Laos:We arrived in Bangkok and boarded the train for the 10 hour journey it was going to take to get to the Laos boarder. The train lit on fire and hit a cow and so the trip took 17 hours. I really praise God for the this time of relaxation where I could sleep, read the bible and worship God. When we finally got there we had to go straight into Laos as we we’re running so late, this was a bit hard on some people but we all pulled together and the first run was a success. Once we had got the bibles into Laos we had an 8 hour bus ride to the underground church, at 4:30am we arrived at the sisters house to deliver the books for which she was really happy. Then I experienced one of the hardest things I’ve seen yet are leader had to ask the sister who was only 27 how many people were in jail, in my job you hear and experience a lot of this sort of things but no-one at that age should have to be asked that question. The rest of the week went well with all of the books being delivered. On the way back the train ahead of us derailed and the trip took 17 hours.
Thankyou for every one who prayed for this trip. posted by pete footer at 2:23 PM ::: 1 comments
Thailand
A lot of people have been asking about the trip to Laos and Vietnam and so firstly I must say sorry this took so long to do.
Vietnam:
We arrived in Vietnam late at night with bags that cost us less than a burger and small fries, most of the handles and wheels on the bags had broken or were about to. The drop off was a great success with no problems or hindrance at all. I praise God for this and for all of the prayer received for this trip.
We only stayed one night and left for Bangkok early the next day, I have seen a little bit of Vietnam and it is beautiful, all of the brothers I have met there have been very happy and great to be around. posted by pete footer at 2:12 PM ::: 0 comments
All fixed
Friday, September 29, 2006
Blog code updated/fixed:
- Comment posting made available again.
- Comment reading made available again.
- Tweaked post layout.
- Added Chris's blog to links list.
MY blog
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
My Blog seems to be having problems no-one can post comments right now.
If any one knows how to fix this before I do please tell me by E-mail petefotoer@gmail.com. posted by pete footer at 5:08 PM ::: 1 comments
day off
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Through this last week at least one person has been caught each day at the boarder, this is unacceptable for the God that created the world I know he is bigger and better than that :P
So as a team we have decided to take the next two days off and spend it fasting, worshiping and praising God.
Today was great slept in till 9am then prayed for 2 hours, watched killed by the spear a movie about Jim Elliot a missionary/martyr then went down to MonKok to pray for another 2 hours. After that we headed up to the roof for prayer and communion. I have to say if Disneyland was the worst day of the month this has been the best.
If any one is feeling down or things just arent working I would encourage you to take a day off to fast and pray, if you work don't take "a sicky" ring your boss and arrange the day off to pray it will make a good start to saving your boss. posted by pete footer at 11:36 PM ::: 0 comments
Theme Parks
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
My friends took me out to Hong Kong Disney land yesterday it was a great park and every thing there was fun.
The whole time I was there I couldn't help being convicted by God the tickets cost $60Aus each for $30Aus you can pay for a whole years education of a China child (this is one of the many Salvation Army projects being run in China.) For me the tickets were free but my trip to Disney land was still the worst day of I've had so far this month so many people spending money on self indulgent entertainment when just an hours train ride away people are dieing of starvation.
I have now come to the decision to never go to any theme parks again even if the tickets are free. The whole time I was at the park I not only felt very un-Salvo but more importantly unchristian I just don't think Jesus would be going to a theme park if he was on earth.
If any one wants to hold me to this please do, China has some of the worlds cheapest theme parks and I'd hate to stuff this up posted by pete footer at 8:51 PM ::: 0 comments
The Law
When Joshua sent two spies to view the land of Jericho, they hid in the house of Rahab the harlot. Rahab’s house was built along the wall of Jericho, a wall constructed to prevent illegal passage of unwelcome visitors. When the king heard the Israeli spies were in town, he immediately sent word to Rahab. He instructed her to bring forth the spies, who had entered her home.
Rahab disobeyed the command of her king and hid the spies, even lying to protect their whereabouts. Later that evening, she secretly smuggled the spies out of the city by lowering them with a long chord through her window and down the wall.
Rahab knew little of the God of Israel, but she was prepared to help his people. She disobeyed her pagan authorities and even placed her life in danger. As a result, her life was spared.
A similar act of smuggling is found in Acts 9:25. Soon after Paul’s conversion, he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus, preaching and teaching in the synagogues. The Jews were so baffled by the change in Paul that they considered him a threat. The disciples lowered him down a wall to clear the city gates and spare his life from the Jews who were conspiring to kill him.
Some Christians believe that disobeying the governing authorities in restricted nations warrants persecution. Are Chinese Christians who refuse to register with the official church deserving of the beatings they endure? In Islamic nations, do Muslims who convert to Christianity deserve to be stoned to death? While certain passages may be interpreted differently, all Christians agree that we cannot allow government to force us to disobey God’s laws. Of course, this does not permit Christians to exercise personal vendettas against the state. Disobedience is only warranted when we are forced to decide between loyalty to Christ and loyalty to the governing laws. Where do you stand on the issue? Study the Scriptures and decide for yourself. posted by pete footer at 10:24 AM ::: 0 comments
Friday, September 08, 2006
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Please Pray
Mat 26:6
This is a serious request for prayer..
The work here and the time I've been here have been excellent but I've slipped up. At some stage in life I stopped serving God and started serving justice. This has to stop and I would really love some people to get behind me in prayer, this job will never get done by pure human passion it must be done through God 50 million bibles are needed in China only God can do that.
My plan is to prepare the team so they can run themselves and then go away for one month of prayer and fasting to work out what to do from here on please pray for this as I don't want to be an inconvenience to Autumn Rain and need to find a time that is good for them and me.
For any one else involved in mission work please please remember that you serve God not the cause, God is the cause. I take bibles to China for God not for China this is what God deserves he was the one who died on the cross. posted by pete footer at 7:22 PM ::: 0 comments
Church
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Went to my church Sheung Shui Assembly of God for the first time in 7 weeks it great to see every one again it's amazing how my church only speaks Chinese and yet God knows all languages. posted by pete footer at 5:19 PM ::: 2 comments
new brochure
Here is a link to our new brochure
http://au.geocities.com/peterfooter/ar.pdf
like I said before advertising the need is very important. Please print out some copy's and hand these out to your pastors/youth pastors so that they can be informed about the need and hopefully organise a team. posted by pete footer at 1:51 AM ::: 0 comments
my birthday treat
Next week I'll be 21!!!!
I have decided what I want for my birthday, it's a bit self indulgent but the current record for the amount of boarder crossings in one day is 7, this record was created by a 75 year old guy.
It always puts us young guys to shame when we only manage a maximum of 5 (my personal best) I would like to achieve 10 runs in one day. posted by pete footer at 1:19 AM ::: 0 comments
1,800 !!
Friday, September 01, 2006
1,800 bibles whent into China in the last two day's praise the Lord.
Please if you pray for me and the work we do over here join me in thanking God for his great work. posted by pete footer at 1:00 AM ::: 1 comments
