Today Ben and I were beyond blessed to have Nate Evans and Robby Riggs in Hong Kong. They came to church at IBC with us today and after we all went to lunch for an American meal at Tony Roma's. We shared about our travels, what the Lord is teaching us, and it was such an HONOR to hear how the Lord is working in the lives of these two servants of HIS. After lunch Robby and I sat at Starbucks and just talked about life and the Lord. I was so encouraged by his testimony of faith and love and the way He radiates Christ, that I was reminded of my Desire and passion and purpose for life. I went home and spent some time with the Lord and this is an excerpt from my journal that night.
Sweet, Sweet Savior, redeemer, friend, sustainer of life, giver of every good thing, provider, comforter, companion, teacher, instructor, beloved, LOVE. That is what you are Father. How can I keep silent, how I can keep quiet the love you have given me, how can I live and not love the way you do? How have I been so selfish? How have I not learned from you and your children? Why do I not desire you more? Father today I was so encouraged by your servants Nate and Robby Father. God, Jehovah, you are using them and growing their faith in a mighty way and Father I desire that same kind of growth and fruit to come from my life. Father I asked to come out of my comfort zone and serve you and Lord you have brought me here to HK. Lord God I know that I have not been the best child or the most obedient and that I have not been a intentional of the time I have here, but Lord my desire, my goal, my purpose dear Lord is to bring your Kingdom to a lost and dying word. Father I want to know you more intimately and understand your love more. God I CRY OUT TO YOU! Hear my Heart hear my voice, My desire Father is to be broken, to be used to feel your presence, your love, your power, your sovereignty, your heart beat father. Lord, Almighty Father, I am not traveling for the year in the middle of a missions trip, but Father God, Holy One, I am here in HK! I am called to do your will, whatever it may be father, and my desire is to bring you praise, to learn from you father God to be your light and your love. I desire to see your children with your eyes and love them with your love. God I know that I can do a better job, and Father I commit to try my hardest dear Love. O Lord How I Long to distinguish your voice, your face, your instruction in every circumstance throughout my life here and in the future. GOD ALMIGHTY RAFA, I am anxious to see you father. Not that I may believe, because I already believe by the testimony of your word, and the witness of other believers, but so that I may share in your resurrection and life and know you more intimately. God I so selfishly want to experience your love, your intimate love. I want to have moments where I am lost in you father, and where you speak to me. Father, you have and desire those moments for me as well. Sweet Savior, show me you’re Love. Speak to me and may learn to distinguish your voice better. Continue to break me father God. Break me until, I am wholly yours and I fully surrender every part of my heart and life unto you. God ALL I WANT is to bring your name praise. ALL I DESIRE is you!!! Strip my heart of the flesh that desires things of this world, and break me to desire you more and more, for knowing you is more valuable than all the riches in the world. Equip me for what is to come father, and may I continue to remember your Faithful, Faithful, Faithful, heart. Father I know you love me, I saw your love today O Lord, but How desperate I am for your love to be my own. Consume me, take hold of my life, take hold of my heart, may I surrender every aspect of my life entirely to your cause, kingdom, and name. Thy Kingdom come, they will be done, on earth. Right now.
I am a beautiful daughter of the MOST HIGH GOD. I have an inheritance to the eternal Kingdom, and life promised to be lived to the fullest throughout eternity. I am a precious gift, I am a joy. Father every good thing I have I owe to you Dear One. Sweet Sweet Holy Spirit, work in my heart and in my life, may the Father and the Son be guides for my heart, and may I be receptive to what you teach me Father. God you are my KING, my everything, my ROCK, my sustainer. O Lord prepare my heart and my mind to see you. To see your glory to see your face to see your beauty to stand in your presence and behold the power of your name. Father you are my everything. How am I showing the world that you truly are my all?
I love you Father God. Almighty Rock, Sustainer of Live, Giver of Every good thing, DADDY.
--your teachable, moldable servant- Monica Amanda Zuniga--
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
I can't believe its been 2 months....
Today is my two month aniversary of being in Hong Kong...and it really feels like i got here two weeks ago. Within these two months, I have been able to find all the great places to eat, shop, and hang out at. I am no longer feeling like I am lost in a big city, but am starting to make HK a place that is familar to me and a place I can call home. Words cannot describe how great the city is, and how amazing the people here are. I have been so blessed in so many ways.
MY WORK:
IBC: At International Baptist Church for the past two months has been eventful!! Every week I write leters to the girls in the youth group, plan for upcoming events, create flyers to pass out to students at schools, prepare for discipleship witht the girls on Saturdays, email every student giving them updates on events and the youth group, visit a school with Ben where we have a Christian Club, create power point presentations for Friday night Shillage, and spend as much one on one time with the girls I can. all of that is my average week to week tasks and along with that I usually have other things to do.
SHILLAGE:
The Shillage is our friday night youth group, its when the kids come and we meet for a normal youth service that we would have wednesday nights in the states. All week, all our preparation comes down to Friday's.
