Scattering Abroad

Good morning.

Thank you, Alex.

Thank you, Sigmund.

Thank you, Joyce.

So good to hear testimonies, isn't it?

I mean, I wish we had time to listen to everybody's testimonies.

Back when we were at the base, we actually had a testimony time.

Do you guys remember some of them?

We actually had two people come up every week to share a bit about their journey.

At that time, it was only 20, 30 of us, so we actually had a chance to go around half the

people here.

As much as I'd love to hear everybody's story, and everybody's story is God-moving.

And working.

Today's sermon is going to be a bit shorter, which is great, because I didn't prepare much.

But even more so, God is working in our stories, working in our testimonies.

And so, a little plug on Life Group.

If you've not had a chance to get involved in part of a Life Group, we might not get all

of us to share our testimonies here, but week to week, there is a Life Group where a few

of the brothers and sisters do life together.

And that's where we get to share these testimonies.

That's where we get to live out these testimonies.

That's where we can actually be part of each testimonies in the writing, because we're all

books in the writing, and all our journeys is just kind of pointing to Jesus.

And so, yeah, so, so good.

I had Joyce and Sigmund around for dinner, and I got to hear their testimony when they're

around.

And yeah, so glad they took a leap of faith to share, to be baptized.

And I think next week or the week after, we're going to have Kenneth, we're going to have

Ibanez, we're going to have anyone else?

There's someone else getting baptized as well.

Just two more testimonies.

It's funny, when I was listening, I remembered myself that I was ready to get baptized at 15,

but I didn't get baptized until I was 18.

And the reason was, I had such stage fright that I knew that if I wanted to get baptized,

I needed to share my testimony.

And I remember every year, is there anyone who wants to get baptized?

I was like 16.

I was like, no, I don't want to stand in front of everyone and share my story.

17.

I was like, still not ready.

And I think at 18, I think maybe it was James, you just do it.

Just get up there and share.

It's not about you.

And I think that's the thing we got today.

It's not about Sigmund.

It's not about Joyce.

It's about God working in them, through them, and around them.

And so finally, I did get baptized at 18.

And yeah, continue to see my story being written.

Stage fright is still something that I battle with sometimes, believe it or not.

And I was reading the other day, stage fright is one of the greatest fears in people's life.

Who's scared of speaking on stage here?

Anyone who's scared?

There's a lot.

I know.

Growing up as a deep introvert, I did not like speaking on stage.

And you know, on this report, it says, number one fear was stage fright.

Number two was death.

Number two was death.

And so I always think, oh man, people would rather be giving the eulogy, would rather not be giving the eulogy,

and then rather be in the casket than be giving the eulogy.

And I'm like, man, that is the world we live in today.

And so again, honor you, Joyce.

Honor you, Sigmund, and the two to share as well.

Just, yeah, proclaiming God's glory in your story.

So with that, we're going to stand up and read the word today.

We're going to read from the passage of Luke, chapter 4, verses 16 to 21.

Luke 4:16–21

And I want to invite up my dear friend, Darren, who's going to be getting married next month.

Yeah?

He's going to be reading the word today for us.

Luke 4, verses 16 to 21.

Luke 4:16–21

Jesus rejected at Nazareth.

And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up.

And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on Sabbath day.

And he stood up to read.

And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him.

He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written.

The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind.

To set at liberty those who are oppressed.

To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.

And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

And he began to say to them,

Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.

Thank you.

This is the word of the Lord.

Please take a seat.

For those who are visiting, the reason we stand in hearing the gospel.

Sorry, I'm going to use this one.

The reason we stand as we read the gospel is because we recognize that

whatever you're hearing today in the service,

the stories, the testimonies, what I'm about to share,

those things are secondary.

These are the words of Jesus.

And the reason we stand is that we give reverence.

Because if there's nothing you take from today,

and if you just remember those words that Jesus has said, that's it.

That's a whole other level of power, of freedom, of life.

And so today we're going to actually talk a bit more about testimonies.

Actually, we're not just going to share testimonies.

Here we're going to share testimonies on a trip.

A few of us had gone out to the Philippines two, three weeks ago.

And actually, we had two groups from the gathering.

Go out to the Philippines, to our lovely neighbors.

I love the people, the culture.

And I really believe as Hong Kongers, we have so much to learn.

Am I right?

From the culture, from the people of the Philippines.

We can learn by just starting to smile as Hong Kongers.

There's so much, so rich to culture.

And we got to be out there to learn, to serve, to surf.

We're going to hear from that later as well, briefly.

