Posted above is a picture with a few of the 130 campers at a Young Adult Camp in Batu Malang last week. Joy, Ethan and I returned late Friday from this 7 day ministry trip which also included ministry at 3 Churches in Surabaya. We are now happily recovering from the intense schedule as we prepare for services at ICCJ in Jakarta tomorrow.During the 2nd to last service at the camp, the breaking of bad habits and addictions became the main focus. After a powerful time of ministry, I asked all there who had paraphernalia connected to these addictions to go to their rooms and bring those items to the altar. Specifically, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pornography, stolen items and condoms. The campers responded willingly!
One of the more interesting items was several cellular phones with pornographic videos and pictures on them. The leaders deleted the pornography and returned the phones to the owners after initiating proper counselling.
Here in Indonesia, the statistic is more then 40% of teenage boys who reside in major cities regularly watch pornography which they mainly get from the Internet and “under the table” from DVD retail shops.
In this day and age, it has become necessary to DELETE the devil from our lives… our computers, cellular phone and especially from our hearts and minds.
As we had traveled to this camp, Joy and I had sensed an urgency that many lives were hanging in the balance and it certainly was true. We thank God for the opportunity to serve God and His people in this way and we ask you who read this report to pray for those who were delivered by the power of God…. That they will make good decisions and persist in their continued deliverance until they are able to stand strong in the Lord. Amen!
Link to the Photo Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/stevem.iccj/Oct2008GSJAEbenezerYoungAdultCampBatuMalang#
