A Pioneers Journey!

Kiersti with the kids at the hospital.

First week of camp!

Children at play around the guest house.

Our time spent in London, Paddington.

Pioneers

Hello once again!

So it has been a wonderful time out here, the team has been growing together and enjoying the Lord's opportunities that has presented itself!

The past two weeks of camp have ended rather well. Better and Anna have done a lovely job of runnning the camp smoothly. The beginning of the sencond week was a tad rocky, but finished rather well. We have completed another two villages in village ministry. The poverty compared to Gahini was even more than what people were used to by now. More little kids with malnutrition signs, no shoes, dirty ripped up shirs, and most little ones without any pants at all. But it was a joy to see these children and be able to pour out God's love to them.

We now have started to go to the Gahini hospital in the mornings. Yesterday was out first day there. There were two children in particular that broke out hearts. Mogy and Maria. Mogy cannot walk on his own, he is an orphan and lives by himself in the hospital guest house. Maria has epilepse and fell into a fire. About three moths ago when she came in she was so badly burnt she was numb to the pain. But the doctor says she was singing and praising God the whole time. Even now she goes around prayer for the others in the hospital for them to be healed. Her head, legs, and arms have been burnt, and her fingers have been amputated, but the JOY and LOVE from the Lord lives and shines bright through her!

That's all for now.

Thanks for the prayers, God bless!

Mogy and his friend.

Maria.

Village Ministry - Pioneers.

The Pioneers!

Update from the Pioneers!

Hello Brothers and Sisters, The team has had a wonderful, exciting, and enjoyable time here in Rwanda thus far. We made it safely and smoothly to Kigali on Sunday evening. We drove out to our home in Gahini, and settled ourselves in finally, rest! Monday and Tuesday were our 'planning'/meeting/refreshing days to prepare ourselves for the next month, and four weeks of camp. We started out first week of camp on Wednesday, 9th. It was definitely a joy to see so many children's faces light up with smiles and laughter! Sadly though, it is hard to see how many line up in anticipation of getting in, only to be told that there is no longer any room for more kids to register. The camp can now hold up to 150 kids per week, which is AWESOME! We've played games, sang LOTS of songs, swam in the water, taught them some of the Good News, and enjoyed a last day of camp Slip'n'Slide! Our goal this year for the camp is to bring more responsibility to the Rwandan leaders and for us to step back and get ourselves going with Village Ministry. Our first week was a wonderful success, we only had seven people help out, the other seven headed to Gahini village for Village Ministry. The reach out to the village was also a HUGE success, most days there were around 75-95 kids, and our last day we had over 100; which is basically like having a second camp for the kids coming from the same area. How rad! This second week we have already started to step back a lot. We have two people staying with the camp this week, not taking too much of a leadership role, but more so assistance. Ten - Twelve people will be going to another village around 4km away for this week. Hoping to bring a similar camp feel to it as the first week. Playing games, speaking, singing, doing skits, and basically just investing our time and energy into the children's lives around us that need to see God's love! (I mean we all need to see God's love, but hopefully these kids can see that through our actions and attitudes while spending our time with them!) Dylan and Erica have taken some time this morning to watch how camp was going for the first day of the second week. Trying to get some things together that might help Betty, who is the Rwandan leader of the camp, understand and take more control of how camp should look like. How to run it, to organize it, and make it functional. These past two days, Sunday and Monday, where days off for the team. We had a rather relaxing Sunday. We got to to a Sunday service in the church in Gahini, which was really fun, and we also got to stay and experience a good Rwandan styled church service! We were probably there for four hours minimum. The rest of the day people took as relax time, and recuperating time. Monday was an early day. Started it off with group devotions and singing as per usual, it was Erica's birthday so we sang Happy Birthday, then we jumped into a bus and headed to Kigali bright and early. Spent the morning at the memorial learning more about the genocide. Then headed to the Burban for some lunch, and then for some football! Eddie + Bonita Mwanavenassa are missionaries here connected with the NGM Church, and have a soccer ministry here. We played a hard played game against their U18 team, and went over to Eddie's place for pizza and stories afterwards. He told us about his life story and the effects of the genocide and we were able to ask questions, he's a fabulous story teller! Mainly that is our life in Rwanda so far, Thank you much for your support and prayer! God bless, The Pioneers!

