I do know where you go, is where I want to be

Today was a good day, we had our Chi Kung again. There were three new people today which means that practicing the moves took three times as long, which means...more pain. We were not able to catch the names of the three new faces there today but hopefully we will get to talk to them. It seemed empty today with the absence of Peter, he is in the U.K. till the 29th and we miss him. We were able to stay after and kick the bag and he taught us this new move, he also expanded on the dragon claw teaching. This move scares me cause it is literally something that can kill someone if done right. We stayed over and then finished. I talked with Tony a little bit and mentioned that next week will be our last week doing lessons. We were both sad thinking about it and it makes our time here seem short. We noticed the fruit of our physical labor when we biked up, I did not get too tired biking up the hills.

This past week has been great and God has continued to move in both areas. We are in this crazy stage in our trip where we realize that it is time to get ready to wrap things up. At the same time there are responsibilities that await us back at home, we don't want to be thinking about things there while we are out here but at the same time those things need to start to be addressed. So its super crazy, its hard not to think about the school year that is waiting for us.

I was talking with Luke earlier this week and I was thinking, has this trip been what we were hoping for and can this be a foundation for new parachute projects in the future. After talking to the Campus Crusade people, it has been awesome to hear the things that they have been doing. It was cool to hear about people they have saved and just how they share the Gospel. I felt a little discouraged that our group has not had anyone come to Christ yet and it brings the question, is what we are doing here something that will work? And after thinking about it, we may have not had any conversions yet and no groups have started in the Venice area, but we see the path that is laid if only we had two more months ahead. I do believe with my heart that this process works and can start small evangelically based churches that could change the face of Venice, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles as a whole. So even though we have not had what the common person's requirements for a successful mission trip, I do believe that this trip is a success already and I don't even know what God has in store for us for the last few weeks. I do believe that this new type of church is something that this generation can run with and it has definitely shaped my idea of how a church can look.

Thank you all again for your prayers, here is a list of things to keep in mind when talking to Jesus:

Tony-we are going to get him a Mandarin/English Bible before we leave

Subra-we had a really intense encounter with him lately

Peter-anxiously awaiting his return

Venice Beach

Santa Monica/College

Jeff-Josh and Bruce had intense conversation with him on friday

Window Between Worlds-Kelsey and Storm's volunteer area

Team Unity

Dean-For us to run into him again, we think we could have something good with him

Until next week,

Grace and Peace to you all