we made it to bali and it is hot. we are staying at a ywam base here in denpasar, it doesn't have ac but we've got fans and cold showers. this is going ot be a brief update because we don't have much time.
so far we've done a lot of evangalism on the beach and in shops with the locals, we go to the sports park as well and the boys like to play sports with the boys there, so that works out well. but during these times we break up into pairs and we just go out and let the holy spirit lead us to who to talk to, what to say, and yea, it's really tough and it's definitely putting us out of our element, but it is really good at the same time. we haven't had any converts yet but lots and lots of conversations and questions.
we have been to the hospital twice now and it has really been an amazing time. the group splits in two and one half goes to the hospital and then the group that we're in goes to a hotel across the street with patients there. we just go and find out what these people have and we pray for them, it really has been amazing. we prayed for a woman named selena who has anemeia and she can't sleep and so we prayed for her and then when we went back two days later she had been sleeping well. praise god! and we are really expecting some more miracles to happen, we're not going to be satisfied with little bit, we want all of it and we know god can do it.
those have been our main two focuses, we have done a lot of prayer and hanging out as a group and hunting rats with blow darts (andy).
bali is a really beautiful place and we're having a fantastic time and just learning so much here.
love you all
andy and heidi
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
10-12
Hey everyone! Sorry about not updating you sooner! I’ll just update you shortly on what’s been going on. We are just finishing up our last week of lecture phase tomorrow, Tuesday the 13, and then on Wednesday we are going to be leaving for Bali. We fly out at midnight so we’ll get there early in the morning and have a full day of work…maybe.
But before I get into all of that, I’ll tell you what we’ve been doing with our time. A couple of weekends ago Andy and I were able to take the weekend away, just the two of us. We went to Waihi Beach, which is just a 45 minute drive north of where we are here in Tauranga, and spent the day there. They just have the most beautiful beach and it just goes on forever uninterrupted. But at the end of the beach there is this kind of hill type thing and once you hike over that you come to your own little bay, so that’s what we did and it was very beautiful, muddy, but good fun. So that weekend was relaxing, but this last weekend we moved the ship(M/V Pacific Link) across the bay to another dock where we get more publicity and put on tours, which is much like what we’re going to be doing for the second half of our outreach phase. So we had to clean the ship on Saturday and then on Sunday we had to put on tours for the open public of Tauranga, which wasn’t actually too bad at all, just made for a long day. And now we don’t have much time to relax before we head out to Bali!
Well, back to Bali. I don’t know if any of you have heard of the earth quakes that have been taking place in Indonesia, but don’t be worried about us, Bali actually hasn’t been hit by it so we won’t be dealing with any relief aid. We aren’t exactly sure what we are going to be doing over there so I’m just going to tell you what I know. We are planning on staying at a YWAM base there in Bali, not sure of the cities name, but we are going to be helping out there and then wherever the Lord leads us that day. We’ve been put in charge of certain ministries for our trip, I am in charge of the children ministry along with a fellow classmate (Angel from Alaska) and Andy is in charge of the prison ministry with another student (Jon from Indiana). The other ministries include hospital and evangelism, so we’ve got a really broad spectrum that we can be ready for. So that’s about all that I know, the leader of our school is also coming with us to Bali and he has been many times before so he has many contacts, so I’m not worried that we will be wandering into anything we’re not ready for. As for the other outreach team to Papua New Guinea, they have just now been getting contacts this last week, so they are really going in there blind and just listening to the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to move.
We will be in Bali for about 3 ½ and then we will be meeting up with the ship tour in a town around Auckland. This tour is calling out all the young Kiwis to come into missions, we are here to make kids aware of who we are and aware of what’s going on in the world and how they can help. We want to raise up a nation of Christians who are willing to give their lives to help others who are in need. We will be with the tour for about 4 weeks and we’ll end up back in Tauranga where we will then drive down to Tapu(?) for our graduation. But hopefully we’ll be able to update you again closer to that time.
Well the updates are now going to be few and far between, we won’t have internet connection in Bali as easily as over here or on the ships tour. We will be able to find internet cafes but they might be a bit hard to come by, we’re not sure as of this point. But we are going to try our best!
We appreciate all of your support and prayers!
Heidi & Andy
But before I get into all of that, I’ll tell you what we’ve been doing with our time. A couple of weekends ago Andy and I were able to take the weekend away, just the two of us. We went to Waihi Beach, which is just a 45 minute drive north of where we are here in Tauranga, and spent the day there. They just have the most beautiful beach and it just goes on forever uninterrupted. But at the end of the beach there is this kind of hill type thing and once you hike over that you come to your own little bay, so that’s what we did and it was very beautiful, muddy, but good fun. So that weekend was relaxing, but this last weekend we moved the ship(M/V Pacific Link) across the bay to another dock where we get more publicity and put on tours, which is much like what we’re going to be doing for the second half of our outreach phase. So we had to clean the ship on Saturday and then on Sunday we had to put on tours for the open public of Tauranga, which wasn’t actually too bad at all, just made for a long day. And now we don’t have much time to relax before we head out to Bali!
Well, back to Bali. I don’t know if any of you have heard of the earth quakes that have been taking place in Indonesia, but don’t be worried about us, Bali actually hasn’t been hit by it so we won’t be dealing with any relief aid. We aren’t exactly sure what we are going to be doing over there so I’m just going to tell you what I know. We are planning on staying at a YWAM base there in Bali, not sure of the cities name, but we are going to be helping out there and then wherever the Lord leads us that day. We’ve been put in charge of certain ministries for our trip, I am in charge of the children ministry along with a fellow classmate (Angel from Alaska) and Andy is in charge of the prison ministry with another student (Jon from Indiana). The other ministries include hospital and evangelism, so we’ve got a really broad spectrum that we can be ready for. So that’s about all that I know, the leader of our school is also coming with us to Bali and he has been many times before so he has many contacts, so I’m not worried that we will be wandering into anything we’re not ready for. As for the other outreach team to Papua New Guinea, they have just now been getting contacts this last week, so they are really going in there blind and just listening to the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to move.
We will be in Bali for about 3 ½ and then we will be meeting up with the ship tour in a town around Auckland. This tour is calling out all the young Kiwis to come into missions, we are here to make kids aware of who we are and aware of what’s going on in the world and how they can help. We want to raise up a nation of Christians who are willing to give their lives to help others who are in need. We will be with the tour for about 4 weeks and we’ll end up back in Tauranga where we will then drive down to Tapu(?) for our graduation. But hopefully we’ll be able to update you again closer to that time.
Well the updates are now going to be few and far between, we won’t have internet connection in Bali as easily as over here or on the ships tour. We will be able to find internet cafes but they might be a bit hard to come by, we’re not sure as of this point. But we are going to try our best!
We appreciate all of your support and prayers!
Heidi & Andy
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