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Right now I`m in the Tokyo Airport in the Yahoo Cafe Internet place... free Internet inside of the Tokyo airport... I`m on this crazy computer and I can type with Japanese Characters....
んcヴぁいじぇｈふぃおあｈこいうぇ
Crazy huh? So I`m going to try to give an update but if my grammar gets worse it`s because keys are not where they are supposed to be.
With that said... we finished out our last few ministries while we were in Cambodia. We had a debrief time, trying to bring a bit of closure to what we did in Cambodia... the Khmer people at our house kind of threw us a party where they told us that they appreciated us... and it was a good time for all. I have some really cool pictures... we did some Khmer dancing and we pimped it up in Cambodia. After that night we packed up and early the next morning we traveled to the debrief place that Chris talked about... Kasamet or whatever. It was kind of a lower end place to hang on the beach, there were a few sketchy people, but all in all it was a good debrief time. I was pretty confused on why we should debrief... but after that day and a half I knew that it was good...
I experienced my first taste of culture shock... I tried to speak Khmer to people who had no idea what I was saying... I was worth off than speaking in English... it was hilarious. I think I`ve adjusted to culture again... maybe... after our debrief we headed to Bangkok and spent some time there... i really forget ... i think it might have been a day and a half as well... and we went shopping and we picked up some more things for the ride home... sooo... right now I:m pretty tired and we:re getting ready to go... pray for safe travel and quick recovery from jet lag.
I love ya:ll I can:t wait to see you all... I can:t wait to chat and fill you guys in with what has gone on in my life... it:s going to be cool... I:ll talk to you soon! Love ya!
-justin
Friday, February 10, 2006
&$*#& [cambodia]
This is our last week here in Cambodia -- but let's recap a bit of this week so that everyone is on the same page...
Over the last week, even though I'm giving an update I will undoubtedly forget a detail here or there... so I apologize ahead of time. We've done a lot this last week... and I've enjoyed it SO much!
#1:
Taylor... well he did something that was 1/2 dumb and 1/2 REALLY funny... alright so as a joke he was talking to our translator Tom. (We were in our room...) And Taylor pretended to light a M-80 whistling firework... only he forgot about the pretending part and he accidentally lit it on fire. He thought, "No big deal... I'll just lick my finger and put it out..."... How wrong he was. As he frantically tried to put out the already lit wick thing he went berserk... he got up... sat down... and he tried to hold the firework in his hand so that it wouldn't go off... bad news. It still went off... two mini-explosions later he let go and on the third mini-explosion the rocket blew itself to pieces. Taylor, thank God, walked away with only a bad ... ok so his hand hurt a bit... he burned it pretty good... but our story didn't end there... remember how I said that we were in our room. He definitely woke up the entire house... we had Pally the Khmer lady that we pay rent to run over to our room and she checked everything out... she called a doctor, and within minutes we had 8 Khmer people in our room and all of them were half worried and half laughing... because it was amazing.
Yeah -- that was this weeks' story.. :o)
We had another mini-field day on Thursday ... it was quite fun. The kids loved it and we loved loving on them. I met with my monks again for two days this week... talked more and more with them... got to know them more. We are definitely praying for them daily.
And I'm sure ... well... I DID do more but right now, at this exact moment, I can't remember. I know that God did some cool things inside of me this week... that I got to know him more and more... and it was good...
Prayer Points for this week...
-Sunday church (we are praying for BIG amounts of God)
-FINISH STRONG...
-About after DTS... I'm thinking about SBS (School of Biblical Studies) that God would either confirm or deny my desire to go and do that.
W00T!!! Cambodia is amazing... :-p
What the next few weeks looks like:
Monday- Last Ministry Day
Tuesday/Wednesday- Debriefing and packing
Thursday (16)- Leaving Battambang @ 12:00 Noon
Friday - Stay @ border town.
Saturday- Meet everyone @ the Avanna Hotel (I think...)
Sunday/Monday- Chill Days (Debrief) in Thailand
Tuesday (21)- Fly Out of Bangkok to Kona
21 - Get into Kona... crazy time change
22/23- Debrief in Kona
24- Fly back to AZ
25- Early morning... get in.
This might be my last update before I get into Kona ... so be praying!
Thank you much! :o) Loving from across a long expanse of water...
<justin>
Friday, February 03, 2006
w00tness to the 3rd power [cambodia]
This week went by really quickly.... this post will be done with little or no use of the "shift" key... it is sub-par.
monday and tuesday were two down days for me, i was sick and i had a fever and what not, but now i am better... l'awe (good).
wednesday was my b-day and what a day it was. fun stuff... my team threw this b-day for me with real cake from our local food place, and we had a small get together with my team. they invited the family that we are staying with and the family got me small gifts as well... it was really touching. at one point the littlest girl, her name is srey peckdt, got up on the table and with the help of tom--our translator--sang a really khmer song about love. the title was the meaning of love... it was hilarious... and it was the end of a good day of ministry and it was a good first day of me being 19. hehe i definitely will not forget my b-day in cambodia... :o)
on thursday we chilled at the orphanage and we played some killer games with them, those kids are amazing, there is this one boy though that needs prayer, he is one of the handi-capped boys there i know that there is something going on in his head... he needs to feel some type of love... because he is lacking it. he comes to me and i just hug on him when he's near by and he eats it up... he is in need of some major God sized proportions of love.
