HELLO FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!
It's been almost a month since being back in Morgan hill and home.
Let me first thank you ALL for your prayers and support.
My time in SF was amazing and so overwhelming at the same time. OVERSEAS: wow what a time i had. Thailand was wonderful. I LOVE THE PEOPLE there. They are sooo happy to see 'white' people. lol. We stayed next to the Thailand YWAM base in Bangkok which is where the campus students stay, kinda like dorm rooms for the christian boys and girls. It's called BJD!We stayed in Thailand for a whole month, which felt like only a week because the time flew by. We did so many different ministry's along side from hanging with the Thais at BJD, wow what a experience it was!!!Our ministry's contained of going to the slums and playing with the kids, going to the worlds biggest sex places in Bangkok and sharing God with the boy's and girl's prostitutes and just showing them that they too are Gods children and we care about them for who they are. WE also had 'open minstry' where we just prayed or asked God what He wanted us to do that day.We also had days off which were spent at fun places in Thailand such as the ALLIGATOR farm, where we rode elephants , held baby tigers and fed the alligators. !!!! So exciting. heheh!!!!
Vietnam:
Very different from Thailand, alot of the people there frown apon Westerners and only remember the war when they see white people , so they were not always nice or welcoming. That was mostly in Hanoi though and when we visited other places like Da-nang they were much nicer to us. ALL in all, we had a blast! Our ministry there contained of ALOT of silent prayer walks and silly things such as secretly planting scriptures and whatnot. We mostly just showed God's love by loving the people there! We had to wear our bibles and any other christian things on us at ALL TIMES!!!! At the hotels we stay at they tend to go though our stuff and could turn us in if they find all 20 of us with bibles and chirtian things everywhere! It ended up being a very good trip. We got to visit some underground churchs and youth groups. (:
I also got to spend my 21'st birthday there, my team made me feel very special that day (: Even a couple people from the underground church got to come and join me for dinner!
MY trip was very great and we got to plant some seeds there, I cant wait to see what God is going to do through those seeds(:
It was hard leaving the Thais and even harder when the time came to say good bye to my team mates a week after we got back to AMERICA! Tears and much LONG hugs came after the graduation in SF! I DID IT! I finished my DTS and it was amazing. God has showed me so much!!!! HOW HE LOVES!!!!!!
PLEASE still...heheh keep me in your prayers , I am hoping to return back to SF and staff there for a two year commitment. I need to keep raising money and keep TRUSTING in God!
Thanks again for everything,
CArrianne
