Trust

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" -- Proverbs 3:5

I am really enjoying hanging out with these Asian Hope kids! This just constantly furthers my call to youth ministry, and further reminds me why God sent me here instead of China. Thank you God! We worked with the younger elementary kids this morning. I got to work in the pool, and because most of them couldn't swim they needed a lot more people there. These kids were given life jackets, but they really had to trust us. To see the trust in a complete stranger to make sure they didn't drown or get injured was so beautiful to see. They clung to us like we were going to be the last person they ever saw again. The majority of these young kids were orphans, but to see them so happy in the situation (without parents) that they were in was just a joy to see.

As I was in the pool helping with the kids, I was also hanging out with David (from LOGOS) and Tia and some of the other LOGOS high school kids. Hak-Lee (I am not sure abut the spelling) has really been a joy to be around as well. He is so full of life, and always happy and outgoing! Afterwards Fanny brought us PB&J sandwiches with bananas. Fanny is one of the women that cooks for us at the Sanctuary (the place where we are living). Fanny is such an amazing woman of God! She is so funny, outgoing, sarcastic, and is about to move to Colorado to go to school. She has constantly cooked wonderful food while we are here, and we have been so blessed to have that!

After we ate, we got to go to a place called Kingdom Kreations. Yes, that is spelled correctly, the store spelt it like that on purpose. The woman that worked there has been here for about eight years. They have taken Vietnamese and Cambodian people that were forced out of their homes from the city and given them jobs. Their goal is to show these people how to make things by stitching and sewing, but also minister to them as well. They go once a week outside of the city and minister to these people who were forced out of their homes by the government. By forced, I mean the government burned down their houses so they could build a casino and hotel on that land. Many of the Vietnamese are refugees, and their descendants from Vietnam. The woman that runs the company shows so much care and compassion for these people. God is definitely showing me what His unconditional love is. Then we got to go to a cafe that takes Cambodian children, and orphans and gives them jobs, and gets them off the streets. One of Davids friends used to work their, and was promoted and now has his own office. David is definitely more outgoing than the other high schoolers that are working with us and comes with us to other places. He is the only one that does that actually.

God has definitely been showing me that this trip isn't just about what He is doing in my life. My eyes have definitely been opened to where He is moving in others, and that He is bigger than just my personal relationship with Him. I have definitely struggled with this and it has been a challenge. I want to get to know these LOGOS kids so much more, and want them to open up a lot more, but I know that God's timing is impeccable. As I stated earlier, I never know how much a conversation, or even just hanging out with these kids can do. I will never know the full effect of what God is doing. It is frustrating, but it is humbling as well. The way that these kids trusted us when they were swimming, I must trust God. I am constantly reminded that God is definitely here, and definitely ALIVE!

--Discerning the Call
Chase Fallin