Camp Gahini 2011, Limitless is sending a team of pioneeers to assist Camp Gahini in its 4th year. This year I, Dylan have the opportunity of leading the team. I was part of the 2nd years team and am taking the leadership roll as kenton, dan, and jordan will not be returning this year. The camp has become quite independent, and this year we will be taking more of a supervising position. Our ministry will also be targeting the near by villages. We ask for your support financially, but more importantly through prayer! For more info come to one of our banquets in september! Thanks!

The Reason I come Back every Year

As the sound of children filled the bank of the lake it reminded me yet again of why I come to Rwanda year after year. Standing on the top of the hill I looked down over the sea of 180 students all wearing their fancy new red shirts. Approaching camp gahini all of these kids come from different homes with different problems and differents levels of poverty. But as they step through the gate and are handed their t-shirt we all seem to find each other on the same level. Now there is no rich or poor, white or black. We are all red now and we are all together now. Even as I write this I hear 35 kids all in unisen reciting a bible verse in English wtih Kerri leading them in it. This is part of their drama class which her and Chris are leading along with some Rwandan leaders.

Coming to Camp Gahini this year has been a whole experience. Last night I was telling Jordan that I am little scared of letting go of camp so quickly “ its like giving up our baby” I said to Jordan and today this first day of camp has let me see that our “baby” is in good hands. With over 30 willing Rwandan leaders it is very apparent that Camp Gahini is something that will be lead well and will carry on without any lame attempt that we can offer it. So its good to be back. We are already no longer the leaders of this camp but simply the helpers.

We covet your prayers as we hand over our baby to these great people and as we as a team find our place of ministry in this beautiful land. We will seeking to do ministry in some other areas while we are here. Including village kids clubs, street kid ministry, and showing the Jesus video. Well the lake is calm and the sun is hot so I better get going, thanks to all those watching, praying and cheering us on as we serve our Lord on this red soil! -Dan

As the crowd gathers

Last night I saw something I have only heard stories about. We walked up the hill to the village of Gahini, spread a white sheet accross the side of the brick church, set up an extension cord and plugged in a computer, some speakers and a projector. Then we showed them the Jesus film in the local language Kinyarwanda. As the sun went down we had a solid crowd of about 40 people as the night got darker and movie got brighter the crowd got bigger...and bigger. At the end of the movie I stood up the share the gospel with people and squinted in the dark to see about 500 people all gathered around standing to watch the film of the greatest story in all history. It was a first time experience surly to change my life. We finished our third camp now with absolute and total success. It has been overwhelming to see the providence of God on our camp as we walk forward. As we have shared memories with these kids we know and we trust there is so much more going on in the realm of eternity in the lives of so many. -Dan

The Success of Camp 09

1^st and 2^nd Weeks of Camp Gahini 09 just went down in History. The simple fact is that camp so far has been a huge success. God brought us here to start something that has become very special. The returning kids from last year have jumped into the program with both feet, ready to do camp all over again, while the first timers are coming in timidly and transitioning into loud competitive team mates that have made life changing decisions.

When you step on the red soil of Africa you are bound to leave a changed person. Even more so when you are prepared early to start Camp Registration, and you open the big green gate and see anywhere between 300 and 400 kids ready and wanting to come in, it begins to feel like a camp for 120 kids seems so small. At that point it doesn't matter what kind of system you use to choose kids; it isn't a great one. You see a lot of kids turn around and walk 30 mins home in hope of making it next year. I can only imagine that the walk home feels a lot longer for many of them. It would be so great to see camps begin all over this area.

For the Kids who do come in it seems as it there is something special in the air. Even mentioning games, going swimming, or keeping their T-shirts has the kids cheering. But before we get to any part of our program the kids burn some of their endless energy the best way they know how; singing, jumping and dancing for Jesus. I often wonder if one of us didn't mention we are late for our first activity how many days straight they could jump and dance and sing. 'Would they skip lunch?' I don't know. (A toss up I imagine)

Our Canadian team + two Floridians have also created an awesome standard for what a team should look like. We are all switching roles to give everyone a chance to be a team leader. Each person has brought something valuable to the table and has demonstrated good leadership for our local leaders in training. I even see smiles on our faces when the sharp painful smell of BO burns through the sinuses during group hugs and dance circles. (don't worry team soon your sense of smell becomes totally destroyed and then it won't be bad at all)

