Asia Bound!!

It is a hectic craze over here.. these next couple of days are just going to get crazier and crazier.  Right now, our house is turned upside down with bags, clothes and who knows what else!
Tomorrow we will be cleaning our room and going on our last chance-town run.. It's crazy to think that we have already been here for 3 months.
As I reflect back on the past while that I have been here, I am amazed at all that the Lord has been doing in my life.  There have been some ridiculously hard times; times when I wasn't sure how I would make it through to the next day..
But there were also times of extreme joy, gratitude and awe of God's faithfulness and healing power, how He brings restoration and strengthens us in ways that are totally unexpected.
Wow.. I can't wait to tell you all about everything that has been happening in my life these past three months.
I wish I had more time to share.. but I guess this will just have to do for now!

While I am in Asia, I will not have access to Facebook or my blog.  I will have email though, and I will try to keep in touch.  Be forewarned.. I won't have much time/internet access.. so if I don't respond.. I'm sorry in advance!! I truly do love you! I will get back to you as soon as possible.  If you are on my current email list, you will receive a couple of update emails from time to time..

We leave on Friday, December 3rd at 6pm and have a 12 hour layover in Honolulu.  From there, we will fly into Bangkok, Thailand where we will have some preparation time, and also do some ministry in the Red Light district there.  After a week together in Thailand, we will split off into our 4 different teams and go to our 4 different outreach locations.

Our teams prayer requests:
Safety in travel, Team Unity, Boldness, Wisdom/Words to Speak, Guidance for when/with whom to speak

Thank you so much for your love and support!! I have been so blessed by the mail I have been receiving.. It really has brightened up my day :)
Love and Prayers,
Mahalo
Ehjae

Aloha!!
You can view and even download and print my October Newsletter from the link below:

http://www.scribd.com/full/43402804?access_key=key-24d278lk9mg0okigd0ns

How exciting is technology? I feel so connected with y'all? (I'm catching my fellow teammate, Ben's New Mexico accent)

This week was awesome, we had a pretty cool teacher from Canada come down.  Dave Overholt from Church on the Rock in Hamilton, Ontario.  He is a youth pastor, so we obviously shared some great stories and great moments because of our similar passions for young people.  Despite one of his obvious downfalls, cheering for the Tigercats, we managed to get along.

I was very excited to hear about the Roughriders successful triumph into the semi-finals against the Stampeders. Since there are several Riders fans out, we have been frantically trying to figure out how to watch the game.  (there's even a guy here from Calgary who cheers for the Riders.. and why not? lol... I would pick the Riders if I could too..)

Time is just flying by. I can't believe we only have 2 weeks left.  We will be leaving for Thailand in exactly 2 weeks now.  We are eagerly looking forward to it, but also sadly anticipating the time when we all separate.
Yesterday, we had an offering for people who were in desperate need for outreach money.  It was really cool to see how God was tapping people on the shoulders an having them provide for others who had trusted in him to provide. I have loved every minute here, and I can't imagine what it's going to be like when we are not ALL together, but I am also very excited to get out there and put all that we have been learning into action.

Check out my newsletter, and if you have any questions, or you would like to be included in the prayer/support letter email list, just let me know and leave your email address too!!

Love you all!
Ehjae

Exciting News....

Part of our requirements for graduation of the DTS program is that we each give a "Chapel Talk."  During our Chapel Talks, each of us give a little teaching to the entire group.

Tonight, I gave my chapel talk.  It was something I'd been looking forward to for at least a month now, which was when God spoke to me about my topic.  However, it was really clear to me that tonight was the perfect timing for it, because in the time between, He revealed so much to me about my Chapel Talk. 

There isn't really a good title for my topic.. but it kind of boiled down to God's Word, and how we MUST be studying and memorizing it.  There really isn't a way around it.  The more I meditated on it, and read through scripture, the more it was confirmed for me.  As Christians, we don't make God's Word a priority in our lives.. 

It was crazy for me, and such a time of encouragement even though it was a hard message to bring.  It is such a challenging word to speak and to hear.  I prayed and prayed that the message would speak to everyone's hearts and that they would hear what God had to say to them, and that it wouldn't be about me.  

I hope that's what came through tonight.  

Anyways, if you'd like to know more about what I am talking about, don't be afraid to ask.  This is something I have been passionately studying and humbly trying to pursue in my life.. so needless to say.. I love to talk about it with people! 

On to the topic of my heading.. I have very exciting news!! This week, we found out that all four of our outreach teams will be stopping in Thailand for a week before we go our separate ways.  I was dreading the time where we will have to say goodbye, and this makes it less dreadful because we will be in Thailand together!!!! Baby steps are good.. It'll still be hard to separate, but at least we will have travelled part way together.. it's always nice to be together.

I will try to continue updating this as often as I can.. 

 I thought I would leave you with a couple of pictures to enjoy...

Love,

Ehjae

My friend Bethany from Alaska!!

Nissi, who is on my team

Sam, he is also on my team

Jess, my beautiful outreach leader

Hudson, my fellow Canadian and outreach teammate

Jared, another true Canadian

Ben... he's on my team as well

My team!!!! We have quite the characters in our group..

September Letter Update

I am having a ridiculously hard time sending my support letter.  My oppressive computer is denying me this small pleasure.. I will send it as soon as it lets me. Sorry!!

September Newsletter

First off, I know.. It's October.
But, it's just never too late to send out a newsletter, right?
Anyways, my September Newsletter is officially finished! If you'd like to receive it, just comment and let me know that you are interested, along with adding your email address.
Love you!

Bible Overview and Media Fast

Wow, this week has been incredible.

