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Wednesday, July 18, 2007


I arrived from my trip to Klemtu on Tuesday night.

Praise God that one of the Natives, Beth, came to know the Lord while my teammate Ran was praying for her.

God has sent many Christians to Klemtu over the years (including Ran, 16 years ago), and many of them encouraged Beth to follow Christ. It's definitely been an amazing journey for Beth to dedicate her life to God.

And one of the best lessons I personally learned during my week in Klemtu was that sometimes the best way to serve God is to help out in ordinary ways.

What was I doing when Beth gave her life to Christ? Babysitting Ran's son. It seemed so mundane at the time, but it's now humbling to realize that God used me to allow Ran to be at the right place at the right time.

Please pray for Beth. Her faith will be tested because there aren't many Christians in Klemtu and there are many temptations on the reserve.

And now, here are some pictures:

Klemtu is a beautiful community along the west coast of British Columbia.



It takes over 30 hours to travel from Vancouver to Klemtu, and I was on a ferry for more than 50 hours during the trip.



While the people of Klemtu are very friendly, there are many pains that Native people have inside them. Lester, a Native Christian, is wearing this Superman balloon that one of my teammates made for him. But while he tries to live for God, the things of his past continue to stumble his relationships with others.



While there, we did bible studies with the kids 4 times. Here's a picture we took of the kids during the final "Kid's Club".



These are the teens I got to know the most during my one week- Ryan, Spencer, Shane, and Steven, from left to right. We played basketball, went rowing, played mafia, and hung out together.



Jalen is a boy who introduced himself by asking me to pray for him, since his parents were bringing their drinking problems home with them. I was truly humbled by the fact that a kid who had never met me would ask that. God is definitely moving in the people's hearts here, and Jalen is a testament to that.



More pictures here.


9 Comments:

dude...what's with ur grill in the last picture. what an uncomfortable smile.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu Jul 19, 09:00:00 AM  

thanks for sharing this! it's always amazing to actually see how others lives, their struggles, and definitely their need for the big G. and it's so encouraging to see how you were used there!

By Blogger Maggie, at Thu Jul 19, 09:20:00 AM  

very encouraging to read...makes me excited for the Cambodia trip!

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu Jul 19, 09:48:00 AM  

Very nice post.

By Blogger Unknown, at Thu Jul 19, 11:58:00 AM  

that's so cool! i love Jesus! that superman balloon is pretty amazing, too.

By Blogger basile with an e, at Thu Jul 19, 12:02:00 PM  

:)

By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu Jul 19, 12:05:00 PM  

those are some crazy balloons in the photo album...

By Blogger basile with an e, at Thu Jul 19, 01:20:00 PM  

nice pix tommy, makes me excited for cambodia too =)

By Blogger Unknown, at Thu Jul 19, 04:41:00 PM  

Tommy,

Nice post. I was in Klemtu back in 2005. I met Steven and several of the other yuong adults.

I did attended a bible study with Lester and several other men during one evening.

Bryan

By Blogger Bryan, at Thu Jul 02, 04:00:00 PM  

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