This Camp has been all about huge upsets... We have had several games that the underdogs come through and win it all. In Team games and in Dodge Ball for example Robbie's green team had 5 kids left towards the end against one girl from Steph's Orange team, who pulled through for a huge win. As the camp 'games guy' I have seen the points go all over the place in the last two weeks, but I expect week 3 to be very stable, I expect a very consistent winner. (We'll keep you posted)

*Team Leaders for Week 3 are: Jordan, Daniel, Clinton and Kenno*

Kenno

Head over heels

Africa really has been incredible so far. Our team is gelling, and is already making fun of each other. I almost cried when Stephanie made fun of my back hair tonight…o’k not really cause I knew its just cause she loves me. Everybody tries to make fun of me a lot and apparently my good buddy Nigel gave them all instructions to annoy me as much as possible. I don’t mind though cause everyone who knows me tells me that I feel loved when people make fun of me. (I’m still not too sure if this is the truth or not yet). Today as we made our daily trek down the hill we had an entire fan club of kids follow us; each one trying to hold the hand of one of the “Mzungu’s”. Zach and the team strode majestically hand in hand with the beautiful children. It didn’t take long and I began to hear them starting to sing, “I luv you Jesus dee dow in my hart…” We soon had a whole choir of singing and dancing as we trucked down the hill to find our taxi bus to the city. I was a bit afraid that Carla would try to fit one of the kids in her bag to bring with her but we eventually tore ourselves away from the children to find a bus to the city where we found a whole new adventure. Standing in the bus area it only took minutes for a crowd to gather around to watch the “show” Andrew started singing the Brad Paisley song “when you’re a celebrity” and most of the team joined in. We eventually found a bus to take us on our adventure to Kigali the capital city. It was there that my eyes were opened; I had one those feelings come over me today that only come once every few years and for some people only once ever. Its that warm weird feeling inside that anyone gets when they begin to realize that this could be much more significant than they realize. I don’t know yet if its just being far from home and here in Africa but my eyes have been opened to understand more of where my hearts really at. The climax of my feelings were met earlier today when I walked into the jewellery store to see my prize first hand. Holding it in my hand for the first time sent chills down my spine and I just quivered at the thought of slipping it on. Today I can now proudly say that I am the owner of a calculator watch. That’s right, an authentic 100% plastic calculator watch straight out of the 80’s. I still can’t even sleep for the excitement and head over heels love that is in my heart for my brand new calculator watch here in Rwanda Africa! - Daniel

welcomed with open arms...kinda

After 2 very long days of travel our team finally landed down onto the red soil of Rwanda. We stepped out of the airport and sure enough our Rwandan friend from Canada Eddie was there to greet us. It was so nice to see a familiar face, but we had pretty high anticipation only to find that nobody was there to pick us up from Gahini. After finding public transport out to Gahini we found that there too we were on our own. In fact we have still yet to meet a leader or even an English speaker after 2 full days of being here. We’re starting to get a little bit nervous about this but nonetheless we have no loss of excitement, anticipation and confidence in being here. The team is all very excited to be experiencing the life changing soil of Africa with all its sounds, smells, landscape and mostly the smiles. We covet your prayers now as we prepare for our first camp this week and all of the uncertainties that face us at this time. We know God has brought us here but our hearts cannot help but feel the anxiety of all the unknown factors in play. Thanks to all you troopers who keep us in your prayers. Without the good Lord we are wasting our time and we are surly to fail. Praise Him for He’s worth the pursuit. Even all the way in Africa where we have no English translator, It makes it a lot more interesting this way especially for all our newbies!

The team from Left to right back row. Clint , Andrew, Zac, Dylan, Brett, Robbie

Front row left to right : Daniel, Kalena, Jordan, Gwen, Kenton, Carla, Stephanie.

