I made this blog to bring a chunk of my mission trips home to your computer screen. Things I see, hear, and experience supernaturally from God on the mission field will be shared with you. My very FIRST international mission trip happens to be in Tanzania, Africa (May 23rd-June 2nd). I'm going with an organization called e3partners(equip.evangelize.establish. I loveeeee Africa! God is amazing in calling me to the place my heart loves and desires to experience. I'm going on an extreme medical trip with 30 people from around the U.S. I'm the only one from California going. I'm the only Asian going(not that it really matters but just to make it more dramatic..) We'll be sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with people who may have never heard it...crazy. It's going to be surreal going to a place where people literally have never heard the name Jesus Christ. And also, we'll be educating them with an HIV/AIDS awareness cube. This takes me back to high school where I wrote a paper on HIV/AIDS in the most infected place around the world - Africa. Stats: 2.2 million AIDS death annually, 29 million living with AIDS). I remember feeling...why is this still happening, why don't more people step up?! Now, through the power of Christ, I get to. Jesus is faithful in giving me the desires of my heart. This 11 day journey begins in 4 short days. Join me in my mission endeavors by reading my blogs, seeing pictures&videos, and praying to Jesus with me. Granted, I don't think we'll be getting internet in Tanzania :( soooo when I come back, I'll have to post everything from my journal!
Dictionary.com:
Witness - One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced.
This is a really detailed definition of what the word "witness" means. I'll break it down for y'all with how it applies to me and JC. I have firsthand witnessed Jesus Christ. I have seen Him perform miracles in my life. I have heard His voice. I experience Him daily. I know and love Him. Anyone can witness Jesus but only if you're willing to see, hear, and experience Him. Being the firsthand account means receiving the most accurate and personal experience; not being the second/third/fourth.
Practical Example: 1. I witnessed a car accident where an impatient driver switched lanes and rear ended a car, which in turn almost hit some bikers. If I retell this story to another person, they may misinterpret it and think 2. oh, the impatient driver switched lanes, rear ended a car, AND hit some bikers. And that person retells it to a third party with the story of 3. a patient driver switched lanes and got hit by a car and some bikers. And so on. The first story btw is a true story where my friends and I were the bikers! Yikes, thank God for living to tell the story!
It's the same with Jesus. Misunderstandings happen all the time. Unless you hear, see, or experience things firsthand, it's hard to believe it, right? But
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