WIS:
West Island School is the school Ben and I visit every Friday at lunch to have Christian Club. about 15 kids on average come eat thier lunch in a class room with us while we play games, act out bible stories, have pizza, and try to invest and expose kids to Jesus Christ and get them to come to the Shillage.
DBU:
I am currently taking 12 hours online through DBU. I know I'm crazy your thinking, but DBU has truly made it a blessing to continue my education online. Thankfully we have Monday's off of work in which I spend most of the day reading for class or working on assignments for that week. All of my teachers have been great and I am really enjoying my classes as well. It has been hard at times to juggle class and ministry, but the Lord has always made a way for me to focus one each and give them the time and attention needed. I know that the Lord has me here for His purpose, but I am also so thankful that I can continue my education which is just as equally a calling and important.
SPIRITUALLY:
Spiritually the Lord has really been testing and growing my faith. I am so thankfull for Nathan and Colette who have been great leaders and truly have been great role models for me to follow. I have been able to do some reading and learn more about different religions while here. It is amazing to see first hand why people believe in other God's and I am learning that it has a lot to do with the culture and just how the people here live. There have been days where I feel as though God is so far away and I have to constantly remind myself of His faithfulness, mercy, provision, soveriegnty, and power. Then there are days like last week when I am able to see and feel Him as work in me and in the lives of the studens as well. The hardest part is not having the support system of friends and family like I did at home, but I know that it is part of the Lord maturing my faith and me relying on Him for everything. I have really been able to grow my faith and call it my own, not something I have because it was instilled in me at a young age, but something I have because He chose me first, and I now choose to honor Him with my life.
PHYSICALLY-
I am healthy, and happy! I enjoy running here a lot, only the hardest part is EVERYWHERE you run it is concrete, so my knees hurt from time to time, but thankfully there is also a track near by where I run a lot. I haven't been sick yet, and have been blessed to be healthy here.
That really is all that has happened recently! I will make more an effort to post every other week and keep you guys updated!
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
Monica Amanda Zuniga
7/F Tower A, Southmark Bld.
11 Yip Hing st
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Skype: monica.zuniga22
email: zunigam@mail.dbu.edu
MY WORK:
IBC: At International Baptist Church for the past two months has been eventful!! Every week I write leters to the girls in the youth group, plan for upcoming events, create flyers to pass out to students at schools, prepare for discipleship witht the girls on Saturdays, email every student giving them updates on events and the youth group, visit a school with Ben where we have a Christian Club, create power point presentations for Friday night Shillage, and spend as much one on one time with the girls I can. all of that is my average week to week tasks and along with that I usually have other things to do.
SHILLAGE:
The Shillage is our friday night youth group, its when the kids come and we meet for a normal youth service that we would have wednesday nights in the states. All week, all our preparation comes down to Friday's.
WIS:
West Island School is the school Ben and I visit every Friday at lunch to have Christian Club. about 15 kids on average come eat thier lunch in a class room with us while we play games, act out bible stories, have pizza, and try to invest and expose kids to Jesus Christ and get them to come to the Shillage.
DBU:
I am currently taking 12 hours online through DBU. I know I'm crazy your thinking, but DBU has truly made it a blessing to continue my education online. Thankfully we have Monday's off of work in which I spend most of the day reading for class or working on assignments for that week. All of my teachers have been great and I am really enjoying my classes as well. It has been hard at times to juggle class and ministry, but the Lord has always made a way for me to focus one each and give them the time and attention needed. I know that the Lord has me here for His purpose, but I am also so thankful that I can continue my education which is just as equally a calling and important.
SPIRITUALLY:
Spiritually the Lord has really been testing and growing my faith. I am so thankfull for Nathan and Colette who have been great leaders and truly have been great role models for me to follow. I have been able to do some reading and learn more about different religions while here. It is amazing to see first hand why people believe in other God's and I am learning that it has a lot to do with the culture and just how the people here live. There have been days where I feel as though God is so far away and I have to constantly remind myself of His faithfulness, mercy, provision, soveriegnty, and power. Then there are days like last week when I am able to see and feel Him as work in me and in the lives of the studens as well. The hardest part is not having the support system of friends and family like I did at home, but I know that it is part of the Lord maturing my faith and me relying on Him for everything. I have really been able to grow my faith and call it my own, not something I have because it was instilled in me at a young age, but something I have because He chose me first, and I now choose to honor Him with my life.
PHYSICALLY-
I am healthy, and happy! I enjoy running here a lot, only the hardest part is EVERYWHERE you run it is concrete, so my knees hurt from time to time, but thankfully there is also a track near by where I run a lot. I haven't been sick yet, and have been blessed to be healthy here.
That really is all that has happened recently! I will make more an effort to post every other week and keep you guys updated!
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
Monica Amanda Zuniga
7/F Tower A, Southmark Bld.
11 Yip Hing st
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Skype: monica.zuniga22
email: zunigam@mail.dbu.edu
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