Hello.
Long time no post!
I've been writing mostly in my journal, so I didn't find the need to express myself here much over the past few months. And also, tumblr has been a BIT of a distraction. That aside, I'm here now.
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I'm going off to India soon (2 Feb - 6 Apr) with the army, I think all of you would know. It's been awesome knowing all of you. Yikes, I talk like I'm dying. Okay in the 'Tibetan, Sylvia Plath sense of the word, I know, we're all dying.' But you know what I mean.
God has shown me the importance of going on this trip, in light of what I feel called to do to serve Him in the future. For those of you who don't know, I'm definitely leaving Singapore after I'm done studying here and have earned some capital. Capital to do what, you ask? Well, although money isn't paramount to the actualisation of my dreams, it will help in the building up of my ministry. I'd just like to talk a little bit about that here (perhaps, attempting to get some $upport [hahaha], and asking you guys to think about joining me). Okay I say it like it's so easy to just 'join up'. It isn't.
As much as I wanted to please God in everything that I did - including goal-setting - I did struggle with this vision for a while. See, what the Lord placed in my heart was to gather a group of like-minded, passionate, compassionate people to come travel with me as an Arts & music ministry, reaching out to the poor, or those who need God's love. Why would this be a struggle? Because this would be long-term travelling. Like extremely long-term. We will travel via road, northwards from S'pore, stopping at cities for a few days at a time to play shows, set up exhibitions (which include prophetic painting booths), donate money (if we have any) to the poor or the church, cook for them maybe, all in the name of Jesus Christ and to bring Him the glory. There's a whole bunch of stuff we could do while we're there. Just takes a bit of imagination. We probably won't stop moving. I haven't marked out a route yet, but I definitely want us to go to Mongolia and Russia and what other obscure countries there are, and eventually we'll reach Europe. I think from there God will show us the direction.
I have no idea how long we'll have to be on the road, it really depends on where the Spirit leads. But I can expect to go for extended periods of time without seeing my family, or friends back home. Months at least, years maybe. Perhaps once in a while we could fly back. That's why it's a struggle. I've attached myself to a lot here already, and letting go of these things is never easy if you were in my position.
God kept reminding me about this dream/calling. And my going to India, He said, was just like mini-training, to give me a taste of what it's like to be away from home for a period of time. Sure, nine weeks may not sound like much when viewed with the years I'll expect to be away in the future, but we all gotta start somewhere shallow before going in deep. This trip is absolutely imperative. And when I set my eyes on the Big Picture - on what God has in store for the future - I get really excited and I'm actually really psyched to go on this trip. I'm sure I'll have crazy stories to tell and will learn heck of a lot more than if I stayed and lazed around in camp.
Nonetheless, I'd appreciate prayer that I'd learn to rely on Him COMPLETELY. Because like I said earlier, I AM leaving people, things, places behind, and it has never been easy. I'm excited, but that doesn't mean I won't miss all you like crazy (: I'd also appreciate prayer for further clarity on what God wants me to do leading up to the beginning of this ministry I plan to spearhead. So far I've only a very vague idea of what's going on.
Also, if any of you feel God prompting you to long-term missions, do give this some thought. Perhaps you can get on this bandwagon I'm on. I've already a few people on board who plan to go with me on this. Let me know, so we can pray and take steps toward this as a united body with a common purpose/goal.
I really really need the support of all of you, especially in prayer. I know I cannot do this without the support of you guys and the church backing us (oh and I think the ministry is gonna be independent of the church, but would accept donations, prayer support, etc, if they offer it).
Bill Johnson once said this: 'If you have a vision that with all your heart and might you can fulfill, if you give everything, then you have too small a vision. Your vision is supposed to include the Body of Christ rallying together to help and individual or a group of people accomplish something. We were not designed to do this by ourselves.'
His words are so true. That is why I'm writing to you here.
Thank you for reading this long post. This is the Dam Effect - Stop emptying, accumulate water, overflow, break open in a deluge like this one.
