We are on the island of Ko Samui, and staying at a little hostel right on the water. It is stunning here, and way hotter than what we have experienced thus far but we are all loving it.
We arrived here after a really rocky ferry experience that left us all a little sea sick, so after a bit of rest and prayer we were ready to go out and see whats here. The island is beautiful, with moutains covered in palm trees, and amazing blue water we all had a moment of "could outreach be allowed to be this good?" well let me tell you folks, it is. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to upload any of my own photos yet, so you will have to make due with a couple from google until I get a chance to update the album.
Ministry here has been pretty up and down. There are so many people who just come to lay on the beach and sleep, which could be totally awesome at times, but also makes it tough when some people just don't feel like talking. Despite a few challenges we have begun to really get in our groove. We invested in a team volleyball because there are some nets here and it is has been awesome. The first day we bought it we had decided to play that evening and to invite whoever we met during the day out to play. Well Malori and I met this one guy named Stefan at a restaurant and he was delighted that we invited him out. And that is where it started. After 3 more days of volleyball (Stefan coming out to all of them) and meeting some other awesome people, we were really feeling encouraged. Stefan also joined us to go see one of the local waterfalls and we ended up spending the whole day together laughing and hiking and having some really deep conversations about the Lord and what Christianity means. It has also been really cool because Stefan is also from Switzerland, and so him and Luca have been chatting away lots. That night we were having worship and Stefan decided to join us, so we ventured out to find Elephant Rock, but when we discovered that it was simply a big rock on the side of the road and nothing we could actually stand on, we decided to look around a little more. I stumbled upon this random set of stairs down towards the water and decided to check it out. Well, praise the Lord, it was stunning. It took us to these group of rocks that went out over the ocean and you could see all the city lights and the moon and stars reflecting off the water. Incredible!
God has been providing us many blessings and opportunities to have some awesome conversations with Stefan, and hopefully He will continue to.
We will be heading to Ko Pha Ngan on Monday. We are hoping to find even more ministry opportunities there as the crowd is supposed to be a little younger than here. Stefan is considering coming with us so pray that we will continue that connection.
Prayer points:
-safe travels to Ko Pha Ngan
-good accomidations that allow us to build connections with people
-more of a connection with Stefan
-health
-continued energy to strive for more in our ministry and not just be content
-that we would fearlessly proclaim the mystery of Christ as we ought to.
God Bless.
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