So here is an update, sorry if I skip certain days, because some days weren't that interesting ;)
Tuesday, Day 7- We went out to BalayBay. It's about a 40 min drive from where we live, and the scenery we pass is so beautiful! We had a blessed day there just seeing the land and seeing the House of God that was built.
On our way back though, we were able to stop and see the huge statue of Mary that they have in a place called "The Garden of Gethsemane"
I've mentioned this in some previous blogs but The statue is 2 to 3 stories high, and underneath it says "Oh Mary, please pray for us, for we are in debt to you"
How Sad! They pray to a woman who can't even hear them, and how are we in debt to her?!! She didn't die for our sins, Jesus did!!
So once again, this is why we are here. People are so steeped in their religion.
We do our part by sharing the truth, and if they don't listen, then they will know the truth someday.
Thursday, Day 10- We went back out to Matangib {the place we gave everyone rice}
Since it has been storming non-stop here, we had to drive, instead of going out on the boat. This day was honestly such a special day to me for multiple reasons.
First, my dad had asked me to share my heart with the people that day. So I was a bit nervous, and I was like, Ok Lord, I really need you to lead me today.
So I was looking through a notebook that had a scripture on the bottom of it, and it was Jeremiah 33:3- Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Just recently that verse has been so special because weird things have been happening in my life, and the numbers 333 have been popping up everywhere. Like, I've been waking up A LOT at 3:33 am and just randomly seeing those numbers together.
So I asked the Lord if He was trying to show me something. Then I was led to the scripture in Jeremiah!! In my heart, I just know the Lord is telling me something in that verse.
Well Thursday in Matangib, when I saw that scripture in my notebook, It instantly took away my nerves and I was able to stand up before the people in boldness..
Then the rest of the day, the Lord continued to give me little signs, that just gave me hope with some things in my life.
I was walking through the shallow parts of the China Sea, and I found the shell that holds the pearl, which I guess is called the Mother of Pearl. It's so beautiful and I kept remembering the scripture that talks about being a pearl of great price :)
Then early Friday morning, around 1 am to 2 am, my room mate Melody and I decided to have prayer time together, because there has been a lot of spiritual warfare going on, so we knew we needed to spend some time with the Lord and pray for some breakthroughs. Well, that prayer time, was so beyond amazing. The Spirit of God hit us and His presence was so strongly felt!! After we prayed, there was such a peace that we could not explain. God is good :-) He truly showing me great and mighty things.
Sadly, later in the day, I started to get very sick. I had a fever of 103.8 that lasted for about 7 hours. Well little did I know, I was getting the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease. So now I have it, but I'm thankful that it's very mild. Our team from California had it before we left, so it just spread here.
HFMD is so extremely painful, and it's been hard to walk at times. There has been an outbreak all over the world of this disease!!! So, please keep me in your prayers, for surely this is another attack of the devil.
Monday, day 13- We went to a high school in Balabay to share about the Lord and pass out Bibles to them. So I was in one class room by myself with my friend Jezreel to translate. I was in a room with kids from the ages of 12 to 16.
Sadly some didn't take me seriously, they were having too fun giggling at the blonde american girl that was in their midst. but I did my best to share with them about what it truly means to be Born Again and letting the Lord into their hearts. I also shared about Roman Catholics and how that religion will not save them, nor will they ever see Heaven if they are in that religion & that the only way to be saved was through Gods Word and most of all Jesus. So I pray some were blessed and will think about what we shared.
That is all for now... The team leaves on Wednesday, so I will update again soon.
Thank you to everyone who has kept me in your prayers on this journey, I truly appreciate it :)
God Bless, Kenya-Nicole
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