some news from malaysia

jonathan emailed me today..
his email is not working at the hotel so has to stand in long lines to use a computer, so will let u in on some of the email he emailed me.. if u NEED to email him, give it to me and i will see what i can do for you. ;)

"i am overwhelmed by so many things. the conversations are so powerful...it is hard to process life once you have spent time with guys who are living the life out in iraq and egypt and syria or china. and they are nationals...not westerners. it demands so much of my heart and feels like in so many ways the Lord is giving my head a shake...just in terms of values and passion and how i live out who i am.

have spent time with the canadians...it is so cool how we natural group with each other regardless of where in canada we are from...not many other countries do that...in fact only china that i have noticed does that. i am one of a handful of penticostal/charasmatics from the western countries...lots of africans are...but not alot of others are...has led to some very interesting conversations. they all ask why we will not work with them. which of course breaks my heart...because i see the tendency of my life to isolate from those who do not or are not willing to believe as i do.

one of the guys from africa whose ministry is to muslim scholars talked to me about the fact that most of what we call faith is based in fear...we wont engage in relationship with muslims...we wont wrestle with them...or talk to them...and i see that reflected in a lot more than just our relationships with muslims...God help us."

will be good to hear all that is going on there..it may take weeks to download it all! :)
cheers.
trace