Be blessed, From Team Rwanda and Limitless Ministries

Thanks

Thank you so much to all who have played an important role in Camp Gahini 2008. Team...you were amazing and we are all hoping to be back next year. To our donars....wow the support we recieved was amazing. We still have money left over from the camp that we can turn around and use for promo material as well as for Camp Gahini 2009. We dont have our website as of yet but if anybody knows someone who designs websites. we are in need of one, so until then send us your thoughts on our blog and we will do our best to keep everyone updated about what is going on with Camp Gahini and future Limitless ministries. Also if you are interested in having us do a presentation in your school or church please contact us and we would be more than happy to make this happen. Dan

Keeping It Real

Camp Gahini was all in all an incredible experience. For a dream like this to come together so quickly and so well, is truly amazing. God was working powerfully through this camp. This camp is unique in the effect it has on people, despite challenges and barriers, such as language, kids were affected and changed in awesome ways. It is humbling to see the ways God can use us despite our inabilities. I never knew what to expect from this experience, I never knew what Africa was like or even how this camp would affect kids better than any other method we could use to help the African people. So I stepped into this adventure trusting that God would take this camp and use it, and he did. My perception of Africa before I came was the pictures most people in North America know, a world vision commercial is all they every see, so they assume that is what Africa is. But this adventure opened my eyes. I realized that it is awesome to give money or support in any way you can; however African kids need more than money. They need opportunity. And that’s what this camp gives. It gives kids opportunity to just have fun, to learn and to feel loved. For us to show kids love and tell them we do what we do because God loves them is a profound concept for them. That is why to me it is important for us to be here. Money is great, but love is a necessity. That’s what we are here to give. It was extremely fun to watch as the kids had fun and learned that they can worship God in whatever they do. I feel that I have learned so much from the kids and from the whole culture in my short time here. I am excited to see where the camp will go in the future. All of us involved have ideas and dreams of what is possible, but none of our dreams can match up to God’s plans. That is why I believe this camp will be powerful for years to come. Caleb Davis

Speechless

I am speechless daily over the kids that surround us. Yesterday I stood under the shade of a tree and preached about love to a crowd of Blue as they sat on the grass and listened. At one point I wanted to hide behind my translator Georges just to hid the fighting tears as I talked about my love for money. Most of these kids have no understanding about the god of money for they have probably never owned any of their own. I asked them to pray for me and to pray for my country for I dont think I will ever understand simple faith the way that people here in Rwanda understand it. I find myself daily learning from these kids as I see pure joy on their faces. I hope and pray that God will break my heart for these people and for the people that God has put in my life at home. God's love for us is more pure than anything we will ever understand and all He asks of us is to love Him back. I guess in these past weeks that is the message that I have been preaching. These kids have been incredible, as I was speaking about love to them and how much God wants us to love Him and to love each other they began to put their arms around each other. Again I needed to fight back the tears. My best memory of this camp was watching the biggest smiles you could imagine as kids went shooting down the slip n' slide that we set up leading into the lake. Everyday I embrace smiles of children experiencing true joy. I learn so much from these kids and am daily challenged in my life. I know that God has good things in store for this camp and for the people of Rwanda. A couple of days after we arrived our main camp leader and translator Betty told me that weeks previous to our arrival she had been praying for a camp In Gahini and even called all the people she knew trying to organize one. only days before we arrived had she given up on the idea of having a camp for the youth here in Gahini. God knows our hearts, He knows His children and the more we seek Him the more He will put us where He wants us to be whether thats in a job or traveling or school or even living in a foreign land. When we let God's love overtake our lives and lead our steps we are left speechless. -Daniel

A Sea Of Blue

The second week of camp has concluded, it has been a myriad of emotions, chaos and fun! I often walk through this sea of kids wrapped in blue camp Gahini shirts and let the reality of this venture hit me. Just over a year ago it was a dream that God had placed into our hearts and now here we are half way done the first year of camps! It is overwhelming to ponder, the greatness of this God we serve.

This morning I was reading about Elijah and Elisha and how they went for a walk one day and as they came to the Jordan river they hit the water with their robe and it parted, so they could walk across on dry land. This is the God that we serve, the impossible becoming possible, dreams turning to reality. These past two weeks have been an incredible stretching process for the entire team. We have experienced so many trials, whether getting sick physically, dealing with cultural differences or the ever prominent language barrier. It has been such a blessing to watch as each team member takes on the responsibility given them and also continually picks up the slack for those sick or tired or just weary from the cultural differences and needing a break. We have had two camps thus far, each camp having roughly one hundred youth attending. In every camp it has been surreal to see the change in these kids lives, to hear their questions during team devotionals about where God comes from or where He lives. I have loved seeing smiles on their faces and even the tears in their eyes as the last day they walk out of chapel giving hugs and speaking in their broken english, "I shall never forget you". It is these smiles and tears that inspire and encourage us to continue to dream, and to trust that God has big plans not only for our lives but for the lives of each and every kid we have been able to get to know these past couple weeks. One story to leave you with; When we first arrived I was in meetings with the church leaders here in Gahini. As we went over what the camp was going to look like and all of the small details that are involved with starting a project of this magnitude my good friend and the man in charge here spoke up. He told me that this camp is not only our dream but has been their dream as well. The idea of bringing kids out of their day to day lives and letting them be kids for one week, of giving them good memories to replace all of the pain and hurt in their lives and showing them God's grace love and joy. This he said is something that has been needed here for years and is an incredible blessing to this country. Please continue to pray for us as we have two more camps left to go. Jordan