And yeah, maybe we'll just skip to the video, Eunice.

We'll play the video and then we'll go from there.

Thanks.

Yeah, you got me under your wings

You got me under your wings

Yeah, you got me under your wings

Little do I have some goodies

Why should I?

The birds in the air talk

The birds in the air trust you

Little do I have some goodies

Why should I?

As the flowers in the field grow

The flowers in the field trust you

You got me under your wings

Yeah, you got me under your wings

Yeah, you got me under your wings

Yeah, you got me under your wings

Why do I care if I don't know what to do

And I've had that strength in the air

He knows me, he knows me my name

I took away my shade

I'm ready to die

I am safe

And you

You got me under your wings

You got me under your wings

You got me under your wings

You got me under your wings

I can worry about many things

One thing is need

You're all I need

All right, thank you Liam

For putting the video together

He was on the trip as well

Yeah, thank you Liam

Give a shout out

He's heading to university this year

To Sydney

And yeah, thanks for joining us on the trip

We know that mission

I mean, these next few weeks

Just to let you guys know

We're going to take a short break

From Thessalonians

James is actually traveling

He's in the Dominican Republic

On the way there

For some Young Life meetings

We're going to have the next few weeks

Of just talking about

What scattering means

Some churches call it mission week, mission month

I'm hesitant to use that phrase

Just because, you know, mission

And the more I learn about it

It's all-encompassing

It's multifaceted

We can't just limit mission to a month

Definitely

Not to a sharing

It's like worship

Mission is a lifestyle

It's everything that we do

And we're going to hear that just later

We heard from the testimonies already

How, you know, someone was on mission

There was someone sent to share the gospel

To invite Sigmund and Joyce's parents to church

Or point them to church

For them to then invite their kids to church

It all becomes

It all comes from an invitation

And it continues as we scatter

So as we gather

We scatter

And we recognize that

Sometimes we get to scatter abroad

We have the amazing privilege

With the passports that we have

The resources that we have

To go out

To experience a life

For a few days

In some or another country

And, yeah

So this is

I'm going to share three stories

From our trip

Just to be quick

And

Quick question

Have any of you

Like when you see someone

Who's on the street

Maybe a beggar

How many of you

Have put money

And given them

And put some money

In their hat

William, yes

I believe

Everyone

Most people I would say

Most people have done that

I've done that many times too

How many of you know

That that money

Is not going to solve

The problem

In that person's life

Like honestly

When you give them money

You know that's not going to

Change their life

And they're not

They're not going to

Pick up and leave

And then live

The happily ever after

How many of you

Knowingly

And still give

Yeah

I think again

That's out of a good heart

And I think that's also

Out of a lack of options

Of not knowing

How to help

How to help people

Help themselves

Something that I do

In my work

I'm not going to talk

About that too much

About that

But just in the places

That we visited

Was actually seeing

These testimonies

Of people not just

Receiving a handout

But a hand up

And more importantly

How do we point them

To Jesus

So that they continue

To walk independently

Self-sufficiently

Towards Jesus

And with their community

The first picture

I'm going to share

Eunice

I think it's a group picture

In the school

Yes

So this is a school

By the roadside

This is one of the first

Places we went to visit

I don't know how else

To describe it

But it's literally

A school by the roadside

It's

You see this little

What it looks like

A taco truck

Ice cream

Equivalent

This little car

Goes around the city

Of Manila

To five different spots

Each day

And they bring the school

To the kids

These are street dweller kids

They've lived

Kind of under

Different squatting settlements

Under the bridges

And they're homeless

They don't have

A home per se

And our staff

Were telling us

Some of these kids

Are seventh generation

Homeless

So it's not just the first

It's not second

It's been over

A hundred years

And their families

Have continued

To squat

And live in these

Kind of informal settlements

And the school system

Has completely left them

By the roadside

Literally

And so one thing we do

Is as we help the parents

And we'll just talk about

Their parents later

But we want to be able

To provide

Simple education

To the kids

And so just imagine

An ice cream truck

In another country

You see all the kids running

You know to get their ice cream

But here

They're running

To go to school

To go to class

Because they want to learn

And I think Liam

If I had time

I would ask you to share

I know he shared powerfully

Like it's crazy

Seeing these kids

