Ali & Kristin (summer staff of Mission Adventure YWAM Vancouver) hosted the first team of 10 (8 kids & 2 Adults-Youth pastors) for 10 days. They stayed with them every night, Ali made their breakfast every single morning with tons of love and care, even when students were telling him not to. They loved Ali and his story, they were amazed to hear how God is working in his life, even in a close country like Saudi Arabia. We took all the participant with the staff to a Mosque and it was very interesting to hear Ali asking the questions to this PR guy whose is originally from Kenya and now a immigrant in Canada and has a softer and more tolerated Islamic believe then people in Saudi. Anyway all the participant learned so much from Ali and loved him so much that they gave him a new makeover. haha
We also took all the participants to a Sikh Gurudwara and a Budhist Temple, and that brought a lots of interesting conversations about the religions and cultures within the group (they didn't even know anything about the Islam (except what you hear on American Media))
Me (Richard) and Heather were also part of the program this week in multiple things, i had a opportunity to share my story, and also lead the students to pray for poverty in India. It was very interesting how they were able to connect with stories of slum kids who are many thousands of miles away from them.
Now that the team from Idaho, USA left on Thursday morning and we all have a three and a half day off, we all are ready for our next teams (yes two teams of 8 & 16), this time Me and Heather are hosting a team. We are so much looking forward for their arrival. Keep all of us in your prayers
Thanks
Richard, Heather and Ali
Mission Adventure 2010
YWAM Vancouver
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