ME AS KRIS

- Tell the World -

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Hi and Happy New Year to everyone! This is my first post in this year. I tried to draw with digital painting and will have more story later. Anyway, short brief about this picture is little panda Corby cat (Castro) has a dream to fly and explore the world. Nobody believed his dream to fly, either his parents and friends. One day, he met Drug, who was a legend in his village and has made as successful chief in the village. He told Drug his dream, but Drug just said ‘If you willing to fly, you also are willing to drop yourself!’. That statement really opens his eyes and after that, He tried many things to fly. In the market, a mechanical engineer told him to fly on his body is somehow possible but risky. Then, in partnership they made a mechanical wing and Castro tried to fly with that.Many accidents and time that He spend to fly. Until one day, Castro felt is impossible and wanted to give up. While the festival on the village began, he met again with Drug. ‘I told you for ready drop yourself’ said Drug to Castro. Drug bring Castro to his room and show him a photo of Mineral, his daughter. Drug said ‘Do you know this is my baby girl?’. Castro replied, ‘No, I never see her, where is she now?’. ‘18 years ago she was missing in my first inauguration as a chief village. I wanted to bring her with me, so she can know her daddy is a successful person but that day was very crowded.’ said Drug. Castro replied, ‘Was she missing in the crowd?’. Drug answered, ‘Technically ya, but I think it is my ego to bring her. I never imagine living whole days without her’. Castro said, ‘How about if I can fly and find her for you?’. ‘That is atta boy! You need more purpose to fly and determine the reason for someone to wake you up more and burn that fire!’ said Drug. Castro asked, ‘What do you expect?’. Then drug answered ‘You never can walk alone to do things, all you need is yet another reason if one reason didn't work. Get it again until accomplishes your purpose’. The Castro story has brought many perspectives into our lives, isn’t it? Why do we need many reasons to live? To grateful? Even to step in on our faith?

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The Research Experience and Interaction on Beliefs

Greeting you guys from all over the world ! I am sure this online posting can reach to anyone who surfing on the internet when I share it on social media. I never told what I am working and what is my role in the society right now, so today I want to tell you about it :)

I am working as UI/UX Designer and freelance consultant sometimes. This role in society is quiet on demand for technology achievement since all people starting their own digital startup nowadays. As I work and experience more in this field, I feel this is an exciting role and work. You research human interaction with the define persona and keep researching their interactive way with devices or things they like. Then the latest part is doing the development with design and coding as solution from the feedback.

The thing is this field of work actually has been on several years before but we never realize it happened on society. We always keep assuming on ourselves and doing thing that we think that are true. I am not saying that what we think are never right, but merely on keep persuading people mind on the right track is really hard if we do not have enough data.

Christianity as what my belief has been doing the interaction data  analysis on human by the Bible from 408 B.C. (based on Google), and I think being that long of data can be have miss calculation of how we believe something right now. I do not mean I do not believe God as creator has giving miss calculation revelation to people on writing Bible. This is just adaptive to evolution of how man doing something, such like we can see one of the example is church using full music band for their every week services. I could say we have to do research once again. Why modern age of people (millennials) not believe on religion ? What happened with today teaching ? Why as we are growing modernize, there are more people not believe on someone also make them ?

Sadly to see the generation has come this far, but nothing we can do to attached them with God. We know Bible said that more people will come to their nature of their sins and this is one of the last days of earth. But do we give up with it ? I believe in this method on solving when I am working with my company but i think we can implement this on the beliefs, even we have to create more method to search for solution, we could make it better, as we know our knowledge is come from Creator and it is just not instant things. Remark ourselves that what Paul said on this world

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. “ Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

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Outside The Box

Have we ever think what we are doing right now ?

How many of us ever decided to choose our life like these days ?

As I life until today, I always ask for myself, is it really right doing things I do right now ? I would think again, there are a lot of my past I did mistakes and did right, but those all matters ?

I grew up with family who don’t believe in Christ from beginning. I get know Jesus since I went my first primary school. I did not know why my family put me in Christian school. I heard people said that my first Christian school is the best school in town. Otherwise, no reasons at all

Then, time past and I become fully trusting in God not because I was in Christian school, but my brother make me come to church. Funny, right ? It is not even relevant. I am learning that our life is not relevant with what we are thinking inside our box right now. It is ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’.

