Following up on Noh Bo Academy
Here's the installment of part 4 of a 5 part series!
Wack-me-not; Yak-herh
Straight after the first day with the Noh Bo Academy student, no doubt some of us were pretty upset a little as the response was not pretty good... adding on to that Pastor Tang also change back to the original planned devotion time slot; which is on the morning again. LESSER SLEEP! Nevertheless.. The spirit of the mission troopers were still on high! Because what we set out was to bless and see lives touched!
As usual, the youth over there get on with their procedures and soon enough lessons on the "walk-through" was once again proceed starting from the story of Moses till the wondering of the Israelites spies. Much game was played and the hype of the teaching just got even better! The youth was so much more in engaged this time round and they were jumping with joy when praise and worship kicks in! What's more they also did the hand signs diligently and with much anticipation! Praise the Lord!
Soon it came to an end and than lunch and so on (Gosh~ I feel so lazy to type out the lunch, but lunch was still amazing as ever!). Than followed by the noon session where the story continues from "Mosses death" to part of "Judges". The noon game was one of the highlight as we made the youth lineup in one row against each other, rack them from a distant and made them catch one another. Very much as the principal of a Christian setting out to do spiritual multiplications. As the "captor" increased, the easier the capturing proceed. It was pretty good in a sense as it really wear out every single one of us and also some of the youth there (I guess). But one sad thing we realised is that.. The game was too physical and the ladies were not very keen to play. So I reckon it was quite a disappointment when we overlook that fact :(
OK~ Spirit up again!!! The night really kicks up once more when the skit was being played about a girl with a heart, how she got hurt times and times again (Lead: wanting) and how God sent Jesus to gave us a bigger and better heart!
Garry and Wanting than gave their testimony about how God; as a Father have touched and change their lives. But that wasn't the peak yet (I must agree the testimonies were very encouraging), soon after Daniel shared about the misconceptions of who God is... The music.. worship and spirit just descend on us when the time to open for ministry starts. This time round... I realised that the ambiance was very heavy... Some how I sense that many hurts were being lifted up onto God and many hidden secret have soon been brought on to the surface of our heart... I couldn't help but realised that Anand; standing right beside me was being ministered by the Spirit and somehow I sensed that there is a need to be there for him, comfort, pray and support him.
So I gave him a hug and asked if I could pray for him. Soon after... I could felt many things that brother Anand was struggling with, the desire for God, hindarance and strongholds in his life. As I pray... I felt God is ministering to me too as I realised how much I was being blinded by my own desire on this World and how I wanted to acheive things my way.
That moment I felt more ministered by the Spirit than I could imagine the youth @ Noh bo could receive. This time round I could see a handful of Noh Bo youth staying back to be pray for and more hands lifted high to exalt God.
For a while... This carried on and my heart just felt burdened... burdened by the fact that these people were refugees... some were abandoned.. some had parents but couldn't be united.. some had personal struggles with life after studies... much concern were lifted into our mission trooper's hand to pray for. But one thing that rule over all else.. and cut above us city kids... They were still as happy amidst these troubles. That same question when I was first open to Christianity; "Where these people were so happy?".
After a debrief and some sharing... I was struck dumb that moment when I step out onto the chilling field and look up. The wonder of God's creation... Shadowy figured mountain on the back and star filled sky. The third time I see so much stars in my life... Simply breath-taking. Stripped of high rise building... Latest technology.. bright and noisy surrounding... The view was awesome! Peaceful.. quiet.. still.. So conducive to be mesmerized by God's fingerprint on this World physically. God's Hand on this troubled World...
