Giving thanks in Kona

Happy Thanksgiving!

Aloha! November here on the big island looks a lot different than November at home. No fall foliage, not nearly as many pumpkins, but Thanksgiving, in any climate, is a great opportunity to count our blessings, and remember all of God's faithfulness in the past year. I'm so thankful for you and the partnership we share in God's kingdom, and the work He is doing around the world. As this quarter of training comes to an end at the U of N, around 500 students are preparing to leave on international outreaches to places like Cambodia, Thailand, China, Mozambique, South Africa, Colombia and many others. Most of these students are youth, who are giving up their holiday season, spending it away from friends and family, in foreign countries for the sake of the gospel. I feel privileged to have gotten to know them, and be part of many of their schools, and I hope you will join me in praying for God's protection over their teams, and for His power to minister through them as they leave for the nations. Also, I've put a video sideshow on youtube documenting some of this years travels with PhotogenX and you can view that here!

Use whatever language you know to thank the Lord for all his blessings!

SourceView™ Bible project

The past month I have been working with a team of editors, proof readers and publishers on a new Bible publication that I want to tell you about. The SourceView™ Bible is the first major innovation in the formatting of the Biblical text since the introduction of verses into the Scriptures nearly five hundred years ago! This breakthrough layout highlights the dramatic narrative of the original manuscripts and enhances the reader’s ability to follow the story. The reader can, at any given moment, clearly see who is speaking the words recorded in the Bible. The natural flow of the Biblical story comes to life as the drama unfolds with no artificial breaks. The multicolored text reads much like a movie script, engaging the reader in the page-turning interplay of those who form the speaking cast of God’s story. The format features a new reference system built on the natural dialogue found within the Biblical text, a new multicolored layout of the text and a left-hand column with character subtitles that inform the reader who the speaker is. Never again will you feel lost in the text with questions like “Who’s speaking?” or “What’s going on here?” It is set for an Easter release date from Tyndale House Publishers, and you can see a sample of the text and pre-order your own copy in the New Living translation at the link above.

sample cover of the SourceView Bible

Upcoming Events
This year I am excited to be spending the holidays (Christmas & New Year) at home in Pennsylvania, and for the chance to see many friends and family members in that time. From there I will be spending some time with some new Bible schools recently started in Costa Rica and Fiji, before returning to "home base" to prepare to lead the 9-month, School of Biblical Studies here in Kona. Already there are students accepted from places like China, Tanzania, Norway, and several other nations. I would like to see 25-30 students be part of this course, so we have the next 4 months to believe for 10-15 more students to apply. I guess a common theme from this newsletter could be summed up by Matthew 9:38 "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Costa Rica: Trip one, with Josh, Jason, Michael and Nick doing building projects for Youth With A Mission.

Costa Rica trip two: With VCF youth group to Pura Vida ministries

Prayer for Nations: Fiji

This island nation has undergone unbelievable transformation in the last few decades, both religiously and economically. Recognized throughout the world as a coveted tourist destination, Fiji's religious roots, both past and present often go overlooked. Once a place where animism ruled supreme, and witch-doctors ruled by fear, and even cannibalism was practiced as a religious rite. God has been moving in Fiji however, and the blood, sweat and tears poured out by missionaries and intercessors over that land has borne a harvest, culminating in a nation wide revival several years ago.
Now, Fiji is considered an evangelized nation, but what is more exciting to me is that there is a deep longing in the Fijian church to become a sending force in the global harvest. YWAM has partnered with believers in Fiji to train and equip Fijian missionaries, who are willing to go to the ends of the earth. This February, I have the opportunity to be part of this movement, as I go to teach a School of Biblical Studies run on the island of Vunayasi. Please pray that the work that God is doing in Fiji will bear fruit for the Kingdom all over the world!

Students study God's word at YWAM, Fiji

students from YWAM Fiji at work on a community development project.

Time goes by

My October thus far...

After a fun-filled arrival day, (where 650 new students arrived at the campus) the University of the Nations looks much busier than it has in several years. Students from over 30 nations, and from every continent, converge here for a quarter of study, worship, and passionate pursuit of our heavenly father. I have the great privilege this quarter of teaching in several of the training schools we run here, as well as assist and coach several new staff as they learn to teach the word of God. I am also facilitating some of the community outreach projects for the students to serve our local mission field here in Kona, I'm hoping this will include outreaches like feeding the homeless, street evangelism and community service projects. At the end of this month I have the opportunity to preach at a local church here in Kona, please pray that God would speak through me to bring a message that encourages and blesses the Kona Coast Chaplaincy.

