July 2010 Philippines trip

I had forgotten I even had a blog until I posted on someone else's and had to sign into mine - LOL! The trip this year was once again an awesome experience. It's always too long between trips when you want to live on the mission field.

The mission was once again in Mindoro - starting in Pinamalayan and reaching out around the vicinity. I haven't even gotten a chance to week through the 1000 pictures I took yet but will be posting them on facebook soon. I finally got them downloaded into my computer and my fan went out so I was afraid to work with them for fear of burning up my computer. So last night I loaded them on Rodney's computer. I looked at the videos and posted 2 on facebook.
My heart is still there. When jet lag started to wear off around 2am Thursday morning my first thought was the next trip. I got up and started making notes of what I want to do between now and then (which is still not certain). I love the people we serve there and it's a love that can only come from the love of Jesus through me, cause everyone that knows me - knows I'm not that full of love:-) I try, but really in truely - it's takes a lot of Jesus in me to have love for anyone but me and my family. I'm human and want to shed that human nature more than I can say.

I'm reading an awesome book by Dr. David Jeremiah right now - "Escape the Coming Night". It's about Revelations - the rapture, the tribulation, the rest of the story. I heard him preach the series on the radio and it was awesome. He is such a good preacher. I wish I could go to his church and hear him every Sunday and Wednesday and then ever morning on the radio too.
I don't think we are far from the rapture. And one thing I read that really shook me up is that Dr. Jeremiah believes that everyone that has heard the gospel and not recieved it (which is the same thing as refusing it) will not get a chance to change their mind during the tribulation. It makes me very sad to think that all the people I know now that need the Lord in their lives so badly but have decided to live for themselves will not be able to change their minds once the rapture occurs. The more I read the more I realized he is most likely spot on. I pray that my friends and family will be present with me during the rapture and not have to suffer the tribulation. The world is hard enough to live in right now - I can't imagine having to live through the tribulation of God on this earth.

In the Phlippines people are ready to recieve Jesus as soon as you tell them about His gift to them - His life, salvation, eternal life - not having to worry about their eternal life and where it will be. Hell is a real place and in our culture it has become too easy to forget there is a hell. We want to forget that God is Holy as well as love. If it weren't for Jesus and his sacrifice in our place, we would never be able to enter into God's presence. Jesus said "I am the way, I am the truth, I am the light - no man can come to the Father except through Me!" Period. He is the only way!!! If we try to bypass Jesus we will never be able to get to Father God. And I just want to be where Jesus is. All the time.