First BS in Sweden

Brethren, please pray for my FIRST BS here with the guy we were praying for his name is Carl Henrik, we met kanina lunch time and we decided to have a 1 hour bible study on 03 Nov (thursday) at his place. Please pray, kc i review ko siya nung share ko sa kanya.. and I'm praying that he'll be my first Swedish contact here in Karlstad. I need God's wisdom on how to handle this cause its something new to me.. i mean the culture thing.. and right now i am standing in God's grace. Paprya din yung plan naming dalawa na mag fishing duirng winter (kc maglalakad us sa frozen lake tapos mag hukay ng butas at dun namin i lagay ang bait.. sana makukuha kami ng malaking isda, both literal and spiritual...at sana d kami mahulog.. malamig pa naman yun..

Also, please pray for Pinays here, na masharan ko na rin.. kc naka build na me ng friendship and have prayed for them and its time for me to share with them na..para d na maging bastos ang mga bibig nila. gagamitin na nila to praise the Lord.

Also, this november and december would be my hectic months kc may exam na din me, experiments ay kabilaan, at mag start na me magturo. Again, I really need God's wisdom and strength

maraming salamat sa inyo mga kapatid..Purihin natin ang God..

go elson go elson

GBX

YAHOO!!! LA SWEDEN na to!!!!

kamusta ang 1st bs kuya? update us pls

eh, ikaw d mo send sa akin yung electronic material, pa promise promise ka.. tsk tskk..

ok naman, sa thursady mag ssuranc eof salvation kami...hope na tuloy tuloy na..at maka form me dalaw ng cell group.. Pakipray talga, i really need your prayers..

Go kuya elson! God bless Kuya Elson and Sweden...

nakakapagpala ito kuya elhiko..keep em coming! its an inspiration and encouragement for me to strive for the same, especially i know you know how challenging it is...

oo nga, juwen.. very challenging kc aside from nagppray ka sa kanila.. yung sarili mo rin ay meron ka rin something na kelangan ipagpray, kc ang lakas ng hatak din.. but sa grasya lang talga ng Panginoon ako nakatayo... Lord willing na makabuo na us ng cell, kc naging curious cya sa shirt na suot ko, yung LDI shirt na may tatak na " ONLY multiplying disciples would finish the work..." somehow ganun yung nakasulat.. tapos nag ask cya what does that mean.. dun ko na introduce na kelangan maka pag invite kmi... hopefully talga...
also this saturday, sa mga pinay naman, meron kami bible sharing, inimbyt ko cla.. hopefully na maging ok din in Jesus name...

yun yung challenge na mag isa ka.... pero syempre alam natin na d tau nag iisa, kasama natin c God....

Lord willing we will SHOUT God's praise in this side of the world!

Galeng ni Lord sa Buhay mo kuya!

korek kuya elhiko..unfortunately, its very worldy here, that's the price you pay for being in a developed, complex society. madaming distractions and if you dont constantly remind yourself of your purpose, its easy to get lost in the shuffle.

dito naman ang struggle ko ay ang ang hirap mag penetrate ng ideology(presenting the gospel) sa mga tao. sangkatutak na religions/ideologies dito and people are "innoculated" na sa kung anu anong false things na na-present sa kanila before that they are wary and hostile to the true gospel when you present it to them. madami kase tlagang mga unbelievebaly sick religions/kulto dito like, animism, yung iba sumasamba sa hangin, may mga cults na may mga ahas sila sa sunday service nila, talaga namang its just twisted. so when you share the true gospel to them, they think its just another twisted religion, and consequesntly sny gospel sharing, if not done under the sound, biblical, methods, can become a theological debate and can end up in the sharer defending, instead of sharing his faith. dami ding atheist. mga tao, sobrang nagpapaka talino at bilib sa sarili nila dahil sa achievements individually and being a citizen of the most powerful country in the world.

sabi nila land of the free daw? i dont think so. freedom ba yung pagtatanggal ng prayers sa school, bawal ang monumento ng ten commandments sa harap ng isang establishment dahil 'offensive' sa mga di kristyano, pinalitan na ng 'happy holidays' ang 'merry Christmas' to be politically correct, society makes it IMPOSSIBLE for sexual purity, to all kinds of people in all walks of life (if i want to be an instant laughing stock, i can just let people know that at 24, i dont have a boyfriend and im still a virgin--but i still do say that i am and im proud, and yes, even some of my friends at work think im such a 'killjoy'). pagtapos when events like september 11 happen, they all wonder why a 'supposedly' good God allowed all this to happen. America was founded on Christianity, evidenced by its constitution, and God has immensely blessed this place for hundreds of years because of that. pero antay lang kau kase they are ammending the consitution to be more 'tolerable', like for example, 3 out of 50 states now allow for gay marriage to be legalized, and they are in the works for making abortion an option for every woman (and teenager), rallying for pregnant teens under 18 to not have their parent's consent anymore to have abortion.

the hypocrite and false christians' testimonies are not helping as well. i was dumbfounded by the fact that Baptists are leading the list of most divorce rates among societal groups. recently, Ted Haggard, the president of Nat'l Association of Evangelicals (NEA) and Senior pastor of his mega church (14,000 members) in Colorado resigned both positions and confessed to sexual immorality (with a gay) and buying of illegal drugs. non Christians are just finding more and more reasons to not need this Jesus that we Christians are passionately propagating. if you are not secure as a believer, its not hard to imagine imagine how one can be shaken by all this.

So i dont think my friends would blame me for moments when i look around and say to myself "I wanna get out of this place..". but then this is where God put me and even though its exactly not inspiring to be here, good thing i get my inspiration not outside but indside of myself, the unfathomable love story of Jesus Christ's saving grace that i have in my heart, body and soul, and that should be enough to compel me to serve Him, despite all the despites.
so to end in a positive note , im praying for buckets of grace for me to plow through this cell group strategy that my church here will start soon, pray for me, that i might be able to share what i have learned in LA, to not be shaken when people say "no" when i give out gospel tracts and any other persecutions (for some reason, I nearly cried the last time it happened). i have given a copy of the Way of the Master book ( very powerful book that focuses on helping equip Christians share the gospel) to our pastor and I have gotten only rave reviews from him so im holding my breath because hopefully this cascade of events would lead to a revolution in our church . as for my 'difficulties', I am and will just keep rebutting each one with God’s promise, that His word will be a double edged sword that would pierce any heart of any one i would share the gospel to, I just have to be the willing soldier that would take up the sword and fight!




But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore i will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

2 Cor 12:9

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hala! apagkahaba haba!!
haba na, out of topic pa ..
sori a..hirap talaga pag nasimulan ko ang aking soap opera mode...
di na ko magpopost in the next 3 months..

next 3 months??? bakit naman po ate juwen?

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kase i have exceeded the quota for number of allowable posts sa haba ng isinulat ko..
pero i was just kidding..e araw araw kaya kong humaharap sa computer... di ko kaya yun! ---at mami-miss nyo ko, wawa naman kau!!