The most asked (and biggest) question I've been asked the last couple of weeks is "What's next?". DTS graduation was just 2 days ago, and by the grace of God I'm able to continue my stay here in Taiwan until February 15. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and tonight I'm celebrating it the Chinese way with the Huang family, along with Ryan, Kim, Marcus, Isabelle, and Corni. The rest of the time I'm here Corni, Isabelle, Ann, Marcus, Kim, and I are traveling all over Taiwan to visit friends and places.

I have a meeting with my church's, Healing Place Church, missions pastor, Pastor Mark, right after I get back to the States. After that I'm going to rest, and start pursuing full-time support to return to Taiwan, where I'm going to start my language studies, and then staff DTS. I'm not sure how I'm going to go about doing all this in the States, since my car was stolen since I've been here in Taiwan, but I do know I can trust God with everything.

The question "What's next?" is quite simple. Keep pursuing God, keep my head up, keep being teachable, and continue to trust in Him.

Newly Uploaded India Photos

I know it took way too long, but I've FINALLY uploaded some new photos on my Website. So, check out the site, which STILL needs a lot of updating, and let me know what you think. Sorry, about the lack of updating. I just got back from being in India for 2 months, and ministry in that country is draining to the spirit, mind, and body. Blessings from Taiwan!!!

Life Changes

These last 2 months in India have been a major influence on my faith in God. I've been so many people begging to know God, kids memorizing scripture verses in their second language, and adults falling to the ground as the presence of the Spirit of God has come into them. I lived in a country (USA) primarily controlled by secularism. Where even Christians still think logically/scientific about their faith. Personally, I've been challenged by the beautiful people here in India to look past my scientific mindset and just let the Spirit come in with no questions asked.

While preparing for my preaching in a few days, and reading my daily bible devotion, I came across Psalm 27. David writes this Psalm to God right after he had an opportunity to kill his enemy, King Saul, in a cave David, and his army of 600 were hiding in. David's men tell him to kill Saul, but David knows God has anointed Saul to be king of Israel, no matter how corrupt and evil he had become. David cuts a piece of Saul's robe in secret, and while Saul and his army are marching away from the cave David emerges and yells out to Saul. David explains that he had the opportunity to kill Saul, but he didn't. Saul in return blesses David, and stops pursuing David for a while.

Psalm 27 challenged me, because David is praising God for His protection. 1 Samuel 13:14 states that 'he is a man after God's own heart'. This is not because David is sinless. Actually, David is quite the opposite. David lies, cheats, steals, commits adultery, and even murders to cover up his adultery. David is a called 'a man after God's own heart' because David's number priority is to dwell in the presence of God for all eternity.

My ultimate prayer in life is to get to that point of longing to being with God above all else. God has used my presence in India to challenge me to change my character. I'm not the man I once was. I need God, and I acknowledge this now. My faith is in Him, and I pray that nothing else will matter in my life as long as I'm in His presence.

All Over India

It's been a while since I had internet access, and the time I have is very limited. To cut this as short as possible, I'm only going to talk about the areas we went to, and the basics of what we did.

After our ministry ended in Yavatmal (see previous blog), we heading to Aurangabad from December 15-19. December 15 we went to the Christ Church Girl's Hostile, where there were 111 girls, and one boy. We played with the kids, witnessed, etc. December 16 we took a break and went to the Taj Mahal!!! It's a great place. December 17 we went to CNI church, which is a brand new church. It's located in the Rala village. December 18 we went to the village of Dakephal and spent time with the children. December 19 I had the honor of sharing my testimony and preaching at Amba Morhar village.

After our ministry ended in Aurangabad, we headed back to Pune, our base city here in India from December 20-29. We took rest from December 20-21. December 22-23 we were at an orphanage. I had a great birthday on December 24. December 25 we visited the King of Kings church, and we went back to the orphanage on the 26th. On the 27th we spent the morning at the orphanage again, and then went back to the Kings of Kings church and had fellowship with the youth. December 28-29 was our time of rest.

The last city we just got back from, Navapur, was great. We were there from December 30-January 2, and stayed busy every day (the way it should be). December 30 we went to the Nandavan tribe village, which was the first tribe we visited. The best part was that 100% of the villagers are Christians. Honor and glory to our Father in heaven. We also visited the Mouchi tribe village. All the tribes we visited have traditional mud housing. December 31 we celebrated New Years eve in the Raingal village. Possibly the best New Years party I've ever been to. The people loved our teaching so much that we were told EVERYBODY in the area was talking about us and tell people about Christ Jesus. God is so good!

January 1 we went to the Raingal village church. The whole building cost $200. Makes you wonder why we spend millions of dollars back in the States to build one church. That night we went to the Chivati church, where I did a little preaching. I did an exhortation on Judges 7, challenging the people, both Christians/Nonchristians, if they are part of God's '300' army of fully dedicated believers. I received some positive feedback from the people. When we had prayer at the end, we encountered our first demon influenced man. He was screaming and punching and lashing out. The second we said 'be released in the name of JESUS' he was. The Spirit of God was fully alive there. We were told that the largest crowd to ever come to this church was that night. Praise God.

January 2 we were in the Bhovre area. We visited 3 families in the area and prayed for them. One family just lost a son on December 7 to blood cancer. Jesus brought some major healing to them during prayer. The wife of another family just had a miscarriage and the husband recently lost his job. We were able to do some hiking this day in the area. One of the most beautiful mountain/valley scenes I've been to. Vince, Corni, Isabelle, and me hiked one of the smaller mountain and just absorbed God's beautiful creation.

That's our ministry in a nutshell. Wish i could go into great detail, but I've already overstayed my time in the internet cafe. Blessings from India! To God all the glory and honor!