... just as sitting at a church doesn't make you a Christian.
This is a fact, something that is seen in the bible so many times in so many different ways that it doesn't need to be explained. Its something I've come to realize more and more, something that just about everyone that, especially those who have grown up in a Christian house, have to come to a point in their lives and decide, I Will Proclaim the Name of Jesus Christ in Everything I do. Even when Its awkward or Hard.
Its crazy that its been 3 weeks since my last blog, time is seriously flying by. I've been out here about 3 months, and it still feels like the first week. Every time I get down to my journal I'm finding I don't have enough time to write down all the things that are happening. Its amazing actually. But then when it comes time to write one of these, I have no idea where to start. I'm going to keep it short and sweet... Hopefully.
So, Starting where I left off. We got back from EasterFest and had a week at base here in Brisbane with lectures from R. He's a Canadian who has been doing YWAM for a while. Him and his wife and 3 young kids are moving to Africa for missions life. And that's what he came to speak about. Missions. He was amazing. I remember when I was about 18 I talked to several people (including my grandma) about how I never wanted to go into missions, R helped to change my view completely. One of the biggest things I came to realize is that Everything God does is to Glorify his name. Read through the Old Testiment, and the new, its so obvious that everything is about glory to his name. To sum up what he said "Don't just add Jesus into your life; Let Jesus write the story." He threw out facts and figures that would amaze the most intelligent person. One being, 86% of the worlds Muslims Buddhists, and Hindus have never met a Christian. I could go on for Pages about the things I learned that week, it was hard, but so very good.
After that week, which was non stop, we left for the Pass It On Tour. Its something that the base has been doing for a year now. We run (physically run) to these small towns, setup a tent, run youth programs during the day and church service every night. I got to do some really cool things. Its a hard and long week because there is always something to be doing and we are sleeping on the ground in churches. But its a really cool thing to get to do. You never know who you're going to meet or what you'll end up doing for sure.
The first week we were in a town called Goodiwindi. My teams main job was After school youth program. Playing games and generally hanging out. It was a really good time, but hard. Lots of kids have no runs around these small towns, so they would be out and around us until midnight or later. The second town, which was smaller, is called St. George. I really connected here. We arrived Saturday night, went to church Sunday. At one of the churches, one of the guys met a guy (Ross) who ended up taking us Wake boarding. I had to take a second during the afternoon and praise God. "Am I really in the middle of a Australian river, wake boarding, with a bunch of friends, on this beautiful day? #MissionsLife" Ended up playing drums for one of the churches the following Sunday. I played Djembe every night in the tent to the local community. God was moving, I don't even know how to explain it in the little blog, but God moved in such amazing ways. We saw lives changing, little kids coming and begging for bibles, healings happening daily (especially with the kids), people just coming to talk for hours. One of the pastors (Danny, who I played drums with) said that YWAM set a spark in the town. That's what we needed to hear. Its hard to know if things like this actually bears fruit, but once you get a positive report, motivation is found again.
I really missed home today a bit. We had a 8 hour bus drive, and its easy to let your mind wonder when everyone is napping and you're just sitting with your iPod. Make me miss the idea of home and friends and family. But soon as the day dreaming got to a point where I was getting sad, a friend handed me a TimTam... Can life get better? (I asked myself) I'm sitting in a bus, exploring Australia, with a group of young adults that are now my family, who love Jesus Christ with everything they have, experiencing the adventure of a life time. Amen.
On to the good stuff.
Jeremy
P.S. I'm sorry this was so confusing! Its late here and I am tired, but I wanted to get the news of what I'm doing!
e-mail: Jcrob33@gmail.com
This is a fact, something that is seen in the bible so many times in so many different ways that it doesn't need to be explained. Its something I've come to realize more and more, something that just about everyone that, especially those who have grown up in a Christian house, have to come to a point in their lives and decide, I Will Proclaim the Name of Jesus Christ in Everything I do. Even when Its awkward or Hard.
Its crazy that its been 3 weeks since my last blog, time is seriously flying by. I've been out here about 3 months, and it still feels like the first week. Every time I get down to my journal I'm finding I don't have enough time to write down all the things that are happening. Its amazing actually. But then when it comes time to write one of these, I have no idea where to start. I'm going to keep it short and sweet... Hopefully.
So, Starting where I left off. We got back from EasterFest and had a week at base here in Brisbane with lectures from R. He's a Canadian who has been doing YWAM for a while. Him and his wife and 3 young kids are moving to Africa for missions life. And that's what he came to speak about. Missions. He was amazing. I remember when I was about 18 I talked to several people (including my grandma) about how I never wanted to go into missions, R helped to change my view completely. One of the biggest things I came to realize is that Everything God does is to Glorify his name. Read through the Old Testiment, and the new, its so obvious that everything is about glory to his name. To sum up what he said "Don't just add Jesus into your life; Let Jesus write the story." He threw out facts and figures that would amaze the most intelligent person. One being, 86% of the worlds Muslims Buddhists, and Hindus have never met a Christian. I could go on for Pages about the things I learned that week, it was hard, but so very good.
After that week, which was non stop, we left for the Pass It On Tour. Its something that the base has been doing for a year now. We run (physically run) to these small towns, setup a tent, run youth programs during the day and church service every night. I got to do some really cool things. Its a hard and long week because there is always something to be doing and we are sleeping on the ground in churches. But its a really cool thing to get to do. You never know who you're going to meet or what you'll end up doing for sure.
The first week we were in a town called Goodiwindi. My teams main job was After school youth program. Playing games and generally hanging out. It was a really good time, but hard. Lots of kids have no runs around these small towns, so they would be out and around us until midnight or later. The second town, which was smaller, is called St. George. I really connected here. We arrived Saturday night, went to church Sunday. At one of the churches, one of the guys met a guy (Ross) who ended up taking us Wake boarding. I had to take a second during the afternoon and praise God. "Am I really in the middle of a Australian river, wake boarding, with a bunch of friends, on this beautiful day? #MissionsLife" Ended up playing drums for one of the churches the following Sunday. I played Djembe every night in the tent to the local community. God was moving, I don't even know how to explain it in the little blog, but God moved in such amazing ways. We saw lives changing, little kids coming and begging for bibles, healings happening daily (especially with the kids), people just coming to talk for hours. One of the pastors (Danny, who I played drums with) said that YWAM set a spark in the town. That's what we needed to hear. Its hard to know if things like this actually bears fruit, but once you get a positive report, motivation is found again.
I really missed home today a bit. We had a 8 hour bus drive, and its easy to let your mind wonder when everyone is napping and you're just sitting with your iPod. Make me miss the idea of home and friends and family. But soon as the day dreaming got to a point where I was getting sad, a friend handed me a TimTam... Can life get better? (I asked myself) I'm sitting in a bus, exploring Australia, with a group of young adults that are now my family, who love Jesus Christ with everything they have, experiencing the adventure of a life time. Amen.
On to the good stuff.
Jeremy
P.S. I'm sorry this was so confusing! Its late here and I am tired, but I wanted to get the news of what I'm doing!
e-mail: Jcrob33@gmail.com
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| My bro Ronnie and I. Inda flag! |
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| Running tech in the Tent. |
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| We had these guys come out Friday night. |
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| Team Inda, went to a cotton farm one day to "volunteer" |
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| Road Trip! |
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| Ronnie and I found Old Boy scout caps. |
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| Wake board. Aussie. |
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| Left to right: Iris (leader), me, Caitlin, Julia, Ronnie, Marley, Michael. |
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