Amazon Basin

I am now in the process of planning to go stay to the Amazon Basin near the Brazilian and Colombian border. There in the midst of the jungle, there are tribes with little or no contact with western civilization. There are tribes that have ancient practices and traditions. It's a place of beauty yet there is a people possessed by fear.
Some of the indigenous practices are beyond what can be comprehended. HAKANI tells the story of one who cries out from the opression.

"If we act out of fear, the only possible outcome is sin..." Bill Johnson --the pastor of Bethel church in Redding, Ca.

Communion

I feel deeply that the issue of communion in the church has great potential to be much more than just a religious activity of a small cup of grape juice and a wafer. I believe God has called us to feast with one another. There is an interestingly beautiful truth that intimacy with God comes through fasting, yet intimacy with others comes from a feasting with others. There is something for us to tap into by just eating with one another. We can tap into the Intimacy with others that God has created us for. Sin, in a sense, is no more than something that creates a separation from us and God. Love brings unity among people. We eat together, because God has healed us. When we eat together as a celebration of what He has done for us and provided for us and how He has enlarged our family, we start to enjoy the beauty of His creation in a new fresh way.

Northeast Brazil 2009

Mission trip in India and Nepal

Here is a slideshow of the pictures from my trip to the Netherlands, Italy, India, and Nepal.

Being in Nepal and India was quite an experience. Here are some pictures from the Himalayas. These places are majestic in their beauty! :-) I hope to go back in the future with others who have a passion for these mountain places!

Atlanta...

Now, I am back in Atlanta. It was an incredible experience to go to India and Nepal this last year, but now is a great time for me to just process and reflect on all the experiences I had. I'm now enjoying going to the local IHOP--International House of Prayer and enjoying spending time with my parents! 

Kathmandu

I've now been in Kathmandu for two weeks...

It's beautiful... The people... Their smiles...

It's a hard life for the people here in Nepal... I watch many each day outside my window carrying bags of dirt on their backs. They barely make 1 dollar a day. But they're surviving...
It's hard though...Literacy rate for women is less than 50 percent. Life expectancy is about 60 years...and political instability and corruption worry the minds of the people...

How could a land so beautiful endure such hardship...

I just look and am mesmorized. I enjoy the hospitality of the people...for them...a guest is like a god...It gives me a chance to share my faith and learn the faith of others...

Bhudda teaches..."life is suffering" and so it rings true for many of the people here... But isn't there a hope of something more?