Have an awesome night, all you beautiful people (:
I've been writing mostly in my journal, so I didn't find the need to express myself here much over the past few months. And also, tumblr has been a BIT of a distraction. That aside, I'm here now.
-
I'm going off to India soon (2 Feb - 6 Apr) with the army, I think all of you would know. It's been awesome knowing all of you. Yikes, I talk like I'm dying. Okay in the 'Tibetan, Sylvia Plath sense of the word, I know, we're all dying.' But you know what I mean.
God has shown me the importance of going on this trip, in light of what I feel called to do to serve Him in the future. For those of you who don't know, I'm definitely leaving Singapore after I'm done studying here and have earned some capital. Capital to do what, you ask? Well, although money isn't paramount to the actualisation of my dreams, it will help in the building up of my ministry. I'd just like to talk a little bit about that here (perhaps, attempting to get some $upport [hahaha], and asking you guys to think about joining me). Okay I say it like it's so easy to just 'join up'. It isn't.
As much as I wanted to please God in everything that I did - including goal-setting - I did struggle with this vision for a while. See, what the Lord placed in my heart was to gather a group of like-minded, passionate, compassionate people to come travel with me as an Arts & music ministry, reaching out to the poor, or those who need God's love. Why would this be a struggle? Because this would be long-term travelling. Like extremely long-term. We will travel via road, northwards from S'pore, stopping at cities for a few days at a time to play shows, set up exhibitions (which include prophetic painting booths), donate money (if we have any) to the poor or the church, cook for them maybe, all in the name of Jesus Christ and to bring Him the glory. There's a whole bunch of stuff we could do while we're there. Just takes a bit of imagination. We probably won't stop moving. I haven't marked out a route yet, but I definitely want us to go to Mongolia and Russia and what other obscure countries there are, and eventually we'll reach Europe. I think from there God will show us the direction.
I have no idea how long we'll have to be on the road, it really depends on where the Spirit leads. But I can expect to go for extended periods of time without seeing my family, or friends back home. Months at least, years maybe. Perhaps once in a while we could fly back. That's why it's a struggle. I've attached myself to a lot here already, and letting go of these things is never easy if you were in my position.
God kept reminding me about this dream/calling. And my going to India, He said, was just like mini-training, to give me a taste of what it's like to be away from home for a period of time. Sure, nine weeks may not sound like much when viewed with the years I'll expect to be away in the future, but we all gotta start somewhere shallow before going in deep. This trip is absolutely imperative. And when I set my eyes on the Big Picture - on what God has in store for the future - I get really excited and I'm actually really psyched to go on this trip. I'm sure I'll have crazy stories to tell and will learn heck of a lot more than if I stayed and lazed around in camp.
Nonetheless, I'd appreciate prayer that I'd learn to rely on Him COMPLETELY. Because like I said earlier, I AM leaving people, things, places behind, and it has never been easy. I'm excited, but that doesn't mean I won't miss all you like crazy (: I'd also appreciate prayer for further clarity on what God wants me to do leading up to the beginning of this ministry I plan to spearhead. So far I've only a very vague idea of what's going on.
Also, if any of you feel God prompting you to long-term missions, do give this some thought. Perhaps you can get on this bandwagon I'm on. I've already a few people on board who plan to go with me on this. Let me know, so we can pray and take steps toward this as a united body with a common purpose/goal.
I really really need the support of all of you, especially in prayer. I know I cannot do this without the support of you guys and the church backing us (oh and I think the ministry is gonna be independent of the church, but would accept donations, prayer support, etc, if they offer it).
Bill Johnson once said this: 'If you have a vision that with all your heart and might you can fulfill, if you give everything, then you have too small a vision. Your vision is supposed to include the Body of Christ rallying together to help and individual or a group of people accomplish something. We were not designed to do this by ourselves.'
His words are so true. That is why I'm writing to you here.
Thank you for reading this long post. This is the Dam Effect - Stop emptying, accumulate water, overflow, break open in a deluge like this one.
Have an awesome night, all you beautiful people (: