BURN TEAM LEAVES FOR 1 YEAR OF INDO BURNING!!

BURN ASIA TEAM LEFT TODAY ON A PLANE BOUND FOR BALI, INDONESIA TO SPEND ONE YEAR OF THEIR ENTIRE LIFE POURING INTO THE LARGEST MUSLIM NATION ON THE PLANET TO SEE THEM BURN BRIGHT WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS!!! HERE ARE THEIR LAST DEPARTING THOUGHTS AS THEY EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY

NATALIA’S THOUGHTS……
This is so surreal. As I look back on all my packing lists and financial notes, I am so amazed at how wonderfully God pulled it all together. These last couple days have been so incredibly hectic, I had absolutely no idea how I was going to make it. But now as I sit on the plane, those stressful memories just become a big blur, as I feel anticipation rise up. I am going to Bali, Indonesia. I never would have dreamed this in a million years. I am going as a stranger in a foreign land, but even more than that, God is a stranger to His own children. That breaks my heart. I am going to bridge the gap, to bring Christ to the nations. WOW!

JOHN’S THOUGHTS….
As we set out from the airport, you can only think about what our lives and the future hold in Indonesia. We will never be the same. There is a fire inside that burns bright with the Glory of God, and I want to tell everyone I see. As I look forward, I can only look back and say, “Our God is so great! How He has provided for all of us to go and serve the people of Indonesia.” You can think about the signs and wonders, we will see but really all I can think about is this great love my Father has for these people. I start tearing up just thinking about the Father Heart of God and how He wants to break through to the people. Letting them see how much He loves them and wants to set them free. I have been blessed to see the Lord move in powerful ways in the past 3 years as the He has had me move all around for Him. But I know He wants to do so much more. It says in I

Corinthians 13, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all the mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”

There have been a lot of great movements in the church, but the movement I know the Lord is having us to start this year is one of His pure love. Let His kingdom come and His will be done in me so that His love in me will change the world and everything that our team touches. Hell knows no furry like the army of God on its front gate, pushing it down and free those who are oppressed. We are going to fight fight fight, for the Glory of the Lord!

ROB’S THOUGHTS…..
It’s day one and I’m sitting on a plane headed toward the next big adventure that the Lord has for me. After no sleep for a couple days and a full spectrum of events, all there is to do now is look to the Lord and the future. I expected a dry goodbye with the family, but to my surprise I was filled with incredible emotion and comfort from the Lord. There is truly nothing greater than the continuity realization of the Fathers love. I am so, so blessed. What is to come? I really have no idea. But to look back past the glitz and glamour of it all; there is true joy in the Lord, in His plan, and in His covering. I will rest under the shadow of His wings, even amongst the crazy world around me. Bless me, oh God, guard my steps and move with me. Your love is sweeter than wine and the forgiveness of this world.

BRITTANY’S THOUGHTS….
These are the first hours of the year in INDO. I am filled with so much excitement about the people we are going to meet and the things we will see. So many new smells, sounds, and feelings. I am embarking on this journey not alone, but with 3 of the most amazing people. Although I have not known them for very long, we have a special connection between us, and I know that God has put us together for a very unique reason. I really LOVE them already.
I feel like this isn’t real. Maybe I am dreaming? The reality of this vision has not fully set in yet. We are going RIGHT NOW! Not in the future any more, this is the present now. It is finally happening.