Life in Bali!! A Brief Update

Where to start?!

What a constant adventure life is here. Every day is a battle against sweat and mosquitoes (while sitting here on pillows on the floor at an internet cafe have already been bitten twice) . Though the food is amazingly decent here, one's stomach is never quite right. Thankfully I have not suffered from any serious stomach sickness like some of my team. Walking through the neighborhood where we live one passes rats scuttling across the road, one has to jump across holes in the pavement which look down into the sewage below, dodge the cars and scooters which congest the road, block one's nose passing by piles of rubbish or the incense filled hindu temples which pop up on every street corner. The cold showers here are an amazing blessing. Though we have a shower in our bathroom, most of the time I just have a bucket shower as the shower rarely functions. One team member was bitten aggressively by a monkey the other day. Thankfully just has a few ugly bruises now to show from her attack.

We have been to schools, prisons, orphanages, slums, hospitals, youth groups, churches, visited poor families and much more while we have been here. Mainly been encouraging, blessing and praying for people here. Most have been extremely appreciative and has been awesome to see hearts being touched. Also has been very cool as have seen two people been healed when we have prayed for them. A random highlight for me was singing songs to an old lady who had a tumor on her leg at a hospital we were visiting. I sat by her bed holding her hands and for a long while sang some hymns to her, watching her face relax feeling a deep peace come over her. Though was such a simple thing to do somehow to me it felt that it was of great significance.

There is nothing like being taken out of the comforts of the western world to experience God's faithfulness and love. It feels that the whole team is being brought closer to God in their own way. Though we have often felt very weak here, we have really known his presence and seen Him work in so many situations. He has been a great friend to me here as I have really had to depend on Him. Leading a team has certainly not been easy. However it has taught me a lot about wisdom and about God's wisdom. I think I am learning a lot about loving and serving and what that looks like.

Anyway if you would like to, please pray specifically that communication with the leadership at the YWAM base here would get better, that God would guide me as I decide the schedule for the team each week, and pray for strength for the team to love each other! Thank you!