A hula dancer performs at a welcoming ceremony for the students at the U of N

Students present the flags of their nations for their classmates

YWAM 50th year celebration comes to Kona
It is Youth With A Mission’s Jubilee (50th; Leviticus 25:8) Year, and we are celebrating with all the colors and cultures as only a multinational group can. All across the globe YWAM Bases have been celebrating 50 years of world missions, launched by Loren Cunningham's vision of waves of young people taking nations for Jesus, and in late November the party will all culminate with the final celebration here at YWAM Kona. Our Kona community is preparing for a swell of close to 5,000 as people from over 100 countries come to celebrate what God is doing in this world. PhotogenX’s will be launching a number of new initiatives at the celebration, as well as holding a seminar on creative media in missions. Our Biblical studies department is hoping to connect with many of our co-workers, who are doing similar things around the world. FOR MORE INFO VISIT - www.ywam50.com/kona.

Are you an Ironman?
This past week, our little town of Kona was host to the world championship of Ironman triathlons. Staff and students from the U of N volunteered in areas of security, water safety and athlete aid stations, helping everything run smoothly for the athletes who complete 2.4 miles swimming, then a 112 mile bike race, followed by a 26.2 mile marathon, under the scorching Hawaiian sun. For me, the race is always motivational on several levels. On one hand, I am motivated in the area of physical exercise (which usually lasts a few weeks) and on the other, I can't help but be reminded of the spiritual parallels the apostle Paul draws from the task of an athlete. For Ironman athletes, training is only part of what goes into completing the race. All the runs, bike training and swimming lead up to this event, but unless their body is properly hydrated, given proper nutrition, and protected from the sun, their big race day will more than likely end in disappointment. As a Christian, I hope to continually learn from this illustration, and remember to constantly seek nourishment from the Word, hydration from the Holy Spirit, the source of living water, and protection in the fellowship of other believers and in the equipping of the armor of God (Ephesians 6).

2010 Ironman world Champion

an Ironman contestant begins their early morning swim into the ocean.

On the bike for 112 miles.

Prayer for Nations: Afghanistan
No nation has been in more of a constant state of uncertainty and chaos the past decade than Afghanistan. It's government has been replaced, it's loyalties questioned and tested, its culture and religion blamed for atrocities, and it's people overlooked and marginalized. I have a student this quarter from Afghanistan, and talking with him about his home has put a burden on my heart to see God work in the way only he can to bring breakthrough to that nation. In the past few months YWAM missionaries and Christians from other groups have paid the ultimate price for bringing the Gospel to Afghanistan, and it was the sad duty of one of our most recent DTS outreach teams to facilitate a memorial service there for some of the long term workers who had been killed for the Gospel. When you read this, please say a prayer for the protection of our workers still there, who will remain nameless for security purposes. I have several good friends currently serving the Lord in Afghanistan, and I'm praying that the Lord gives them supernatural protection and wisdom in how to minister, but also supernatural boldness, that His kingdom may go forth in that nation!

Return to Kona

Back on the big island!

After a great summer at home in Pennsylvania and taking my church's youth group to Costa Rica, I returned to the University of the Nations' main campus to continue my commitment teaching the School of Biblical Studies. A lot of changes are happening here. God has opened the doors for new schools to begin, new classrooms and dorms are being built. A larger-than-ever influx of students from all over the world are arriving in just a few short days to receive training in evangelism, church planting, counseling, health-care, film-making, etc. and to be sent out into the nations with a message of peace, hope and love. I'm excited to be part of what God is going to do here in the coming months, to see his transformational power impact our campus, our community, and ultimately our world!

The fountain at the plaza of the nations, University of the Nations, Hawaii

Students represent their nations with flags at a welcome ceremony

Update from Nigeria

I recently shared a testimony in my home church about a revival that is taking place in Nigeria among militant rebel groups. I've just heard an update from YWAM's founder, Loren Cunningham, that I wanted to share with you. In a nutshell, last year the Lord put it on my heart to have the school I was leading commit to pray for Nigeria and the political and religious tension there. After a few weeks, we began to hear reports that our fellow YWAMmers in Nigeria were fearlessly going into rebel camps, preaching the gospel and casting out demons. Whole guerrilla armies were coming to Christ, renouncing violence and confessing Jesus as the only hope for peace in their nation. Hundreds came to the nearby YWAM bases to do basic discipleship schools. Since then, over 8,000 former militants have given their hearts to the Lord. The government of Nigeria has been so impressed by the transformation they have seen in these men that they have begun to offer amnesty to any and all former guerrillas from these groups, provided they complete YWAM's discipleship training school! God is truly using his people there to disciple and change the nation!

Students are commissioned as they leave Kona for outreach

Mobile Word

This upcoming semester, I will be leading a ministry from YWAM's Bible department called "mobile word." Our goal is to incorporate Bible teaching and Bible study into our community of Kona, as well as the other schools happening on campus. Myself and a team of 5 staff from the School of Biblical Studies will be developing new cirriculum for weekly seminars, and for various audiences in an effort to integrate and emphasize God's word in everything our staff and students do here at the UofN. I'm really excited for this project, as it will be an amazing way to invest in and bless our local mission field (Kona, Hawaii) and I believe it will also add a richness and depth to some of the courses we have been running here on campus. Please pray for wisdom and guidance as we pioneer this project in the next few months.

Loren Cunningham dedicates a new building to God's purposes on campus

Prayer for Nations: Hawaii.

No part of the United States is as unique and different, both culturally and geographically, than Hawaii. A chain of Islands still being formed by volcanic forces of the earth, Hawaii is the most remote land mass on the planet. The University of the Nations was established here on the big Island of Hawaii as a strategic campus for training and launching missionaries into the Pacific Islands and Asia. While this dream is realized every three months, as hundreds are sent out to those mission fields, another purpose I believe we are located here for is to see God's transformational power come to the Hawaiian Islands. In the last year or two we have begun to see this purpose be realized in new and amazing ways. Evangelism and ministry teams sent out into our community are seeing God move in healing, words of knowledge and salvation We don't want it to end there, but for God to break through in full fledged revival! Would you pray with me this month for God's presence to break through in Hawaii? His touch is greatly needed. Hawaii has some of the biggest drug, abuse, education and teen pregnancy problems in the Nation. New programs aren't going to be the answer, God's presence is the answer!

Farewell to summer

All good things come to an end

It's been a wonderful two months of summer. It is now time to wrap up vacation mode however. Next week I am returning to YWAM to begin work with another training course. I don't know where all the student's are coming from, but I am sure of the calling God has on their lives, so I am excited to be part of it. I will be teaching in the Discipleship Training school and the School of Biblical Studies, both of which focus on raising up young people, giving them skills and tools to help them succeed on the mission field, and sending them out to the nations. I will also be working on developing some courses for Bible study that we can do as mobile classes throughout the middle east.

VCF's youth group in Costa Rica
I had the opportunity to go with my home church's youth group to Costa Rica on their summer missions trip. What a great trip, amazing youth group, wonderful ministry and as for the country, well I don't think I've ever met anyone who complained about Costa Rica :-). Our group worked with youth groups from several other Vineyard east coast, churches, doing projects that ranged from open air ministry to construction, to community service. The most exciting part for me was to see the kids stepping out in faith, and seeing God meet them in unexpected and powerful ways. It was a huge blessing to be there with other groups; as iron sharpens iron, these youth groups really encouraged one another to press into God, and it reflected in our prayer and worship times as well as in our ministry there. I've posted a full photo album on my website's photo album page and a few photos here for you to view.

worship in the grove with the VCF youth group.

quiet time at the cross

Eric and AJ performing "el Champion!"

Indigenous wildlife

frogs of all colors

and the bluest of butterflies

Volcanoes tower over tropical rain forests

Return to my mission field...
Hawaii! That's right, I've tried a lot of places, and there just aren't any others challenging enough! Kidding, but I feel a peace about the Lord leading me back to Kona and, even though it was not the plan, (or so I thought) the biggest current need I can fill is to return there this coming year and lead the School of Biblical Studies. And God is beginning to really stir my faith up for the year ahead. Last year my students went to places like India, Egypt, Japan and China to use their Bible training in teaching and starting new Bible schools. I believe that God wants to see the same and more with this next school... and if it means I have to SUFFER in Hawaii... so be it :-). It's actually a wonderful town (Kona, Hawaii) and a great campus for studying the word, and God is doing amazing things in Kona, as well as sending missionaries out from there.

