Adventures – Page 66

Offensive Miracles

Last week at this time, I was weeping into my pillow as my teammates gathered around and prayed. I exchanged sleep for distress at what this world was allowing to happen to my best friend. I was certain that no one cared… because honestly before this trip, I did not truly care. I did not act out of the constant conviction that girls my age across the globe wore price tags and flashing labels, reading “P***y for Sale.” I did not see their faces; I did not know their names; I was too concerned about my own...

New Found Disorder.

My last few blogs (especially the most recent one) have been very serious so today I thought I would make everyone laugh! Before I get started on the hilarious story I would like you all to know that God is wonderful and powerful and FAITHFUL. I was really struggling with faith but Jesus restored my faith this week and I feel like He made it even stronger. By the way Noi is no longer going to Hong Kong. Praise God. Ok now time to laugh. I have a serious disorder. It seems that anytime a male walks up to me to talk I some how transform from this friendly Mrriah into a creepy and...

Eunuchs, Big Buddha, & Pam

March 29, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

1. Eunuchs. About a month ago, after a night of prayer for the other half of our team, my friend Sharon was feeling really heartbroken about our friend Palm who is a ladyboy. He's only 18 years old and yet he has already had a sex change. It was in that same moment that I had one of those "That's So Raven" moments and realized: Ladyboys are eunuchs! The Bible talks about eunuchs. There's the time in Acts 8 when Philip meets this Ethiopian eunuch on the road to Gaza. He finds him reading Isaiah 53–one of the most direct examples of the Old Testament pointing to...

There Is A Time To Mourn.

I am stuggling to have faith. Its getting really difficult to see what God is doing and where He even is, it seems like everyday i get more discouraged. Trying to find Him in the little things isnt exactly working anymore and i feel like i am trapped somewhere that God cant reach me. This week has been one of the worst weeks of all of my life. Just struggling with things inside of my own heart and mind is tough. This week i struggled with just about everything you can think of- from self-pity, self-hatred, self-image, and just not wanting to get out of bed. Praying the same exact prayers...

Harvest

March 24, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

I’m use to cornfields. Although Bloomington, Illinois certainly isn’t country, it is surrounded by miles and miles of black earth, tilled till tassels pop up. Corns' supposed to be “knee high by 4thof July” but usually is well up to my waste by then. And as the start of 2nd quarter of the new school year begins, the mazes, haunted houses, and pumpkin patches draw crowds at the season change. It’s harvest time. And the moons are breath taking. Orange, red, yellow, pink. Harvest is a time when the all the farmers come out to reap all the hard work...

Choosing to Lose

When Peter stepped out of the boat to approach Jesus on the raging sea, I wonder if he felt regret. Leaving behind a presumably safe vessel in exchange for the implausible prospect of walking on water seems crazy. I wonder if the tempest burned his skin, or perhaps the chilly deluge saturated all the way to his heart. It must have been challenging… in spite of Jesus’ physical presence, Peter started to doubt, and his feet sank. My whole life I’ve chosen to live in a vessel composed...

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