Imagine you have a pet. Let’s say it is hamster or maybe can fishes. Do you know when we put them inside of the box, they are actually doesn’t seem happy ? Well, i don’t know because I can’t talk with them, hahaha. The point is you are not a pet. You are an unique creature and thinking inside the box make your world small, like a cage.

Thinking and Planning are actually a good things to do and I am not deny not using that method, but when you are sucked into it, it become your paranoia not thinking and planning inline with what you have. These days, the fact that we can really see is ‘money’. We all drive into that situation when we always think future and success are having wealthiness. We seek them as the hamster or fishes or other pets, waiting for food in our cage and not trying to think outside the cage.

Ya, you can say without money we cannot continue our life. I can say that we are making the box. As we see our creator, He is not creating money for us, but He is creating this world for us. I do not say I hate money or other things against money, but the fact that we should know that we are inhaled on that issue. I would suggest is ‘Think Outside The Box’. I can guarantee that without putting ‘money’ issue on our future priority make us a better person and free, beside putting all your have family future issues in your Creator and not just think, why i can’t save that much or how i can earn more?. 

Making plan and think like Jesus, He is Outside The Box.

-Me as Kris-

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Thrive of Passion

Hi everyone ! looks like a long time i was not posting anything here. My life is still go on here, how about you ? Well, today I want to tell you stories what I have been doing lately and some of my days.

As you recognize or not, my passion and my heart are all about art and design, also seeking God within them with loving people are also my big passion. 

So this past week I just finished my very first mural project here in Jakarta, and I was so excited when I got the opportunity to do that thing in my country. Even I am not get paid, because I told to do it as my passion and volunteer to make Jakarta more artsy city :) but anyway it works out with some struggling around it. I collected some people to help me for this project, but in the way they just can do it at some points, so there is a struggling to make a promise to the cafe that allowed us to do mural from 3 weeks into 3 months on the way. Well, i know to do as a volunteer is not kind of everyone favoritism,and i’m kind of learning about people character and nature here, that is what i like beside of the detention, and here is the result :)

It is about game room and We made it to have teamwork points on it. The value here is everyone from diversity group could work together. We couls see the picture is combination from several popular games to reach the same goal, because the intention of this life is loving each other and respect each others, as God who made us and He has said ‘Love your Neighbors as you love you yourself’ . No matter what I believe we created by a God that do not want heaven without us. As He loves us so much, so He give the only Son to save each one of us.

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This past a year, I have learned many things. My failure and my goal are all kinds of thing that work together. They’re all bring me hope and reason to keep going towards my calling. I will tell in here more about what I have been through in past a year. His Grace and faithful never leave me here. Then I will tell in other article in couple days or weeks, so stay tune here ^^

Leave me some comments or message if you attracted for doing mural or some artsy stuffs we can do together, because change started from what we are doing not only what we are talking about and let’s pray together.

-Me as Kris-

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Track de’Spirit

Hi everyone ! It has been a while since last updated and sure It has been a long steps after my mission study life last year. 9 months pass and learning from my wrongs are not easy. In the process, I am getting to know new people, learning from experiences, and keeping the relationship going on. Kinda hard, but never give up to be faithful for doing God’s work in my life.

Anyway, today I want to sharing some few months I that become my highlights in bringing God’s kingdom in this city, Jakarta. I think this story happened like this week. So I was in this bus ↓↓

Like always in the first weekdays, I get the bus to the place where i work. Suddenly, in the middle of the journey, there was an old man asked me about the route and I told him the route He wanted to know. Then, the conversation discontinued for a while, but Holy Spirit inside me, make me asking just a word ‘ are you alone ? ‘ and I never noticed why I want to ask that. Well, conversation continue with He telling himself alone, which mean ya... i already sure he is alone because he was asking me the route. After that, the silence continue in a while and not for long, unexpected of mine... He suddenly spoke up, He came to Jakarta with his wife to see their children but now He is alone because her wife died when they just landed in Jakarta.

Wow, it stoked me up in a while with the grumbling in my heart. ‘ What are you doing God ? Why I started to make this man sad again ‘ and this old man starting to grieve. I said in my heart ‘ Well God, teach me how to responsible from what i was just ask about ‘ God just said to me to telling Him that He is not alone, because God always be with him and I just continue with some conversation with God direction and pray for him with crowd of people watching me that I am doing something and make this old man cry. LOL

At the end of the destination of where this old man should stop, he thanks me before he left. He said there is still a great young man like you who want to be kind to the old man and not like the young people nowadays. That word make me realize the cruel image of the young people nowadays for the old man. Also, this time I am very happy that can share and telling love of God for the people who in need.