on friday michelle and i went to the pagoda and we sat and talked with our two monk friends... sambath and mung. they are both leaving the pagoda after the chinese new year. and after talking we were able to share with them how God has been providing for us to do the things that he is calling us to do... it was good. sambath was talking with me afterwards and he desires a longer relationship with me... he is really apt on getting my email and me emailing him every once in a while. he's a really cool monk... soon to be ex-monk... pray that i am able to talk with him more and share with him what i can.
i'm really excited to be finishing strong. that is what we need to do -- finish strong as we come to a close here in battambang. i'm really excited because i know God is doing, has been doing, and will continue to do things here because of what my team has been able to do. we have about a week and a half left here. we leave battambang on the 16th... then we'll go to thailand and then back to hawaii.
wow. so yeah...
prayers:
-orphanage kid that needs a HUGE dose of Gods' love.
-sambath
-finishing strong
justin
Friday, January 27, 2006
pictures... [cambodia]
So I've really given the update for the week... nothing has really changed... her are some pictures... :o)
>My Favorite 4-Square Orpahange Kid
>Chillin' @ the orpahanage
>Field Day Passport -- they loved these...
>Neighborhood Kids in a Tree
>Kids w/ Talor after the obstacle course
>Krista and the girls after their throwing contest...
>Jon Boy Running the Fish Pond...
>Water Balloons...
>The Image ... boy did it come to life! :o) [Krista is the mad organizer... she's amazing!]
>This one, from breakfast this morning, .... It's tea!!! (No really.. it's tea they, for some reason, drink it out of a shot glass...)
>Taylor stepping in poop... HAHA
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Pray:
-Wisdom
-MORE growth
-And that we'd be influencers!
>My Favorite 4-Square Orpahange Kid
>Chillin' @ the orpahanage
>Field Day Passport -- they loved these...
>Neighborhood Kids in a Tree
>Kids w/ Talor after the obstacle course
>Krista and the girls after their throwing contest...
>Jon Boy Running the Fish Pond...
>Water Balloons...
>The Image ... boy did it come to life! :o) [Krista is the mad organizer... she's amazing!]
>This one, from breakfast this morning, .... It's tea!!! (No really.. it's tea they, for some reason, drink it out of a shot glass...)
>Taylor stepping in poop... HAHA
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Pray:
-Wisdom
-MORE growth
-And that we'd be influencers!
Thursday, January 26, 2006
shaweeet [cambodia]
This week has been a shaweet week so far...
Most of my week has been preparing for a field day... that's right folks a field day! At the four-square church orphanage Taylor (Master Mind #1), Krista (Master Mind #2), and Justin (Master Mind #3), planned-shopped for-and set up a field day (with the help of our team of course) for the kids at the orphanage. It freakin' owned!
We had an obstacle course, a running race, a throwing contest, a hula-hoop/sit-up station, snack station/fish pond [where the kids stick a fishing pole out the window and pull up a prize bag]... it pwned. And in the afternoon we had a 3-legged race, a water balloon toss, and tug-o-war... and to finish it off we participated in an award ceremony... it was amazing.
So that was today! :o)
Earlier this week, I went to a Pagoda with Krista and we hung out with a monk by the name of Mung and he teaches English next to our house... oh speaking of English I taught my fair share of it this week... and I helped paint a mural in the orphanage's baby room... and we prepped -- OH we prepped... it was awesome.
Prayer Needs:
-That we'd continue to hear God's voice.
-We'd be able to connect more deeply with the people around us.
-That we'd be a blessing.
(MORE WISDOM! And healing for Johanna she's been sick.)
-JUSTIN
Most of my week has been preparing for a field day... that's right folks a field day! At the four-square church orphanage Taylor (Master Mind #1), Krista (Master Mind #2), and Justin (Master Mind #3), planned-shopped for-and set up a field day (with the help of our team of course) for the kids at the orphanage. It freakin' owned!
We had an obstacle course, a running race, a throwing contest, a hula-hoop/sit-up station, snack station/fish pond [where the kids stick a fishing pole out the window and pull up a prize bag]... it pwned. And in the afternoon we had a 3-legged race, a water balloon toss, and tug-o-war... and to finish it off we participated in an award ceremony... it was amazing.
So that was today! :o)
Earlier this week, I went to a Pagoda with Krista and we hung out with a monk by the name of Mung and he teaches English next to our house... oh speaking of English I taught my fair share of it this week... and I helped paint a mural in the orphanage's baby room... and we prepped -- OH we prepped... it was awesome.
Prayer Needs:
-That we'd continue to hear God's voice.
-We'd be able to connect more deeply with the people around us.
-That we'd be a blessing.
(MORE WISDOM! And healing for Johanna she's been sick.)
-JUSTIN