Author: Adventures

Team WATO Snapshot

-Overview of Team WATO (Team What Are The Odds) Overall we work pretty well together. We have a lot of different leaders on the team but there is no overarching dictator which is nice. Letting each other lead in our individual strengths is one of our team’s strong suits. -Alligh: team leaderDone 4 passport trips plus the world race. Super adventurous and athletic. She is a laid-back leader but lets her experience shine through in situations. -KaytonGirl from Kentucky who is the nicest person on the planet. She talks to everyone is willing to be taught in anything from farming to Maui...

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Buddha’s Prophecy of Jesus

Thailand is the world’s most heavily Buddhist country. 94 percent of the people in Thailand are Buddhist. Buddhism, by principle or societal standard, is good. Buddhism promotes health and happiness, both beautiful ideals that have shaped some of the most kind and accepting people in the world. However, the heart of Thailand is heavy. It is a heart that shoves shrines and golden temples and good deeds in its gaps. It is a heart that seeks and seeks but never finds. How can such moral people carry around such weight? With such a loaded question comes such a simple answer: The Holy One...

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Hope Through Hardship

Hardship and hopelessness – two struggles I’ve seen too much in Africa, especially here in Zimbabwe. When locals find out we are from America, we are typically bombarded with questions. People are longing for security and clinging to the little hope that they have. Some of them think they would be able to find that peace and security in possessions or people (especially us as Americans). Some of them are content with where they are and hopeful of what’s to come. And some of them don’t think they will ever find peace and security. I wish I could give every person I...

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Priorities

What are your priorities? This question has echoed in my head since hearing an amazing message at training camp. You don’t realize how important it is to have set priorities until your life looks completely different because you are now living on a continent called Africa. Everyday is so different from the last. Even if we are doing the same ministry over and over, it never feels the same. And it definitely doesn’t feel normal. With each new task put in front of me I am challenged to push myself out of my comfort zone and make the most of each moment. But I’m finding that...

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Priorities

What are your priorities? This question has echoed in my head since hearing an amazing message at training camp. You don’t realize how important it is to have set priorities until your life looks completely different because you are now living on a continent called Africa. Everyday is so different from the last. Even if we are doing the same ministry over and over, it never feels the same. And it definitely doesn’t feel normal. With each new task put in front of me I am challenged to push myself out of my comfort zone and make the most of each moment. But I’m finding that...

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A Call To Love

So in my quiet time this morning God gave me a call to love… here is how it went. (Italics is directly what God had said.) My heart breaks for the state of the world. Ever since Adam and Eve I weep for the world. You are My children and I want you to be with Me. I want you all to be in communion with Me. I want you to let Me love you—please let Me love you. That is My deepest desire. [How can I partner with You in that then?] Love. Wholeheartedly love. Love without abandon. Love without reserve.         Love when it’s hard. Love...

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