I've never heard any of that before.

Time flows differently in Southeast Asia: being late is the norm, it takes a long time to get anywhere because of the traffic and our lack of language. So typically we are only able to make two ministry appointments a day. Today though, we somehow ended up with three.

First, we met up with two girls we had befriended at the Islamic culture exchange at a coffee shop in the mall. Their English was less than perfect, but God guided the conversation to spiritual things. Before we knew it, we were sharing our testimonies, the first to last sacrifice stories, and stories about Jesus' ministry. They listened intently. When we were done, one of them said quietly, "I've never heard any of that before." 

We hung out with them for several hours. We were saddened to learn that the two of them are going home for summer holiday and fasting month and would be far from our city. We are thankful for the time we had with them & the opportunity to share. 

Later that afternoon we prayer walked a popular park in the city with a national believer while attempting to start conversations with passerby's. Finally, we ended up with three girls at another coffee shop that night, talking and sharing. So... a very full day for Southeast Asia.

Pray for the girls we shared with. Pray that they will be reminded of our conversation and the stories that they heard.

Who will it be?

Our supervisor recently learned of an island that is part of our country that is 99.5% Muslim and has no indigenous believers nor anyone trying to reach them. He was burdened for these people and invited us to go with him to scout out the island. We traveled with a tourist company, so we would have a reason to be there, and a way to meet people. After a 4 hour boat ride, we had our first glimpse of one of the most beautiful places we had ever seen. 

Over the course of the next two days we met people, prayer walked, and experienced life on the island. Two of our friends even got to share with some of the residents. We got to snorkel in a crystal clear ocean, hike to a waterfall, and watch a stunning sunset over the ocean. We rode over green hills and through rice covered fields on motorbikes, and smiled at people who had probably never seen white people before. What a blessing to experience God's creation and to see a glimpse of something close to paradise. Our hearts were saddened that these sweet people were surrounded by beauty every day, but had no relationship with it's Creator. However, we are hopeful and confident that someone will return to this island, with the intent of bringing the good news. The question is, who will it be?

Pray for people to be called out, from America and SEA to continue the Great Commission and see this UPG island reached.
Pray also for the people of this island, that God would prepare their hearts to hear His glorious story.

I Am Not Alone

Many have heard the song "I Am Not Alone," by Kari Jobe. We sing this song to a graceful tune but yet do we really listen to the lyrics of this song? Our team has lived by this song and has become the anthem of our journey here in SE Asia. The Father has never forsaken us and continues to make His presence known through the experiences we've lived, the people we've met, and the feeling of His comforting arms during times of despair. The Father has provided so many blessed opportunities in which our team would love to share with those all over the world. As we live beside the 5+ million people in our city for the next two months, over 90% of them Muslim, our goal will be to sow as many seeds of the gospel as we can, with whoever we meet. 

-K & E