Great Comments

Thanks so much for responding to our blogs and corresponding with us. It is wonderful to hear what you are all thinking... It seems that we often make the mistake of not expressing ourselves to the fullest with each entry. Perhaps we forget about those who haven't the slightest clue of what we are doing and only tell small portions, and perhaps we also keep it too short and brief as we neglect to give our blog the amount of time it demands of us. For this I apologize.

First off, our lack of knowing the blogging world is why we are continuing a blog that was created for a different journey. This is our way of sending our stories home. For those of you more interested in this mission to Rwanda we have not expressed our hearts for this, and our mission statement to the side of the page here is more in regards to the World Faith Tour.

The connection between our last journey and this mission is this; We still have the same heart for seeking out our calling, to live as God would have us live. Our stories are those filled with adventures and excitement. We hope people who read this will be encouraged and possibly inspired to dream.

"Getting back into the Game" hopefully this saying isn't taken so seriously that we can base our theology on it. I find that in many ways we are getting back into something different. I personally don't feel as if I will be a different person in or out of the game. But as we prepared to leave our home and enter into a foreign country, everyday life becomes a little different, almost like a game. Suddenly nothing is familiar, the people treat you differently by our white skin. The prices get hiked up and people try to scam you on the streets. But in no way is this mission, this chance to teach kids, a game. We take this responsibility seriously.

For those of you who have been supporting us. We send you more "thanks". Your prayers have been needed. Your finances have been important. Many of you would know that we have gone through the organization of AYMI, who you sent your checks to. This relationship between AYMI and ourselves has benefited us as a way to keep our finances accountable to someone.

I would like to answer a few good questions asked by Kim;

Q: Is there need in Rwanda? Greater or lesser than Canada?

A: I feel there is a big need in Rwanda and we are here to work towards changing that. I could possibly write a book on the needs of this place and why I came. In the blogs to come I hope that some of the needs are expressed, and any of us are more than willing to share in person our understanding of the situation here in Rwanda. Canada too has a big need, in which we are all responsible for. Personally, I don't know how to measure greater and lesser need. There are many ways to help make Canada a better place, we should all do what we can.

I find it odd being here and hearing how so many people here wish Rwanda could be more like Canada. I often tell them, I wouldn't wish that upon you. Rwanda has many strengths that we don't as Canadians. I often mention to Rwandise that in Canada we often worship money.

Q: Are you fulfilling your desires for adventure?

A: Absolutely! I hope I speak for everyone on the team, its full of ups and downs, mostly ups.

Q: Is the money going towards a Project that is sustainable?

A: We hope so. It is kind of an expensive one-time thing to do here. So far many local leaders have taken an interest in using this program and performing it in smaller scales around the country after we leave. Thus far we are getting closer to setting things in place for next year, to make things better. Our plan is that this camp will be running locally in less than 5 years from now. It seems to be catching on so fast it may be less!

Q: What is it that attracted you to Rwanda?

A: Jordan is the guy who had some dreams and visions of this camp when we were here last year, so we committed to coming back in a year to make it happen.

We hope that our blog has not given you the idea that living 'extreme and going overseas' is hand in hand with obedience and righteousness.

