give us childlike wonder

dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder.

suprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of Your universe. delight me to see how Your Chirst plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs and lovely in eyes not His, to the Father through the features of men's faces. each day enrapture me with Your marvelous things without number.

i do not ask the reason for it all; i ask only to share the wonder of it all.

-joshua abraham heschel

*photo credit: dorien scheltens

Philippines; Baguio and Antipolo

LAST HOUR in antipolo ywam base. this week has been so great.
the past two weeks have been really different than i expected.
it has been really laid back for me but a lot of fun.
i took care of Rouwen, sat in at DTS lectures, went exploring with david and sarah and hung out with the dts students and staff.
i really love ywam antipolo and the environment that the staff and students created- passionate, real, joyful, fun and really serious about their missions and ministry.
i spoke to the dts one afternoon about what God's been teaching me about ministry and i also lead them into a time of meditation that morning. but mostly i hanged out with them and even did one-on-ones with some of the girls. So i guess that's been my ministry- hanging out!!
God's showin me that ministry doesn't have to be a perfect picture of me being with the poor in the slums but ministry could simply be just hanging out which I LOVE TO DO. encourage, tell stories, laugh, pray, listen, care and love. investing in people.
God's glory still shines in that.


now i'm off to the Balut base and i have a feeling that it's goin to be a big change. I will be by myself but i'm so excited. i will be helping out with the daycare ministry in Smokey Mountain.

God is so good.
Peace be with all of you.