What is mission? My church has been a mission church and I’ve been faithfully supporting the mission budget yearly; thinking my part of mission involvement has been fulfilled. Sending others out has never been a problem to me as I can support them both financially and prayer. I thought that they can represent me with my little financial and prayer support to reach out to the unreach and that would be sufficient for me. Stepping out to mission field was really not my cup of tea. I was wrong and soon I realized that missionaries can’t represent my part of involvement in mission. Mission is for all to bear witness for God’s love to the world.
At the end of 2007, I’ve made a commitment to God that I’ll go for mission trip personally this time around. I told God that I want to experience Him first hand and want to be used by Him in the mission trip. I get confirmation from God in the middle of year 2008 whereby I found out that YM will be organizing a mission trip to minister to the street kids in Philippines. God knows I love kids and I’ll enjoy ministering to them. I enrolled myself with a little prayer that I’ll be use by God and be a blessing to the kids there.
Instead of being a blessing to the kids in Tay Tay, I was blessed in return; seeing how the kids enjoy praising and worshipping God. They still be able to worship God joyfully when their church placed on a slump area, with no fan and humid. I learnt a very important lesson, a lesson that teaches me how to worship God regardless in good times or bad times; pleasant environment or unpleasant environment.
During the street kid’s ministry in Rizal, it was raining and it was a typhoon signal level 2 at that point of time. Despite of that, God prompts us to continue on our journey to feed the street kids. Seeing the kid’s condition by the street, it saddens me. They’re in cold and helpless condition. They seemed hopeless and only God can bring hope into their life by knowing their salvation whereby they can look forward for the day they’re back in heaven. Giving them an apple, a bun, a cup of milk and a little prayer is what we done hoping that they’ll know God’s love through this little act.
The final ministry was the high school and university ministry. Never in my life seeing so many people were touched by Holy Spirit. Most of the students came to know the Lord that evening. That’s the result of an obedient servant of God, Pst. Joe whereby he gave up his life selflessly even in the midst of his pain on his kidney, he still choose to minister to the kids. God can do wonders through us if we’re willing to be used by God.
I’ve seen how God accomplish things through people that offer up their life for God. I’ve learn so much from God personally and it’s a lifetime experience that I’ll never forget. I’ve learn to be submissive and obedient to His word. I thank God for the wonderful opportunity being able to experience Him personally through ways that I never thought of. I make a little prayer, prayer of commitment that I’ll continue to serve Him on the mission field whenever He calls.He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Luke 10:2
James