And seeing the way

In Hong Kong

We see school

You know

It's not something

We run to

Like an ice cream truck

But what was most special

And what I wanted to highlight

And it's also linked

To the passages

You know

This teacher

I can see we're praying

For right there

This teacher

Has served faithfully

For years

Teaching

These kids

And it was her birthday

That day

And I didn't know this

But apparently

She's a recent widow

As well

But one thing

I told our team

Is that we're not

Going to fix

Any of these problems

That we see

In 48 hours

On our trip

But one thing

We can do

One thing we can do

Is to go and empower

And encourage

Those who are

Serving on the front lines

Faithfully

Week in week out

On their birthday

You know

If it was my birthday

I wouldn't be working

I'd be taking a day off

But no

She's there serving

Teaching

With just the energy

Of the teachers

We have at Kids World

And what touched me the most

Was when these kids came up

And they shared

You know

A birthday message

And they said

Thank you teacher

Because of you

I can now read

Because of you

I actually can sing songs

Because of you

I've learned about

This Jesus

And it hit me

At that point

There's a huge difference

Between a career

And a calling

She's a teacher

By any trade

And there's teachers

Here in this room

But for her

She wasn't teaching

For a vocation

She wasn't teaching

For the paycheck

She was teaching

Out of the power

Of the Holy Spirit

The next generation

The gospel

The power of the gospel

And it was a calling

And it wasn't about

The money

It wasn't

She would never get

The platform

I wish we could invite her

Here to share

But unfortunately

She's

I would love to invite

Everyone I've met

Here to share

And I think part of

My job

And our job

To visit out there

Is to be

Kind of that bridge

To share her story

And I'm glad

She's got a few minutes

Here just

Yeah

Honoring her life

And I know

That in heaven

She will be honored

And there's so many

Millions and millions

Of faithful servants

Serving Christ

Week in week out

So that was the first thing

We did

At school by the roadside

The second picture

Is a

Just a building

Is what you can see

Again it shows

A different side

Of what mission

Can look like

So the parents

Of those children

Our organization

We help

Teach them how to save

We help

Give them small loans

To start businesses

And one of the businesses

That was started

Was a construction business

A construction business

Filled with street dwellers

And the name was

Kingdom Builders

That was their name

Very catchy

Very meaningful

And this businessman

Standing in the middle

In a shirt

He's a Singaporean

Filipino businessman

And he had a vision

To build his office

He does a perfume business

It's a family business

And he said

I wanted to build

A beautiful office

And on the fifth story

I'm going to dedicate it to God

And I'll allow all the churches

In the city to use it

And it's a prayer room

And everything

But he's like

But I feel called

To hire this group

Of kingdom builders

These construction

Street dwellers

To build it for me

And the last

Kind of project

The only project

That the kingdom builders

Had done up to that day

The biggest project

Was a toilet

And now they had to build

A five story building

In the middle of Manila

And I mean

We were listening there

Alex and I

We were just

Story after story

Of just God's miracle

And just sending

These architects

That would come in

And consult for them

For free

And then disappear

People who

Very specific wielding stuff

That need to be done

They would knock on the door

And say

Hey do you need

Wilders

And welders

And they come

And they weld it

And then they leave

Without even getting

To pay for them

The project took longer

As you can imagine

Than they expected

It took more money

Than they expected

But you can ask him

And again

His testimony

I get to share

And jump on that

Is incredible

Because it's worth it

Because he knows

That his business

Isn't just about

The bottom line

It's about

How do we empower

The kingdom

The people around us

And I mean

Imagine if you were

Seventh generation

On the streets

Suddenly you get a chance

To build this beautiful skyscraper

Look how beautiful

The office is

And you get to bring

Your children there

And say hey

Dad built that

Dad was a part of that

You know we always

Go to Psalm 127

And if it isn't

The Lord that's building it

It's in vain

And that's the scripture

That's kind of imprinted

On the wall

In the office

And the first thing

The businessmen asked us

Was have you ever

Been in a building

That God has built

With his own hands

You're standing in one now

And so it's really

The least of these

The upside down kingdom

The people that

Nobody would imagine

Doing something like that

But God moves

And uses them

And so we got to

Stand there

Pray there

Worship there

And so again

The move of the Holy Spirit

Aslan is on the move

The Holy Spirit is on the move

Whether you're a teacher

On the streets

