A couple of weeks ago, my shepherd asked if I was interested to go on a mission trip to Wynnum. I gave some thought about it and decided, hey, why not, since I was on holiday and did not plan on any activities that week, might as well spend some time doing something beneficial instead of letting time fly by. So I went to Wynnum with some people from my CG and we combined with others from another CG.

Going into a mission field in another country is a totally different ball game. We had to adapt to the new culture, be brave ad step out in faith as we approached people. Wynnum is a small suburb by the coast with mostly retirees living there. So, you can imagine its a quiet and slow area with not much entertainment.

On the 1st day we just went to scout around the town and supermarket to talk to people and find out more about the place using a set of survey questions. However, we discovered that we went at the wrong time....afternoon, and there weren't many people outside. So, we learned from our mistake and modified our schedule for the following days.

On the 2nd day, we went on a prayer walk around the area and discovered that there were 9 churches, 6 of which were cults. Therefore, we could see there is a bondage in that place. My partner and I talked to an old man and he was into witchcraft. Then, we did street preaching and evangelism in the park but not many people were there that afternoon and no one was bothered about us. It was the 1st time doing so for many of us and we were very very nervous. But of course Christ was our source of strength. We felt that the ground was very hard that day and went back with more prayer for the following day.

On the last day, we did street preaching and evangelism as well...and this time we could see the difference that people were more open. I was more relaxed personally as there were people that approached us and we received 40 cents! haha! We felt really encouraged by the change in response in people and my partner and I managed to share the gospel to a Japanese girl.

We achieved our goal of scouting the place and got more information from the locals. Wynnum needs lots of prayer to free from the bondage of occultic practices. Finally we went for a BIG dinner after fasting lunch for 3 days and surviving on $3 per person for the entire trip. Hee!