From time to time, we’ll be featuring some of the best comments and feedback we receive from some of our readers around the world. We recently received this message and prayer request from our reader Maunling from Malaysia. Please keep her in prayer! Thank you to all our readers for continuing to inspire us and for sharing how this blog has moved you!
Greetings from Malaysia! I’ve been following this blog since this year May, was very touched and moved by all the testimonies, great work guys!
The reason i write this message is about a personal prayer request. I’m coming to L.A next month (8th Jan) to join in YWAM L.A base for DTS course (Discipleship Training School) all the way from M’sia. In September, God spoke to me and asked me to come to L.A for this DTS, but before that He already prepared my heart for this L.A journey before i knew this is the place. I specially thanks to the author of this entry : “Journey to the Lord through the City of Angels”, that’s where I got a strong conviction of the calling from God, the author has given me the courage to take this step of faith, to come to L.A for 5 months training.
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I started to find this place awesome every time I read the stories, and my heart stirred when I see there’s a bunch of young Christians sharing their daily ordinary testimonies over the blog, yet the extraordinary hand was upon them. I find this place awesome! To be frank, until today I’ve no idea why God wanted me to come to L.A, but deep inside my heart i knew it’s something important to me, something better lies ahead.
I came from a typical Chinese background, was brought up in that way too. I was the 1st Christian in my family, and I used to attend Chinese church. All I know about God was just surface in the past, all taught in creed, not by self experience. Not until this year, God opened my eyes to see things that unseen, He even brought me closer to Him, that was the very 1st time I felt the sweetness of being in His presence, and that’s when the calling begin to stir in my heart for this DTS.
I’ve been struggled alot before making a step for this decision, apparently I’m working as a Graphic Designer and no longer young, I’m 28 and I do have monthly commitments. DTS requires at least a 5 months break for you to get close to God, this seems so hard for me to pull myself out from the worldly commitments. And as I prayed, I know I gotta take a leap of faith and trust God for this. For I know His plan for me is to prosper me and not to harm me, a plan that gives me hope & a future. Please pray for me on the preparation before coming to L.A, and when I’m here, pray that I’ll not get homesick that serious, pray that I get the full payment for my course fees, pray that I’m well in physically as well as spiritually and I can get along with all the people around.
Blessing,
Maunling
