Temples

Right now, as I am sitting here in Gabe's parents living room in Penang, Malaysia, I hear the sound of worship coming through the open door.  A few times a day everyday we hear this sound. Someone is on a loud speaker singing at the nearby muslim mosk. I think since we have been here I have only seen one church on the side of the road. I have seen countless buddhist and muslim temples. 

I have never felt so out of my element before. There are so many things I don't understand about these people and their beliefs. When we are riding down the road sometimes we see people on the sides of the roads burning things and lighting candles and incense. And then we have been on these walks up hills and trails and we always see these temples built in the wilderness, sometimes with incense burning in them.  

I haven't quite figured out how to tell the difference between the different temples yet. Whether one is buddhist or hindu or muslim or what is still a mystery to me. 

We need to grow in knowledge and wisdom. And we need to understand these people and their beliefs so we can minister to them as best we can. Please pray for us that the Lord gives us confidence and fearlessness and great love for these people.

Love, Dawn

Malaysia

Good morning to all of our friends. Well we made it to Malaysia with no problems. God is a awesome God, and we couldn't have done it with out Him. It's a weird feeling when you are going out of the country knowing that you are not going back home. We would like to thank all of our friends for being amazingly great to us. Thank you John and Winnie for throwing an awesome party. You have been great leaders, and supporters to me and Dawn. We love you two very much and thank God for putting you in our lives. To our cell group, You all are amazing friends and we know that God is going to do great things in your lives. Please keep us in your prayers, and again thank you so much for everything you have done and we will keep you all updated with everything that is going on. Thanks for everything.

 Now we are in a place where we have to rely on God, and begin to live up to what He has called us to do. There is no faking it over here. We can only be effective by the power of the Holy Spirit. If He is not moving in us, then we will not move anyone around us. My desire is that everyday I can be in tune with the Holy Spirit, and do what is asked of me. God is the only way we will be able to reach these people. So please pray for us, so that we can rely on God as Elijah did when He called down fire from heaven. We need to be properly equipped to impact asian cultures that believes more in the supernatural than we do in America. We serve a mighty God, who has given us truth, and He wants the truth to be heard through out the world.

We truly love you all. 

- Gabe Foster