Prayer for Nations: Costa Rica:
A nation known for it's beautiful scenery, cascading waterfalls and pristine beaches; known for "pura vida" the "pure life," of simplicity, contentment and bliss. As the VCF youth group ministered in Costa Rica we discovered another side of this country, one that includes poverty, superstition and fear. Our mission, as followers of Christ, was to let our lights shine, to pierce the darkness, and let Jesus bring his kingdom through us. Our trip was short, but I believe our prayer mandate over Costa Rica continues on, and I hope you will join us in lifting up the missionaries we worked with there at PVM (Pura Vida Missions,) and to lift up the workers who are dedicating their lives to serving the Lord in this country. Pray that Costa Rica regains it's national identity of "the pure life" with Jesus Christ as the center of that identity. While we were there we saw several people make commitments to the Lord during our ministry times. Pray that the hearts that were touched by our testimonies, skits and dramas, will find Christian communities to strengthen them and help them grow.

Summer's here.

I am back in PA after 6 months of travels with the PhotogenX crew. Lot's of stories, lot's of God breaking through... more highlights than low lights. In the total duration of the trip I was in 17 countries, teaching 32 books of the Bible and a few other lectures for different YWAM courses and bases, and I wanted to share some pictures and stories from the last few locations our team went.

PhotogenX time with the Roma people

With time winding down on the road, there has been no shortage of highlights for my team and me as we traveled through eastern Europe. While most of our time there was in Hungary, three of the students and myself, took a week to visit central Romania, to do a project with a people group known as the Gypsies or, Roma people. We had an amazing time learning and documenting their journey and their struggles as a people group, and were able to minister to both the poorest of the poor, as well as meet, interview and pray with the Gypsy royal family. Part of this trip included me learning how to drive a stick-shift car in Budapest, and driving 12 hours to Hungary... kind of a "crash course," but without the "crash" praise the Lord!

visiting a Roma village in central Romania

a toddler demonstrating traditional Roma dancing

Humanities in Hungary

We had a fantastic time during our few weeks in Budapest, Hungary. It was an interesting place to study subjects such as "God' in Government, Economics & international relations." Hungary was behind the iron curtain 20 years ago, and has a fascinating history and culture, forged out of a volatile struggle centered on the subjects we were studying. One place we visited was "the House of Terror" which is a memorial to the victims of the communist and fascist governments that ruled Hungary last century. It was a sobering place for me as I discussed with students the roots of these forms of government, and the dire effects of taking God out of the authority structures of a nation. In addition to this, I think it was a powerful reminder to all of us, that we need to be crying out to God in prayer for our own nation.

bbq for our Hungarian love feast

climbing the stairs at the Fisherman's' Bastion, Budapest, Hungary

Open doors in Kashmir, India

God was preparing hearts and opportunities to receive our team before we even made it to India. While there, we were still doing classes, and had the privilege of having for our guest speaker, Vishal Mangalwadi, an Indian, Christian, thinker & writer who was able to share with us on Indian culture, worldview and religion. Our group was invited to share at the University of Kashmir, and after meeting the students there, we were able to explore the area with some of them as our guides. We did a photography exhibition sponsored by some local businesses, displaying photography from around the world, as well as a section revealing the beauty of Kashmir. It was also great to be able to partner with local ministries as the workers there reach out to the predominately Muslim population.

found a place to watch the world cup at our photography exhibit

a common Indian traffic hazard

local produce sold by the road

some pictures © Savannah Chastain, 2010. Used with permission

Live from Singapore

I am sitting in Singapore as I write this, but the update I am sharing this month is least of all about me, and more about the wave of God's spirit moving on the earth that I have been privileged to see some pieces of in the past month.

PhotogenX group on the move!

As our traveling group moves from Biblical studies into a new module called "Humanities and Science, a Christian Perspective," God has been rocking us with the way we view the world and relate to people and cultures around us. We had a week on "worldview" brought to us by an amazing guy from Kona, then I taught for a week titled "God's fingerprints in Human History." I've been away from the team for a few days, so when I get back to them at the end of the week I will get caught up on the rest of their studies. But we have a project coming up that I am really excited about, which involves trekking out to Romania to work in a community of "Roma" people, who you probably have heard referred to as "the gypsies." This is a people group scattered all over Europe, universally exploited and marginalized, longing for a hope and a future. I am hoping and praying that our time among them, both researching and identifying, will be the beginning of a move of God's church to reach out in a massive way to these people. I'm sure I will have more to share about them next month.

Teaching in a new Bible course in Bali:
I had the privilege last week of teaching the Gospel of Mark for a new Bible school being pioneered in Bali, Indonesia. All Indonesian students, on a campus brimming over with passion for the Lord, and compassion for the lost. Each morning of meeting together, someone was always practically bursting to share a testimony of how they had seen someone radically saved on the street, or in the store, or at the beach the day before. And their hunger for the Word is incredible! I simply brought them a book of the Bible, some background information and some study tools, and they ran with it, Pray for this group as they continue their study and their ministry. They are planning on going to East Timor for their outreach phase, a nation that has some deep-seeded wounds in their history from Indonesia. But God has given his children the ministry of reconciliation in the earth, administering the Revelation 22, leaves of the tree of life, for the healing of the nations.

Bali from the air

Bali: the last Hindu stronghold of Indonesia

Justice through the arts

God has been challenging me through my students in this area. Their vision is so singular, so focused, I find myself daily contemplating the way I use my gifts to serve God. Whatever our gifts and talents may be, God's dream is for us to use them to pour salve on the many wounds of our world. I am so thankful to know people like Lindsay, whose photography will reconcile nations, and Sam, whose passion for soccer is changing Cambodian kids lives, and Karen, whose hospitality ministry to ESL students breaks through all cultural barriers until these students simply see Jesus... the list goes on. I will leave you with this quote, and would suggest to you that whatever your talent, skill or profession, if you submit it to God he can turn it into an art form the world will notice. “The task of art is enormous. Through the influence of real art, aided by science, guided by religion, that peaceful co-operation of man, which is now maintained by external means – by our law-courts, police, charitable institutions, factory inspection, and so forth, - should be obtained by man’s free and joyous activity. Art should cause violence to be set aside.” – Leo Tolstoy

cliffs surround some of Bali's most famous surf spots, I went out surfing here on a fairly big day and could tell I was out of practice

Rice farmers work the mountainous landscape

Prayer for Nations: Indonesia
One week in Bali is enough to overwhelm me with the beauty of God's creation, but I know a lifetime there would not suffice to convey the depth of God's love for the hurting and the lost of Indonesia.
I was so encouraged to get to spend some time with the base leaders, Alan and Susie, and to hear about all the things God is doing through YWAM and partners in that nation. But the harvest is HUGE there! Indonesia is the largest (population wise) Muslim nation in the world.
God is raising up a battle tested army there. Religious persecution has tried and failed to stop them, natural disasters have only strengthened their resolve to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and more and more, the hearts cry of the Indonesian YWAMmer is being changed from "Lord send people to us" into "Lord send me!"
Pray for this young warrior movement when you get a minute, it's part of the harvest I would suggest not missing out on.
If you would like more information in order to pray, or if you think Bali might be a place you could visit and be part of what God is doing, check out http://uofnbali.org/ and maybe do a DTS there!

Some of the wonderful people you will meet when you visit YWAM Bali!

behold, a new blog name...

Okay, so I was getting self-conscious about the lameness of my self titled blog... This new title is actually the name of a poem I've written recently, which I guess I will post on here so you know where it came from.

Touch Belief

Within the spacious folds of time
Below the broken mountains’ rumbling
Mankind, for all their wisdom climb
not...
but crawl through darkness stumbling.
An iron grate conceals their shame
While beneath, the weary worker paves
And though each tombstone bears a deep-etched name
Oak trees grow upon their graves.

For not by wisdom owned or taken,
Do the lofty sages swear.
Nor before a fleeting phantom
Would honest lovers’ hearts lay bare.

A seed of faith weighs in the balance
Pensive, with no thought of time lost pondering,
Captive thoughts in darkness ravished
Brought back through endless days of wandering
A breath of hope to parch a desert of longing
Grasped at by starving claws unprepared
Fleeting, contagious, the life’s blood of nations
Brandished on banners, by kings proudly bared

But faith is presumption, hope ignorance’ dream
If not guided and guarded and gained from above
For as thoughts without actions are waves without oceans
Life’s measure and weight must be balanced with love.

