Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Venezuela STM Sharing Night at T4C (8/1: 8 - 9:30 PM)

What did we learn from our short term mission trip? What did we see in our trip? To answer your questions, our short term mission team is going to share our experience at T4C from 8 to 9:30 PM on 8/1 (Friday). Mark it on your calendar and hear more of our exciting stories and God's mighty power!

Day 11 (6/30): Coming back to Minnesota

Salida

10 days have gone by really fast and our mission trip came to an end before we noticed. We had to say goodbye to our new friends made in Venezuela. Thank God for the safe flight and we were welcomed by our family and friends at the MSP airport :D




AdiĆ³s, our dear friends in Venezuela!


Thank all of you who greeted us at the airport :D

We couldn't thank God enough for His provision, guidance, protection, grace, and much more. He's watched us over in the 12-day trip and protected us through ailments, a potentially bad car accident, and most importantly He's let us experience His greatness, love, grace, and gave us the opportunity to participate in His ministry. God, you're wonderful and amazing!


Day 10 (6/29): Worshipping God on Last Day in Venezuela

It was funny that a friend asked me if we got stuck in Caracas since the blog stopped at day 9. To make people not to worry about us, we decided to wrap up our blog and tell our dear friends that we did fine and came home safely. Here's the retrospect of our last couple days in Venezuela.

Busy Sunday


You might think we could relax after we were back to Caracas. We actually had a very busy Sunday since we attended Sunday service at both Baptist Church in Caracas and Iglesia Evangelica China "Gracia de Dios".


We attended the Baptist Church in the morning.

Grace and Norman shared their testimonies. Grace told us how God led her through the hard days of raising her three kids alone and God has saved her familiy from fire which burnt part of her house. You might think one would be mad at God for all the bad things that have happened but Grace acknowledged God was her protector and Lord. She couldn't praise Him enough.


Grace shared with us how God led her through the hard days.

Is getting rich your only goal in life? Do you think there's something more important than money? What's your purpose of life? Before Norman knew Christ, he was no different than many people who pursued their American dream and put in numerous hours on building wealth until he got to know Christ through his wife many years later. He repented for his sin and found his true meaning of life and joy on earth. He vowed not to leave God, re-prioritized his life and now enjoys family time with his lovely wife and kids. May God be glorified, amen!


Norman has been living a new life since he knew Christ.

Pastor Har gave a sermon on the gospel and invited non-believers to accept Christ as their personal Savior. Praise the Lord one gal decided to re-commit her life to Christ and another young man felt led to accept Christ as his Savior!!! It was very encouraging to us the mission team.


Pastor Har told us the key to have an eternal life.

Some of our mission team members also performed a couple songs with Pastor Har's flute music during the service.


Along with Pastor Har's flute music, we sang "Yahweh is Love" and "Jesus is My Best Friend".