Monday, December 25, 2006
I sent this out on E-mail but thought some people might not be on my mailing list (if you would like to be just send me your details)
During my 12 months here I have been able to provide (extremely roughly) 18,000 pastors with a study bible this means that 18,000 church's have been blessed this past year as a direct result of your prayer's, thank you. Having never seen the pastors who receive these books I can only share with you the joy that I have heard "illegal" Christians have when they finally receive the book created by the God that they serve.
Thank you for your support in this ministry, it has been an amazing year and a great experience. I pray that you will all find time during the rush of this season to remember the birth of Jesus and more importantly the sacrifice of the very same child so that we may be free and that you would find the time to share this with some one who does not yet know it.
The new year brings many exciting things, I will be spending a lot of time in Australia preparing for a year of training to better serve Asia. I hope to serve God in Australia for eight months spending this time spreading the good news of Jesus to any one who will listen and working earning funding then move onto Canada for training.
My main concern of this is that for so many years of my life Australia has been home to me, I now consider Asia as my home and do not want to get comfortable and waste a year on self indulgent comfort Australia is just as much a battle field as Asia and I must continue to fight.
May God bless your Christmas and prepare you for the new year posted by pete footer at 11:40 PM ::: 0 comments
my fortune cookie thoughts
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
There are no fortune cookies in
missions with out Charity does is a bad idea
Charity without missions is useless
no matter what your mission field is, whether it be to Pastor, smuggler or just be at the work place the key to winning and being effective is friendship. With out friendship souls can be saved but your passion will fade into nothingness.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
1 in every 5 people live in communist China, the Devil it seems is not as stupid as we would like to believe now 1 in every 5 people can not own a bible and have to be ministered to by a pastor that does not know the bible any where near as well as an "official pastor of the west".
And yet in this situation we are seeing God move in mighty way's. More bibles are going into China, more people are getting saved and a personal dream of mine HK Chinese are fighting in this war as well by taking books into China.
Sadly many people in the free church do not think that preaching and supplying people with Gods teaching is an option if the government does not allow it. It would seem daunting to many as it was to me to go against "the church" to help the hurting part of it's own body but we can all take comfort in two things:
1.Looking at Christian history we can see that Christianity would not have survived with out the breaking of laws that do not take into consideration the word of God.
2. 70% of the body of Christ is under persecution so as a whole it would seem that Christianity is an offensive, illegal believe not concerned about the breaking of laws set up against them but spreading the word of God in all ways possible. posted by pete footer at 6:22 PM ::: 0 comments
promo video
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
I can't seem to embed this file so please click onto this text and you will see the AR promotional video, I'm in it :P posted by pete footer at 3:46 PM ::: 0 comments
My bus trip
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Went to one of the many HK markets today.
On the way back 3 girls probably about 13 years old got onto the bus they were drunk to the stage that one of them vomited on the bus. Wearing what I could only describe as not much it occurred to me just how lost this world is and in desperate need of Jesus. posted by pete footer at 1:02 AM ::: 0 comments
The washing machine
Saturday, December 09, 2006
As promised here is the photo of the "washing machine" that was taken into
Jackie Pullinger
Friday, December 08, 2006
From Jackie to me to you:
This one drove me to ages of meditation with God to find some sort of rest, but here's the basic sum up of what took me weeks.
It isn't fair why is it that I was born in a wealthy Australian family, with good health, speaking the main political language and being able to travel any where in the world.
Why is it that I was able to make hundreds maybe even thousands of mistakes in my childhood when for many people just one would mean their death. I could have just as easily been born in North Korea where children are forced to pick up scraps from the road or China as the second Child where the government would murder me before I'd entered this world. I could have easily been born into an alcoholic family or in a country so poor I would be sold to prostitution.
Why is life not fair, I can see, hear, breath and not have to worry about being killed by some extremist organization, I have never been forced to watch my family being shot for not renouncing Christ as many have and still do.
As Paul said in Romans 1 14 "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise." I am in debt to the poor, weak and the lost. If I don't stand for justice, this amazing opportunity I have been given will become no more than a slap in the face of Jesus who died for me and a wasted life.
Result:
I renounce and hate materialism in my life
Just to be able to eat more than once a day is more than enough and a blessing.
Matt 6: 31
In North Korea and many other places just one meal a day is not available
see link
I renounce and hate the opinion that to just work in a worldly un-mission focused environment and just sponsor a child is enough
People are dieing every where and I am privileged enough to have a voice to
protest and money to fund this.
Matt 25:25
see link
I renounce and hate self indulgent entertainment that in my privileged position I
have been able to have.
Entertainment is not a right or an option to waste money and time on, when
thousands are crying for help I can not and must not be found using the money that
could save these peoples life's on a pointless trip to a theme park or buying the
latest movie.
Matt 25:45-46
see link
I am at war, we are at war!
I believe that if I don't pull rank and start fighting I am guilty of a great sin seeing a problem, being able to fix it and not doing anythingthis opinion is not open for dispute with anything less than the word of God itself.
Romans 2:5b-14 posted by pete footer at 7:04 PM ::: 3 comments
I really love quotes
"When you become a Christian Jesus will invade your life and make you into somebody He can use to change the world. Through you, He will challenge racism. Through you, Jesus will attack sexism, poverty, and militarism. That was never taught to me when I was growing up. I never heard that I could be an instrument that God could use to change the world. All I was told was that being a Christian meant I would go to heaven when I died. I was never told that the primary reason Jesus saved me was to make me into somebody whom He could use to change the world into the kind of world He willed for it to be when He created it."
-Tony Campolo posted by pete footer at 9:40 AM ::: 0 comments
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Update
Just an update on how everything is:
I have been working in HK for around about a year now (I still can't speak Chinese)
On Jan 31 I will be going to Australia to start working in order to save up to go to War college in September. I know and believe and can testify that God could come up with the money if I stayed here but I am feeling lead to go work for this money, if I work for this then I will learn to appreciate it more when I am there.
War College is based in Canada, Vancouver it is a college based around action rather than sitting behind a desk learning theological ideas so I would recommend it to any one.( War college link/)
Another great thing Vancouver has is snow, I have not seen snow for the last 10 years and so my aim for next year is to build a snowman :P
After finishing War college and building a snowman I will be heading back to HK to hopefully start up a 614 (614network/) which is basically a house church where every body lives.
When I go back to Hk I think I will be getting a one way ticket as no missionary who plans on retreating back to the fleshly comforts of Australia are fully in it for the gospel. besides Hk is really nice. posted by pete footer at 8:52 AM ::: 3 comments
Church to be demonlished
Church Faces Imminent Destruction of Building - China Aid Association A house church in Yangjianong Village, Qixian Town, Shaoxing County, has received notification from the local government to vacate the church building before December 4, 2006. Approximately 200 Christians have worshipped at this church since 2001. Recently the local government declared that the church be demolished to make room for a park, but refused to arrange a new location for the church. The church is now filing a lawsuit against the county government to prevent the demolition. However, a document issued by Shaoxing demolition administrative office on November 30 states, "The demolition will not be stopped by the administrative review or the lawsuit." Pray the actions of the government be exposed. Pray believers will know even if the building is destroyed that God's Church is indestructible. Revelation 3:8 posted by pete footer at 8:42 AM ::: 0 comments
Friday, December 01, 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C0tsi3Zsj8
A promo video from another group in HK. posted by pete footer at 9:13 AM ::: 2 comments
