Pemogan

Outreach: Week four

Indonesia Team (Bali, Indonesia)

Puji Tuhan (Praise the Lord)

Hello Everyone!  We have now been in Pemogan, a suburb of Bali, Indonesia for a week.  The area that we live in is poor, the toilets do not flush, we cannot drink the tap water, and most of us shower from buckets, but we are glad to be experiencing the real Bali, a place where tourists do not get to see. 

We are very involved with a church in town and go to many meetings during the week.  Tuesday night we led a time of testimonies and teaching on the Father Heart of God and having a clean conscience before him.  The ministry time afterwards was incredible and God's Spirit was upon us as we prayed and ministered for the people.  We are feeling very strongly that God has put us in this church for a reason.

            We are living in with a woman named pastor Fien (Fin) who has a huge heart and a large adopted family who help with the ministry here.  She is living in a house formerly owned by Muslims, a piece of property that they have turned into a school, home, and church, with hopes of adding an orphanage someday.  Since she and her family just moved in last fall, there is still a lot of work to be done, but we are happy to help.  God is taking good care of us here and giving us lots of work to do.  Please keep us in your prayers.

    Tarima Kasih, Tuhan Yesus Mumberkati (Thank you and God bless), 

Team Indonesia

(Zack, Faith, Bo, Cassey, Ronnie, Nick, and Oddvar )

Starbucks Encounter

On our day off we went to Kuta Beach as a team.  This day it was pouring rain outside, so we ducked into a local Starbucks to get something to drink.  Zack (our school leader) started up a conversation with the two employees, one a Hindu and one a Muslim and they talked about their faith.  The two employees didn't know much about their religions, so when Zack shared about his relationship with God they were very interested (the Muslim in particular).  All in all it was great conversation with an email address exchanged and a promise for further communication prayerfully made.