Whether you're a businessman

Running a family office

And using that in a way

To build up the kingdom

Finally the story

I'm going to end with

Is Ate Jovili

Ate Jovili

Again

I wish she was here

In person to share

She

We got to visit

Spent a few hours with her

We got to visit

Where she grew up

She grew up in

The largest open dump site area

In Manila

And she's an entrepreneur

She started sorting out rubbish

From plastic bottles

To paper and cardboard

And then apparently selling it

To companies then

Who take it away

I think to China actually

And they dispose of it somehow

And she was kind of a

We've been walking with her

For 20 years

Our local staff

And the first loan she got

Was 50 US dollars

To start this business

To sort out plastic

The water bottles

And the paper

And then she grew

The business grew

And you probably saw

Pictures of the dump site

Earlier as well

Of just this junkyard

Of where it happens

And then a few years later

She had an idea

Of starting a bubble tea shop

Who loves bubble tea here

Genius

And she saw a gap

In her area

There weren't any bubble tea shops

So she started one

And we were

We met in the bubble tea shop

The next picture

This is the bubble tea shop

We met in it

And there were 50 cents US

A drink

And it tasted great

And her business grew

And then the next year

She opened another one

And she took a bigger loan

And then she opened another one

And then she took a bigger loan

That's what we do

We hand out these loans

And we invest in them

They pay back the loans

And that loan can invest

In someone else

So it's completely sustainable

And within 12 years

Last year

She took out a loan

Of 20,000 US

From 50

And she paid it back

With ease

And she said

Next year

I don't really need a loan

But I want to keep

That relationship

With the loan officer

Because she's discipling me

And I might just take

A small loan

Just to continue my business

And we got to pray for her

In the bubble tea shop

Again huge

Worldly success

In terms of business

Going from something

Like a mustard seed

Which is going to

Something so beautiful

But again

There's a picture earlier

In the video

Of us standing outside her home

And what hit me most is

And this is the way

I know the Holy Spirit

Is the one moving

And kind of encouraging

And sending her out

Is with the money that she has

She can move to the nicest

Neighbourhood in Manila

But she chooses to stay

In that same area

She opens up her home

For churches

Her old junkyard now

Is opened up

To the local church

She hires dozens

And dozens of people

Because she recognises

It wasn't her

That made it

It was God

Who allowed her

Through the Holy Spirit

To build her business

To do what she does

And everything she does

Is mission

There's a picture I had

As we're kite builders

She built a beautiful kite

In her business

But without

Lifting air

And the power of God

It's just a kite on the floor

She recognises very clearly

That it was God

Who allowed

And moved

And breathed

That air

For her kite to fly

And is flying high

For her to see

And so she's like

An example

A model hero

An inspiration

In her neighbourhood

And finally

What I personally

Got away

And took away

From spending time

With her

Is actually

The way her husband

The way her son

Looked at her

There was no jealousy

There was not

Oh my mum's always

Doing business

She's forgetting

About the family

No

It was just pride

This dignity

Of like

Wow my mum's incredible

She started this business

From nothing

And we're just honoured

That she's our mum

And that people are

Visiting her from

Around the world

And again

It's so easy

To be successful

In some things

And give her

The most important things

It could be

A listed company

But you know

Marriage ends

In divorce

And broken families

But seeing the face

Of her husband

Was what comforted me

Saying wow

You can have both

And how does that happen

When the Holy Spirit begins

And I guess

The verse

Kind of that hit me

On this passage

Is before

We go out

To proclaim

The good news

Before we set

The captives free

Before we help

The blind to see

The first thing

That needs to happen

In scattering

And we're going to hear

About scattering

In the next few weeks

About different examples

Of it

In Hong Kong

Around the world

As well

The first verse

Is 18

The spirit

Of the Lord

Is upon me

The spirit

Of the Lord

Is upon me

Scattering doesn't happen

When we go out

And do things

It begins with us

Making space

And room

For the Holy Spirit

To be in us

And as an outward

Expression

Mission can happen

In a bubble tea shop

It could happen

In a construction company

It could happen

By school

By the roadside

It could happen

As Sigmund

As he goes

And practices medicine

In the hospitals

As Joyce goes

Into the bank

Serving

And mission

Is everything

And I want to invite

Aidan and Shigala

Up now

As we wrap up

Just to hear

Just another

Another kind of

Dimension

Of

What it means

To go from

Surfing

To serving

And

I know

Catching that

I'm a dad

