The Lord has been exceedingly good to me ever since I left home.In Arunachal I live and serve in a very small YWAM base.In our base we have two ministries running together.First is the Pre-school which started recently.There are two couples and two young girls who serve in this ministry.On the other hand there were five members including me in the DTS that I'm working with.Presently there are only three of us staffing for the DTS.
Our team planned on going to Mysore for our staff training.My team worked very hard preparing and raising funds for our training which would be held in Mysore.During the time of preparation we felt the Holy Spirit give us no peace in our hearts because there was some kind of sin going on in the base.The entire week we got together as often as we could to seek God and ask Him to bring everything into the light.To my surprise we found out that the only two guys who were with me in the base were secretly were taking drugs and overdosing themselves.So much grace was given to them and this was not the first time that they were caught for taking drugs.The elders got together and prayed.Finally at the end of it all they decided to send them back home for three months.They were advised to seek God and at the end of the three months if they really feel God leading them back to this base then we would happily welcome them back.But what happened was so very shocking to me.When these guys left the base they spoke against the leaders and the base with very harmful and destructive words.One of the guys had built a very strong relationship with the local people after three long years.When he left, he spread lies and deceit to the locals about us,our leaders and about YWAM.Later my leaders had to visit all the local people and explain to them the truth.In other words we had to spend an entire week cleaning up their mess.To make things worse they cancelled all our train tickets to Mysore as they were the ones in charge of our travels.
In spite of all what happened I really feel like I'm more closer to God than how I was before.I feel like the lord teach me so much this past month.One of the biggest things that I've been learning is to always check myself and remove all the masks that I so often put on for people to see.As my team were preparing to go to Mysore we were asked to present a song or a skit to the Mysore base.The name of our skit is "masks". In the skit everyone wears a mask and when the mask is removed our true character is revealed.While we were practicing the skit these two guys were into drugs.They had a mask on and I did not even notice.But through this situation the Lord made me realize of all the masks that I so often put on everyday without even realizing it.Presently there are only three of us staffing for the DTS.(My leader Annu,my friend Saritha and I.
Prayer Points...
Please pray that the lord will send more staffs to work with us.
please pray that I would learn Hindi soon.
Pray for our pre-school and our children ministry.
Pray that I would not feel lonely and that I would faithfully serve God.
Our team planned on going to Mysore for our staff training.My team worked very hard preparing and raising funds for our training which would be held in Mysore.During the time of preparation we felt the Holy Spirit give us no peace in our hearts because there was some kind of sin going on in the base.The entire week we got together as often as we could to seek God and ask Him to bring everything into the light.To my surprise we found out that the only two guys who were with me in the base were secretly were taking drugs and overdosing themselves.So much grace was given to them and this was not the first time that they were caught for taking drugs.The elders got together and prayed.Finally at the end of it all they decided to send them back home for three months.They were advised to seek God and at the end of the three months if they really feel God leading them back to this base then we would happily welcome them back.But what happened was so very shocking to me.When these guys left the base they spoke against the leaders and the base with very harmful and destructive words.One of the guys had built a very strong relationship with the local people after three long years.When he left, he spread lies and deceit to the locals about us,our leaders and about YWAM.Later my leaders had to visit all the local people and explain to them the truth.In other words we had to spend an entire week cleaning up their mess.To make things worse they cancelled all our train tickets to Mysore as they were the ones in charge of our travels.
Prayer Points...
Please pray that the lord will send more staffs to work with us.
please pray that I would learn Hindi soon.
Pray for our pre-school and our children ministry.
Pray that I would not feel lonely and that I would faithfully serve God.
