February 2012: "Maddrell's in the Philippines"

Two-thirds of our world are oral communicators? That's 4 billion people who can't, don't or won't read or communicate by literate means!

Wow, being a 'westerner' I didn't know that! So how do we make disciples of these people when they can't read or study the bible?

We have been here less than two weeks and already we have experienced the power of His name..... in an earthquake!

Having lived through an earthquake now (and over 200 aftershocks) I can’t but reflect on a couple of things:

·         He is God, we (humanity) need to be reminded

·         What we take for granted as stable is not always so

Coming back to a 'third world' country obviously has its challenges. Before coming, God was sensitizing me to how I often 'buy, make, collect' things and how they make me 'feel' better.

Today I read these words from T.W. Tozer: