Saturday, July 14
After small group devotions and breakfast, we continued our debriefing discussing culture and our lifestyle back home. But since Pastor Gampon was here, we spent some time to pray for his ministry and the churches he has planted. Our procedure is that after each person shares, we ask for a few volunteers to pray for them, that they will faithfully fulfill the decisions they made. Here are some more comments:
- After the village, I saw how I need to be less wasteful at home, use less electricity, for example. I need to stop wanting to buy the newest technology gadget.
- I see poverty in Indonesia but I don't really experience it. I learned to get out of my comfort zone here. I plan to become more active in my church at home and minister to my friends who live quite nominal Christian lives.
- I feel God is calling me to minister in Thailand for my future.
- On a mission trip, we pray big prayers but we tend to depend on ourselves back home. I need to also rely and pray big prayers at home.
We took a short lunch break and continued the last part of our debriefing by having members of the team speak what spiritual gifts they see in each member of the team. This is an affirming time for our team members and sometimes a surprise that they possess certain spiritual gifts they did not even realize.
We collected an offering to give to Ching and Thang to show our appreciation to them. For Pastor Gampon and the City Gate Church staff, we donated money from our budget for our staying at the church, for their cooking, and all the services they give to us, but we wanted to give individual offerings to the Ngaihtes, and collected about 8500 baht for them ($280). Ching joined us about 3 PM and was surprised and thankful for our gift to them. We finished at about 4:30 so we had some time for each person to talk to one another and commit to keep each other accountable. After dinner, listened to several of Pastor Gampon's fascinating stories how God led him to start the church and provided the church building. We then practiced our skits since some of the actors are leaving in the morning and tried to get some rest so we can sing tomorrow.
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