We studied under Tom, the Base director here and the knowledge that he possesses with such humility has been such a blessing to all of us.

I already had a great love for the scripture, thanks to many different things such as Quizzing and growing up in a household where the Bible was central, but WHOA- having an understanding of the central themes and connections all throughout the Bible is just mind-blowing. I have never been more in awe of God and His never-ending faithfulness and love for all people.  

One of the many cool things that I learned this week was about the genealogies in the Bible.  They seem endlessly long and slightly meaningless to us, but understanding from the context of the writers and who would've been reading it- wow.  Names and their meanings were very important in Jewish culture, we see over and over again in Scripture where names are given either as a description of that person, a promise, or other meanings.  Anyways, here is just one example:

In Genesis 5, we read the first genealogy of the Bible. 

The names are listed below with the meaning

·          

Adam	Man
Seth	Appointed
Enosh	Mortal
Kenan	Sorrow
Mahalalel	The Blessed God
Jared	Shall come down
Enoch	Teaching
Methuselah	His death shall bring (He died right before the flood came)
Lamech	The despairing
Noah	Rest and comfort

          
         Now, we read it as a bunch of names. However, a Jew would've read this as: "Man appointed mortal. Sorrow the Blessed God shall come down teaching. His death shall bring the despairing rest and comfort"

The punctuation is obviously not in the geneaology so that was added, but the meaning is still basically the same.  This is just one of the cool things I have learned this week.

I am still learning a lot about surrendering completely to Him and allowing Him to be LORD over al my life.  It is so hard to truly give all of my heart, and ALL that I am and to trust Him with everything. Each day, I surrender again, because each night, I realize that I once again was taking control. It is so stupid that it is so hard for me to surrender, because time and time again, He has proved himself faithful. 

This upcoming week is Worldview week. We will be having a media fast, which means that we will be handing over our computers and phones and ipods for the week. I am excited for this, because I know that only good things can come of giving up our technological distractions.  I will be sad to be disconnected from the world and all my wonderful people back at home, but I do agree that in a setting like this DTS, it will be so good for our school body.  Hopefully we can spend some good quality time together! I know I would really love that :) So if you'd like to communicate with me this week sometime, I guess it'll have to be through snail-mail, which I love... so please do! 

Yesterday, we went to Hana- hiked up to a waterfall, and jumped off of a cliff called bunny ears. I'm not going to lie, my fear of heights totally made me "that girl" and it took me a while to take the leap. But I did take it, and I don't regret it at all!

Anyways, I should go... love you all! 

ps. here's my mailing address, should you decide to love me in this way (please do!)

Send letters to:

YWAM Maui c/o Ehjae Chan

P.O Box 790237

Paia, HI 96779 

USA

Send Packages to:

1920 Haiku Rd.

Haiku, HI 96708 USA 

Love and Blessings,

Ehjae

No more crutching!

Hey everyone!!

It's been so good out here.  It was my birthday today, and I was so incredibly blessed by all the texts and FB messages, so thank you!  I love you all. We went to the beach, and then to a really good seafood restaurant in Paia called the "Fish Market." I have officially felt the pain of a real burn.  I have joined the club, and all of you commonly burnt people, I feel your pain. Literally. 

Try to get a ride into Kahului with some of my friends. The crutches came in handy...

Try to get a ride into Kahului with some of my friends.
The crutches came in handy...

For any of you who knew that I was on crutches for a while, God answered my prayers, and I no longer need the crutches anymore.  My ankle is still pretty sore and stiff, but with time, careful walking, and prayer, I know it will be good in no time at all.  It has really given me a chance to remember why I came out here in the first place.  If I got really upset about being unable to do anything, it would almost mean that I was out here to enjoy the beach and everything else, but I'm truly here to learn and grow closer to God.  That's exactly what I am doing. I love it.

The weather out here is beautiful and I love the sun, but despite what some of you might think, this is no vacation.

We are on the go from bright and early in the morning until 9 at night most days.  It is such a refreshing, challenging time and I really sense God working in my life. He has been speaking to me a lot about the sacrifices we make in order to follow him completely.  Somedays are harder than others, but I know and trust that God really does work ALL things out together for good for those who love HIM. 

Each Sunday, we all go to different churches that we have been assigned to.  Along with attending, we also serve there.  At my church, Hope Chapel North Shore, there are two groups of us and we switch off each week helping out with the Sunday School classes.  I am with the Pre-school/Kindergarten class and tomorrow will be my first day with them. We got a glimpse of the kids last week and I am so incredibly excited to hang out with them and get to know them.  They are so adorable!

I can't really go into much detail, because it would be dangerous for everyone involved, but I know where I am going for outreach!! I can tell you that I will be in Asia, and I am super excited!! My team members are amazing, and we are already having a lot of fun getting to know each other and bonding.

Just a few prayer requests before I leave, it's pretty late here, but I just wanted to make a quick update.

Classes: That I would receive revelation and have energy for every day's lecture. 

My Ankle: Speedy and complete healing 

Finances: That I would somehow get all my money for outreach

Visas: It is somewhat difficult to get visas for the country where we are going.  Please pray that the whole process would go smoothly.

Flights: We would really love to find flights soon/ CHEAP flights!! :)

Team Unity: That we would be protected and united as a team as we prepare for our outreach

Anything else the Lord puts on your heart.... 

I miss you all!! Be blessed and don't be afraid to send me mail... :)

To contact me at YWAM Maui

Phone: 808-575-4693

YWAM Maui c/o Ehjae Chan

P.O Box 790237

Paia, HI 96779 

If you want to send a package to me email me and ask me for the address.

Email: ehjae.chan@hotmail.com

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