Kenton

Familiar Red Soil

Sitting on a bus in Kenya my nostrals were filled with that very familiar B.O. that can only be found on this continent, Nigel says it is a warm inviting smell, but I am not so sure I agree with him on that one. Warm, and Inviting is how I would describe being back in Rwanda. Someone told us the other day that the first time you meet someone in Africa you are their guest and the second time you are their friend and the 3rd time you are their Brother. So it is such a great feeling coming to a place where I am a friend. It feels incredible to be walking on this familiar red soil that has the power to change lives. Kenya was beautiful and after only a day we got on a bus to Uganda and then here to the peace of Rwanda. (32 hours on a bus later)We got to Gahini Rwanda on Saturday night and were woken early Sunday morning being told that we were doing Sunday School. I have been waiting for a year for this!! The kids were in a huge circle and we jumped into the middle of it and sang songs and laughed. Kenton did the story of Noah getting all the kids to act as animals and again everyone laughed so deeply. It all just seemed to fall into place so fast. From the moment we have arrived we have felt almost as if we are visiting old relatives and as if the work here is second nature. Things seem to be falling into place around us and we daily see the ripples of a hand larger than ours shifting the waters. Thanks for your prayers we need them desparately for if we do things on our own we are destined to fail. Blessings, Dan

And we're BACK IN THE GAME!!!!

Well I am still pinching myself in the reality that almost a year has gone by since we returned home after our world faith tour. As I pulled my backpack out of the closet and brushed all the dust off to put it to use once again I just had to shake my head. I dont know if I have even looked at that pack since november of last year. Ya maybe it sounds weird to you to dwell so richly over my back pack but you gotta understand that for a world traveller my back pack is like my best friend. he goes everywhere with me. At times he's a burden to carry but he always delivers great prizes like...clean underwear, and socks. well hopfully clean anyway. So I filled her up with all I thought I needed and now we are off. Only a week ago I can recall sitting in the truck at work with the guys, looking at our unfinished house and shaking my head saying "guys, how in the world are we going to do this." At the time we had about 3000 dollars in our budget for the camp and a house that needing the outside to be finished. Now here I am sitting at the computer with my flight only hours away with over $15,000 in our camp budget and a house that's pretty much done on the outside (sorry Daryl, have fun!). People keep telling me that I must be so excited and I just smile and nod and say "ya...excited...I guess" yes I am excited but I suppose its a different kind of excitement. its different than the excitement of going to disneyworld, its kinda like the excitement of swimming with dolphins (cause all of us know what that is like) your excited but nerveous cause anything could happen. so we covet your prayers today and for the next weeks. We have high hopes for this camp and believe that God is going to do amazing things. blessing everyone and we will do our best to keep up posted. please reply if you can commit to praying for us everyday, we would really really love that. Dan

So, What's Next?

Coming home to Canada and finishing the biggest adventure of our lives felt very melodramatic. Since that day we have accustomed to life in Canada very quickly...almost too quickly. When a person comes home after something like this we must ask ourselves....what next. We can't stop dreaming, now we have to dream bigger. So this is it, the next dream for the lowly world faith travellers, PROJECT RWANDA, We hope to begin in November of 2008 bringing people and materials to begin a camp for youth in Rwanda. the location is already steaked out and now we need you. we need direction and eventually we will need a lot of money. If this is something that interests you please leave a comment with your e-mail and we will be sure to contact you in the next months as things come into place, or please send us an e-mail at one of addresses listed in our profile. Thanks and be blessed and dream big for the God we serve is so much bigger than this little world we live in at such a time as now. Daniel

The Final Days

I am sitting here in the shotgun seat of my friends motorhome looking out at the sun setting and driving towards home. Its a strange feeling that I am crossing north america yet again on my way home, but this time from a trip that has transformed my life. I cant explain all the ways that I have been changed but I for sure have a deeper sense that the God of the universe is just that. He is the God who holds everything in the palm of His hands, who is bigger and greater than I could ever imagine. Which is so exciting for me. He is not this god that I built and place in my home, something I understand and is tangible. Because why would I worship something I can understand. Before I left on this trip I was talking with a friend of mine who said that going and experiencing something like the world would surely destroy my faith. Well he was right. The immature faith that I had a year ago has been destroyed. I now have a faith so much deeper and more intense. Like nothing I have experienced before. I feel confident to step out, trusting that He will catch me, trusting that He is beyond my understanding and faults and that He loves me. I wish that I could put a years worth of experience and adventure and teaching onto this page for all of you to read. But the truth is, it takes a year. And reading it would not come close to the experience. Seeing the worship of idols in India and the secularism of europe, the freshness of Papua New Guinea all needs to be seen first hand for it to transform the soul. If you read this and your a person who does not know Jesus, I say start looking around, He is there in the places that rationale and western thought never look. He is in the eyes of the poor, the hands of the sick and yet fills the sky with glimpses of His glory! That is the God that I worship with excitement and awe.