I'm a dad

So I'm allowed

To do these jokes

I'm allowed

To do these jokes

I have permission now

Shigala

Aidan

Tell us

What is Christian serving

Give us kind of

The heart

And the mission

Behind it

What is it about

Well we're in

33 nations

Around the world

It was started

In Australia

By somebody called

Brett Davis

He's a really

Serious surfer

But also

Jesus lover

And so our

Global mission

Is that

So that every

Surfer

In every

Surfing community

Has the opportunity

To know

And to follow

Jesus

And from this

Trip we were

So inspired

That we came

Back

And developed

Our vision

For Christian

Surfers

Hong Kong

And if

You guys

Would allow

Me

I will

Read that

Out

Please

Please

It is to

Foster a

Welcoming

And meaningful

Surfing community

That goes the

Extra mile

To mirror

Christ's love

Through offering

Access

Giving time

And resources

And spreading

The gospel

Amen

And so

Because the mission

Is to share

The gospel

With surfers

Who are

Pre-believers

We are

Committed

To really

Knowing our

Community

Developing

Friendship

So that

When they're

Ready to

Accept

Christ

We can

Hand them

This

Surfer's

Bible

It's beautiful

Ocean

Themed

Is it the

Same as

This Bible

It is the

Same

But it's

Just the

New Testament

And it's

Filled with

Testimonies

Of well-known

Surfers

Professional

Surfers

I think the

First one is

About Bethany

Hamilton

Who's really

Devoted to

Christ

And she's

A professional

Surfer

At the

Age of

13

She experienced

A shark

Attack

I think her

Left arm

Was bitten

Off

Completely

And she

And her

Mom was

Just praying

For a

Big competition

To come up

And surely

They didn't

Pray for this

Right

For a shark

To completely

Bite her

Arm off

But

Through her

Faith

And

Just

Her love

For Christ

Jesus

Sustained her

And she

Was back

In the

Water

14 days

14 weeks

Later

After the

Attack

And continued

To compete

In the

World Surf

League

So yeah

We've got

Some amazing

Testimonies

In this book

The gold medalist

Surfer was a

Christian as

Well right

Someone who

In the last

Olympics

I don't remember

If

There is

Maybe

He's not

The guy

Okay

Yeah

Okay

Maybe not

But yeah

We have some

Really strong

Surfers

Who are

Very devoted

Christians

Good

Yeah

Tell us more

Like how many

Of you were

On this trip

There was

Six of us

Okay

Yeah

I'm very

Grateful that

Most of us

Are from

KFCI

The gathering

Awesome

Yeah

And we

Went in

Shigao

To

To build

A school

Or like

You know

We

Really

For us

We really

Experienced

What

It was

A trip

To empower

Us

As

What it

Means to be

A Christian

And a surfer

And we

Learned very

Quickly

That

Those

Identities

Are not

Mutually

Exclusive

I think

The ocean

Is amazing

It's mysterious

It's beautiful

It

Flattens

Our differences

No matter

What your

Job title

Is

Your

Socioeconomic

Economic

Status

Your religion

Your skin

Color

When you're

In that

Water

We are

All the

Same

We're

In the

Same

Body

Of

Water

And

Maybe

This

Is

Why

Jesus

Taught

His

Disciples

In

Those

Pressure

Cooker

Moments

Involving

Water

Ocean

Storms

Waves

And

It is

In this

Spirit

That we

Want to

Carry out

This Christ

Likeness

To draw

People

Who

Do not

Know

Christ

Yet

And

To

Spread

The

Gospel

Like

That

I'd love

To hear

From

Aiden

Maybe

One of

The

Testimonies

Come from

That trip

Something

That inspired

You

Something

You saw

Something

Other

People

Shared

Yeah

There was

A

Let me

Let me

Think about

This

Yeah

So

One

Testimony

That really

Inspired me

That when

We were

There

So a

Little bit

More

Background

About the

Trip

The trip

Gathered

All the

Countries

In East

Asia

Who have

Christian

Surfer

Denominations

In them

And brought

Them together

So that we

Can always

Build

Nurture

Each other

And go

Forth

From there

One

Really

Big

Encouraging

Thing

That I

Felt

Was

The

Testimony

Of

Christian

Surfer

Korea

They

Like

These

Guys

Have

Only

Been

Active

For

Maybe

Six

Months

But

They

Really

Have

Six

Different

Chapters

All

Around

Korea

It's

Like

Instant

Fire

Instant

Reception

To the

Gospel

And

What I

Think

Is

Really

Interesting

Out

There

Is

That

In

Korea

There's

Also

A

Very

Big

Movement

Of

Young

People

Leaving

The

Church

Hearing

How

So

Quickly

They

Were

Able

To

Capture

The

Attention

Of

These

Young

People

And

Point

Them

Towards

The

Ocean

Point

Them

Towards

Christ

Was

Really

Inspiring

Actually

Over

There

They

Have

All

Around

The

Coast

There

Are

Different

Surfing

Spots

And

They

Connect

With

Local

Churches

All

Up

And

Instant

They

Had

30

40

People

A

Session

So

It's

Really

Incredible

It

Goes

To

Show

That

You

Know

People

There

Is

A

Connection

Between

The

Lord

And

The

Water

That

Some

People

Can

Feel

Instinctively

And

It

Just

Depends

On

Which

Direction

You

Get

Pulled

In

I

Think

Yeah

That's

Good

Well

How's

That

Inspired

You

Guys

To

Do

!

