Hi Again! Its hard to explain in just a few short sentences what God is doing... but He really is amazing. One thing I was really praying for was the with our few days before the Forum that God would have set appointments for us... that we would meet people and really just have amazing fellowship with other believers... God is truely amazing and good.

Last night I went along to my friend David's small group. Its not really that small, but its a group of young people in their 20s from all over singapore who meet together every Tuesday, worship, share the word and pray for each other. There were quite a few people there (about 30?) and afterwards a girl prayed for me... and man it was good! She just prayed some awesome stuff that I feel like God's been talking to me about... it was good :) I didnt get home till midnight, but it was totally worth it! Today was the first day of the World Outreach Youth Mobilization Forum.

We got a bit of an overview of the organisation and their need to be bringing more young people into the missions field - as so many of those in established ministries are over 45! Which is great that they have been serving, but the next generation needs to step up. We had a great intense day of interacting, dreaming up ideas and feeling quite overwhelmed with the task ahead. Tomorrow we are going to just really pray for a while about the direction God wants us to move in... so if your praying for us, please pray that we would hear his voice! We had great ideas today, but really if we aren't moving in God's direction, there is not a whole lot of point to all the wonderful things we could do!

This evening we went to a couples house and prayed with some awesome young woman - they are wanting to start up a program called 'Shine' here in Singapore. This program is a values based program that uses biblical principles to help girls see the worth they have in Jesus. Katie actually facilitates it in Tauranga, and Rebekah (another girl at the forum) has recently been involved in launching it in Vietnam! They group of girls we prayed for are really just starting out - but what an amazing God-meeting, that Katie and Rebekah would be here right when these girls were meeting to start the program. They were able to share the heart of the program with the girls, offer ideas and support for starting it in Singapore! Once again I was blown away by the way God works.

You know when I prayed that God would really use us this trip, it was more out of desperation to justify being here - that I could come back and say that those who have invested in this trip have done so wisely. But really I am so amazed that God, in all his wisdom and goodness, knew a long time ago that this trip was very important! Not just so we could pray and meet other believers and get connections, but that I too could have this time away to get re-focused on who God has asked me to be, and what he wants me to do with my life. My prayer is that He would do this for you too. Ask Him - I know He will answer you. All my love Alicia