friends who have in one way or another played a role in this mission trip! Thanks for all your prayers! OJ mission trips have always been a walking on water experience for meit is always uncertain and it takes a great leap of faith, trustng that God will accomplish things according to His loving will. This years OJ, God has again lead me to take a great step upon the unknown waters as He lead me where He wanted to. An event which will stay in me for a very long tme happened during the campus tme. Our 8 member team was divided into four pairs with each pair assigned to a specifc school. We were assigned to EVSU (Eastern Visayas State University) which is the largest campus within the Eastern Visayas region, amountng to more than 12,000 students. At frst it was a huge challenge for me. How can I be Gods instrument in such a large campus, teeming with students from all walks of life? But faith involves trustng Gods hand, believing that if He lead me there, He surely has a plan, all for His honor and glory. My partner, ate Roue, and I, met with the President and one of the student leaders in EVSU, Grazel. She is a 5 th year Civil Engineering student. In a way, God used her as an instrument to push us, to push me, into doing what He has called me to do. As soon as we met Grazel and made a few introductons, she immediately approached a group of students in the admin building. I thought to myself, wait, Grazel what are you doing? She just approached the group and asked if we can have 10-15 minutes of their tme! I was mind blown! I wasnt ready for this. Well, we mostly won't be ready, arent we? When facing a situaton, we ofen wait and get ready. But through this, God taught me that there is no tme to get ready. You are ready. I have prepared you and there is no perfect tme but now! So I took up the challengewalking on the unknown waters, if I may put ithumbly asking God for wisdom and help, we approached the group, which consisted of frst year students (16-17 year olds) 5 females and a male. We opened up the tme by playing a game, Aninag, which is a set of pictures. Well ask questons and the group will choose a picture that will best answer that queston. Through Aninag, we were able to know more about the students, their struggles, what their desires are. We were also able to gauge their relatonship with God. All throughout the conversaton, we saw how hungry and open they are to hear the word of God. We didnt hesitate then, and opened up to share the gospel of Salvaton through Jesus Christ. The six students all received Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior and four of them were willing to be used by God in their campuses to share to others what they have received too! In the end, its really not about us. Its all about God. It was Him who brought us there. It was Him who allowed us to meet those students. It was all Him! To Him be the glory and praises forever. Join us as we contnue to pray for Giselle, Michelle, Girlie, Rose Ann, Jarvis, and Lucille.
Trip Duration: 13th - 19th April 2014
1. Sharing the gospel using the 4 Spiritual Laws booklet. 2. Transitioning from casual conversation to sharing the gospel. 3. Importance of discipleship. 4. Effectively disciple to multiply disciples according to the principles of 2 Timothy 2:2 Apri l 2014
**Sharing in the KV training. Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters Would you join me in PRAYER? Upcoming academic year, 2014-2015: I will be a clinician this year, praise God! A more forward step towards becoming a dentist. Please pray for strength and wisdom to learn the things I need to learn, compassion and heart for my future patients and Gods provision, financially and for patients, as it is difficult to get patients for specific cases. Tindog Tacloban! Lets pray that God will continue the mighty work that He has started in the place. Lets pray for the student leaders of the different campuses in Tacloban, and the people who received Jesus as their Lord and Savior. July Tacloban Trip: Yes! I will be back! :) This time with a team of young adults from Malaysia (Operation Arise! Tacloban), in partnership with YWAM Tacloban. Please pray for provision and protection and that God will use this Contact Details daneysaur@gmail.com *** +63 9178 5421 12 *** 1608 Pilar Hidalgo Lim St., Malate, Manila 1004 Philippines Day 1: Touchdown Tac. Dinner with Staf We arrived at Tacloban around 4pm and had dinner with the stafs who work with the students in diferent universites within the city. They told us about the campus demographics and what to expect of each campus. We even had the chance to pray for the stafs who were working round the clock since the devastaton of Yolanda/Haiyan. Day 2 & 3: Campus Time! For two consecutve days, we went to four campuses Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU), Leyte Normal University (LNU), Saint Paul University, and University of the Philippines (UP) Tacloban. We got to know students, talk with them and share the gospel with them. For those students who were available, we follow-up and challenge those who received Jesus as their Lord and Savior and invited them for bible study. In total, 166 were exposed to the gospel and 140 commited their lives to Jesus. To God be all the glory! Day 4: Training We had KV Training for the Key Volunteers (KVs) or those students who commited to serve God in their campuses. Day 5: Medical Mission at Burauen We went to Burauen, a small village about an hour ride from Tacloban. We shared the gospel with patents while they waited in line. I also assisted the dentst as she did tooth extractons. Truly praising God for the experience :) Day 6: Training of Student Leaders In this training, leaders of each campuses were taught of the basic CCC terms and principles and what the heart of campus ministry is all about. Through this training, the leaders were able to fully grasp the vision of CCC which is to Build movements everywhere untl everyone knows I was really thankful to God that He allowed me to use what I am learning in school to help others and to serve Him. It is truly my desire and prayer that God will use my future career as a dentist to reach out to others and help fulfill the Great Commission! There is so much more to tell about the mission trip, even more, the work to be done. God is not fnished with Tacloban, and defnitely, God is not fnished with me yet. I believe He is stll calling me to contnue the work that He was began and He is sustaining in that town. And so just like what Captain Douglas MacArthur said as he lef for the US during the rage of World War II, I shall return. I never thought that God would call me back to Tacloban, again, where the strongest typhoon in history, Haiyan or locally known as Yolanda, had hit the islands on the 8th of November 2013. When a call from our student organizaton, Campus Crusade for Christ came, asking for students who are willing to go and build the kingdom of God in that place, it was a closed deal. I was defnitely going back. Being a part of this mission trip has been a great privilege to be used mightly by God, meetng with people who have lived to tell the story of the devastaton while understanding that everything happened because God has a wonderful plan, and to be able to minister to the people and just share the love that God has for them while being encouraged by their lives and stories. Throughout the whole week in Tacloban, I never failed to see Gods hand at work in the area. Truly, Tacloban is a very blessed place, and its people are precious in the sight of God. Whatever may be the reason behind Yolanda, all I am sure now is that God used it for His honor and glory. Wherever You will call me UNRESERVED \zrvd\ Not held back. Entire. Complete. Whole. OJ Tacloban 2014