What's

Next

What you

Got

Right

Of

From

The

Announcement

We

Had

Earlier

Next

Saturday

Guys

!

So

!

Every

So

Surfing

Is

A

Very

Interesting

Activity

Because

It's

Super

Localized

Right

We

Do

Not

Have

The

Beaches

Of

Bali

Right

Big Wave

Is

Not

Bali

Folks

Sorry

So

It's

Just

So

Localized

And

There's

Such

Different

People

Who

Surf

These

Types

Of

Different

Things

That

We've

Had

To

Really

Take

Time

To

Figure

Out

Ourselves

What

Is

Our

What

Is

Our

Mission

So

We

Focused

On

Three

Things

Can

You

Bring

This

Up

Again

I

Don't

Really

Remember

!

Sorry

Yeah

So

So

So

There are

Three

Big

Pain

Points

That

We

Discovered

In

Hong Kong

Surfing

Culture

Which

Is

Like

The

First

One

Is

Access

To

Breaks

Okay

There's

Only

One

Beach

In

Hong Kong

Island

That

You

Can

Reasonably

Go

Surf

And

It

Is

Really

Far

From

Any

Public

Transportation

So

One

Thing

That

We

Thought

About

Was

Like

Okay

How

Do

We

Pool

Resources

To

Provide

Like

Pulling

People

Together

Who

Want

To

Go

But

Maybe

They

But

Maybe

They

Feel

Like

Okay

I

Don't

Want

To

Blow

200

On

A

Taxi

Ride

To

Go

All

The

Way

There

Can

We

Expand

Your

Network

So

That

We

Can

Split

The

Fair

Evenly

Between

Four

Different

People

You

Know

It's

Just

Stuff

Like

That

Bringing

People

Together

Making

Surfing

More

Accessible

Is

Very

Important

To

Maybe

We

Might

Be

Blessed

To

Have

Cars

Are

We

Able

To

Have

A

Little

Route

That

We

Just

Go

Pick

People

Up

In

Right

Yeah

Just

Like

A

Bus

Service

I

Mean

Like

You

Know

Minivan

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

That's

The

Second

One

Is

Giving

Time

And

Resources

You

Know

One

Thing

That

Hong

Kong

Has

Is

It

Doesn't

Have

A

Of

Waves

But

We

Certainly

Do

Have

A

Of

Resources

In

This

In

This

City

We

Love

To

Try

To

Support

Other

Christian

Surfer

Communities

Around

The

World

That

Might

Have

Amazing

Waves

But

Maybe

Their

Social

Economic

Status

Might

Not

Be

So

Nice

So

For

Example

When

We

Were

In

Shargao

It

Is

An

Extremely

Underdeveloped

Area

Except

There

Are

These

World

Class

Waves

That

Just

It

It's

Just

Amazing

!

To

Connect

Our

Resources

With

Them

As

Well

And

Expand

The

Gospel

Through

That

Means

And

The

Last

One

Obviously

Spreading

The

Gospel

There

Is

Something

Deep

Within

I

Think

A lot

Of

People

Who

Love

The

Ocean

Or

Love

The

Water

I

Do

Want

To

Talk

A

Little

Bit

More

About

Why

Jesus

Decided

To

Use

The

Storm

To

Rattle

His

Disciples

Souls

Really

Because

You

Feel

So

Helpless

Out

There

If

You're

At

The

Wrong

Place

At

The

Wrong

Time

Yeah

Nothing

Matters

Anymore

You

Know

Your

Only

Hope

Is

You

Have

To

Pray

And

You

Have

To

Paddle

Really

Hard

Like

There's

There's

No

Way

There's

No

Way

Out

Of

It

And

So

And

So

Coming

Into

Contact

With

That

Realization

Like

Brings

You

Closer

To

The

Lord

Than

You

Can

Possibly

Imagine

That's

Good

Well

Thank

You

I'm

Gonna

We're

Going to

End

On

That

I'm

Sorry

We just

Ran

Over

A little

Bit

Round of

Applause

Thank you

Yes

For

For