Week 5 Summary: Mission Stories

[This is a picture of one of my roomies. We were at the top of stadium with absolutely NO fences or walls to keep us from falling six or 7 stories to the ground! Pretty cool view. This picture describes him perfectly (his name is Josh); Always worshipping our God and King. He is one of the most talented guitarist/vocalist I have met. I look forward to working with him after DTS...]

Well guess what... I'm almost caught up! That means after this post, no more of the 'Week Summary...' crap. It just doesn't give the weeks justice.

Week 5 was relaxing. Peter Iliyn, the speaker, joined YWAM in 1976, and dude, this guy has got some stories. Before he shared any of these miraculous tails with us, however, he made us promise something... He made us promise that one day down the road, when we see him again, we have to go up to him and tell him OUR stories. Someday our stories are going to be even more miraculous than his.

I can't really re-tell his stories because it took him around two or 3 hours per story, and I would just butcher them. But he did just finish writing a book which I will find out the name of...

One thing that stuck out to me throughout all of his stories, was the fact that whenever he made a friend in the part of the world he was witnessing to (which was usually a muslim area or a communist area) he always stayed in contact with them. He would send them cards and small packages regularly, and through this he was able to develope amazing communications overseas. So amazing, in fact, that two of his good friends are now the highest ranking muslims in their nations, one of his friends is the embassador in another Islamic area, and he also has variously ranked muslim friends throughout the Middle East. Basically, if Peter wants to go anywhere in the muslim world, he can not only go there without government problems, but he is also protected and sheltered by his friends during his stay. Through his vast amount of friends, he has been able to reach out to the muslim world in a radical way.

That stuck out to me because I have been making lots of local Mexican friends... specifically while on La Bajio outreaches (I will soon be starting a blog concerning these weekly outreaches in order to describe their impact more efficiently). Hopefully God will use these relationships in the future to help further his Kingdom. Only time will tell.