactly it…