Sunday, July 17, 2011
Home Again!!
Hello friends!
We have arrived home to Los Angeles safely and healthily, though we are jet lagged. The trip was absolutely amazing! All of us are completely blown away by His faithfulness and we can't believe how much He did in just 25 days! To see that He can use a short term team to make a long term impact is so encouraging.
We have so many stories to share. I'll start with one...
Pirate owns the skate shop in the town we were in, and has become close friends with our long term friends who are doing the work out there. Pirate has heard about Jesus from their mouths and has seen Jesus in their lives. He was so intrigued by Jesus that he has been attending their Bible study for the last two months.
Pirate came on a three day skate trip with us to a city near the border as soon as we arrived. He saw the same Spirit in us that he saw in our friends and he decided to commit his life to Jesus!
On Sunday we took a 3 hour bus at 7am to a lake where Pirate, two other skaters, and a girl all got baptized!
Please pray for these new brothers and sisters as our friends and the HS continue teaching them to be more like Him.
Thank you for making this trip possible,
Shaun
We have arrived home to Los Angeles safely and healthily, though we are jet lagged. The trip was absolutely amazing! All of us are completely blown away by His faithfulness and we can't believe how much He did in just 25 days! To see that He can use a short term team to make a long term impact is so encouraging.
We have so many stories to share. I'll start with one...
Pirate owns the skate shop in the town we were in, and has become close friends with our long term friends who are doing the work out there. Pirate has heard about Jesus from their mouths and has seen Jesus in their lives. He was so intrigued by Jesus that he has been attending their Bible study for the last two months.
Pirate came on a three day skate trip with us to a city near the border as soon as we arrived. He saw the same Spirit in us that he saw in our friends and he decided to commit his life to Jesus!
On Sunday we took a 3 hour bus at 7am to a lake where Pirate, two other skaters, and a girl all got baptized!
Please pray for these new brothers and sisters as our friends and the HS continue teaching them to be more like Him.
Thank you for making this trip possible,
Shaun
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Update From Shaun
Greetings friends!
Something amazing is happening here, Skaters are hearing the good news, believing in Jesus and becoming brothers!
Over the last few years I've discovered that Jesus hangs out in some strange places. I've found Jesus working in skateparks, allies, bars, garbage dumps, dinner tables, bus stops, bonfires, Taco Bells, Starbucks, liquor stores, Thai villages, Indian slums, Muslim villages, and Hindu temples, to name a few places.
The other night we found another one of Jesus’ hang out spots; under a musty bridge in the middle of the main city we're staying in. This bridge/tunnel is the spot where the local skaters go when it's raining. After a long, fun skate session with them we got to talking. Still dripping with sweat, JP translated as we began to share the story of Jesus. They were all very interested and engaged as this was the first time they had heard the Jesus story.
Two guys in particular were very moved. As if a light switch turned on inside of them (and it wasn't the flickering florescent light we were sitting under), they said "We believe! We believe!"
Right there under the bridge at 1:30 AM we had a time of prayer with all of them. For most, if not all, this was the first time they had ever prayed. And those two guys actually prayed out loud and addressed Jesus as Lord for the first time.
After that, we all went out for some sort of doughnut and milk thing and called it a night.
Those two guys are super excited to begin going to the Bible study every week at our friends house, along with the other skaters who have met Jesus though their efforts.
We have so many more stories to share with you, especially from our time in KunMing, the city I spent three weeks in three years ago. But we'll leave you with that one story for now.
We are witnesses of your prayers being answered. Please continue praying for us and for the ones we're reaching out to.
Thank you for your support, Bless you!!
Shaun
Something amazing is happening here, Skaters are hearing the good news, believing in Jesus and becoming brothers!
Over the last few years I've discovered that Jesus hangs out in some strange places. I've found Jesus working in skateparks, allies, bars, garbage dumps, dinner tables, bus stops, bonfires, Taco Bells, Starbucks, liquor stores, Thai villages, Indian slums, Muslim villages, and Hindu temples, to name a few places.
The other night we found another one of Jesus’ hang out spots; under a musty bridge in the middle of the main city we're staying in. This bridge/tunnel is the spot where the local skaters go when it's raining. After a long, fun skate session with them we got to talking. Still dripping with sweat, JP translated as we began to share the story of Jesus. They were all very interested and engaged as this was the first time they had heard the Jesus story.
Two guys in particular were very moved. As if a light switch turned on inside of them (and it wasn't the flickering florescent light we were sitting under), they said "We believe! We believe!"
Right there under the bridge at 1:30 AM we had a time of prayer with all of them. For most, if not all, this was the first time they had ever prayed. And those two guys actually prayed out loud and addressed Jesus as Lord for the first time.
After that, we all went out for some sort of doughnut and milk thing and called it a night.
Those two guys are super excited to begin going to the Bible study every week at our friends house, along with the other skaters who have met Jesus though their efforts.
We have so many more stories to share with you, especially from our time in KunMing, the city I spent three weeks in three years ago. But we'll leave you with that one story for now.
We are witnesses of your prayers being answered. Please continue praying for us and for the ones we're reaching out to.
Thank you for your support, Bless you!!
Shaun
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