God has blessed us these past few
weeks and we are very grateful to God that he has given us so many
opportunities to share the Gospel to these people on the island. Our supervisor wanted
us to take a break from all what we were doing and go on a spiritual retreat to
connect with God in a deeper understanding. We ended up going to a village on
the east of the island, which was famous for snorkeling.
While we were there, we got to a
set of small islands to do snorkel in the
coral around us. We got to experience these beautiful islands and majestic
waters that God created. When we got to our destination, we started snorkeling
and it was an experience I thought I never experience. We saw so many aquatic
life and seen many fishes that I haven’t seen personally. It was amazing to be
doing that and we were really grateful that we got the opportunity to
experience that.
While heading back to our hotel, we saw a glimpse of the sunset over some mountains of the island and how the light of sun hit the ocean at a perfect angle. It was breathtaking and I nearly teared up, but it reminded of a story in the Bible when Jesus walked on water. When He and His disciples were fishing, the waters of Sea of Galilee were so out of control that they couldn’t get out of the storm. When the disciples told Jesus what was going on, He looked out to the sea and told it to stop. Jesus calm the storm and seeing the sunset on the waves just reminded how His power is everywhere we go. To the most foreign places to places we are used to back home.
With
that being said, our team and supervisor had the privilege to get together and pray for each other and for the people on this island. It was such a nice time in
fellowship together. It was also good to have a to to refocus & refresh of why we are here. I
pray for the people on this island... that the Lord will reveal to them in some
form or fashion, and I pray for our team specifically as we encourage each
other by pointing each other to the Lord.
While heading back to our hotel, we saw a glimpse of the sunset over some mountains of the island and how the light of sun hit the ocean at a perfect angle. It was breathtaking and I nearly teared up, but it reminded of a story in the Bible when Jesus walked on water. When He and His disciples were fishing, the waters of Sea of Galilee were so out of control that they couldn’t get out of the storm. When the disciples told Jesus what was going on, He looked out to the sea and told it to stop. Jesus calm the storm and seeing the sunset on the waves just reminded how His power is everywhere we go. To the most foreign places to places we are used to back home.
-Johann M.