(c) A. S. G.

picture (c) Joshua Greenplate.

Our little group spent most of the month of February in Israel. We stayed in the town of Bethlehem in the West bank, and got to experience Biblical history come alive in our studies, as well as the modern political tensions in this area. It is incredible to feel the spiritual atmosphere here, charged with tension but, as our team felt strongly during an all night prayer set on the Mount of Olives, also charged with expectation for God to do something amazing among the people of this divided nation. One of the most encouraging encounters for me was meeting a Brazilian missionary named Rodrigo at the house of prayer. He has been working with the youth in Israel for about three years, and was sharing with me how they have begun to see a movement among the youth in Northern Israel who are hungry for the presence of God to transform their nation. In a conversation with some Israeli soldiers I asked them what they thought was necessary to see lasting peace come to their nation. One of them answered me "change has to come from our generation, from the youth. We must learn the value of love and respect, then we will see peace." I thought that was pretty profound, and I've been praying that God, who is in his very nature, love, would reign as the prince of peace here in this nation.

At Peter's house in Capernaum and at the shore of the sea of Galilee.

I couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed as I read through some of the old testament prophets and some of the gospels in places like Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jericho and others. God has used this land in amazing ways to work his plan for Salvation into human history. While I guess I had read and studied that before it didn't really begin to hit me until I had the chance to walk here. To realize that even the yearly cycles of rainfall in this region were designed by God to teach his people things about His character, just amazing. Seeing things like the significance of the gates in Jerusalem, the watchtowers on the walls and the field where (supposedly) angels announced the birth of Jesus to Bethlehem's shepherds really has enriched my study of God's word, and I definitely recommend a visit to anyone interested.

Inscription in Jerusalem "He is not here, he is risen!"

All night worship on the Mount of Olives.

An issue that is raging here and is every bit as intense as apartheid was in South Africa, or civil rights movement in America, is the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. Getting to meet with Christian Israelis as well as Christian Palestinians was a real privilege, and it was really interesting to get to hear both sides of the Israel / Palestine conflict firsthand from people on both sides of the political issues. Also interesting was having a really nice conversation with someone, then a Christian friend mentioning later "oh yeah, that guy is a member of Hamas..." huh. Studying through the Gospels in the last two weeks has impressed on me God's heart for unity between people groups, as we see Jesus reaching out to Jewish people, Samaritans and Gentiles alike; and his command to the Church echoes this example in Acts 1:8, when he says "you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea [Jews], in Samaria [Samaritans], and to the ends of the earth [everyone else].

Reading Joshua at Jericho

Cairo

Life in the big cities of Egypt is much faster paced than sluggish Nile which winds it's way through them. A land of complete contrast; desert, farmland, metropolis, wasteland, Christian, Muslim, Mediterranean resorts, and communities built of garbage. The team's time here has flown by, but I wanted to post a few pictures of what's been going on along the way.

The first few weeks we stayed in the City of Alexandrea, famous for an ancient library (the old one is gone but they've built a new one) and a giant lighthouse (again, gone but now there's a castle.) We were blessed to be in fellowship with some believers along the way, and my friend Tristan and I had a great time in the evenings watching the soccer African Nations' Cup with some of our Egyptian friends.

Fishermen along the Alexandrea coast

We stayed right in the center of Cairo. If "the city that never sleeps" was not already taken, Cairo would have a fitting nickname, it's busy... all night long. We visited the Pyramids today, and a few days ago went to one of the biggest churches in Egypt, which is also I believe the worlds biggest church that meets in a cave!

St. Simon the Tanner Hall of St. Mark's church in the cave

Garbage city is something I wrote about in my newsletter, but I wanted to post some pictures for you to see. As a school, it was a difficult but good experience to process, as we consider God's heart for the poor, his desire for social justice, and how we partner with him in bringing these things on earth as his Children.

Children on streets of Manshiyat Naser "Garbage City."

One of the PhotogenX students watching her step carefully.

Our journey continues on Sunday with a long bus ride through Sinai and up to Jerusalem. We will keep on studying, keep on praying, keep on living for His glory! Blessings
Andrew