The next one of the highlights is when I was get the team outreach with some YWAMers from YWAM Perth outreach team in Jakarta. We went to the beach and split up into small groups to

do evangelism for some people in this area. The area seems really nice now rather than years ago. You must try it here :) The split up team which with me stop on the old lady who is selling in that area. We talk a lot with her and knew that she has kind of stomach sickness. Then we pray for her and told her about Jesus. A pain of her sickness is slowly gone as her respond is accepted the word of God but her action to do commitment that She want to follow Jesus is bringing her doubt within her to choose her family or God. We cannot insist her to make the action to commit but We keep praying for her until the end. At last, we show her a mercy with giving her some money to spent and share a snack food to make her not continually  get stomach sickness. She accepted all of it as we are hearing God’s voice and lead us to her with she realize that she still has God (Jesus) that took care for her.

I am feeling so thankful right now when I can telling to you guys that God still working in my life and this city. Ok, This story will continue to the last month ministry in the slum with YWAM outreach team and some graduated YWAMers in Jakarta. We went to this slum that I never have think before of people can live in this area nowadays. In my mind, this city has been increase so much and nonsense that people can still live in this area. I do not know what happened with government and these people, and I cannot judge what are they doing. I am pretty sure God has His way. So this slum area was in under the bridge lane road and people live and make their house in the pit of the road. There are also many kids live there.

My heart break down, as I am really want to build a house for them but my capacity to do that is not enough. I saw many churches come in to ministry in this area but nobody give solution to build a house for them, while i am saying this i am trying not to say church doing the wrong way but more in criticism as Body of Christ that not seeing a slum as an opportunity to ministry but be the solution of that slum. I still praying until now there will be change there and see people have get to the solution for this.

Beside it, I am thankful there are many great people want to come and ministry in this area to encourage this people in their living. When I asked some people who is living here, they said they have been living here in 15 years and there are 400+ people living in this area. That also stoked me up with how they can feel happy and blessed. Some of them going to church and there is church in that area every Sunday.

Me and some friends do ministry in Sunday school there and it was so fun. The purity of the kids heart make us feel they are precious as God’s creation. So for the people who read this blog.. please if you can help this guys have better living and need help to make it happened, don’t hesitate to contact me because I am really happy to contribute as I can to do it.

Last, there are so many highlights happened in this few months but i think there are the big point that God teach me these days that He still working in my life and others. Bring the light and  joy to others, it is not about how much you can give but your heart determine who you are for others.  Thank you guys ! You have save by grace :) See ya.

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APE ROCKET FLYING !!! #webdesign #animate #stopmotion #rocket #madappe

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The Review of Faithful Creator

Hi, It is a long time I did not post because It make time for me to think what should I post. Anyway, thinking of what should I share to you today is I have finished my DTS in YWAM Perth, I just want to share about my outreach a little bit what I and my team have done there. There are some photos below but I cannot share a lot because there are some privacy issues that I have to keep.

When I see their smile of knowing God, it was different from common smile that I ever seen. Their peace of knowing God is also different from the common peace that I ever felt. God is so faithful to reach to them, He got us into the people that hungry and thirsty for truth.

We saw salvation and people’s mindset change about the things we done in there. He also taught me from my faith experience and my outreach experience that everyone of us is valuable to Him and that is why I choose to reach people is because to make Him known to them that He already reached me and I want He reached other people too.

Truth cannot be disappeared because there is still me and you the people who love God... and what if we, all of us disappeared ? is the truth disappeared ?

I have to answer and believe no ! (Matthew 24:35) because He is still faithful and He loves this world so much. It is The Endless Devoted

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Prejudice and Judgemental

:Today, what is stood up for me is about this video.

Today, what I learned about in Mission Week is with starting with some questions. The question that start is about How Devil has authority in our life ? After long explanation from Genesis Chapter and The Speaker comes out with the answer that We are the one that give authority to the Devil and agree with the statement, because the Devil cannot get into our relationship with God if We do not get he space in our life.

Anyway, I will explain that thing later if I have another few times or you can ask me personaly. The point of today sharing is about this Prejudice and Judgemental thing that has happened since Adam knew about the good and the bad. We are trying to compare things because of our knowledge. 

(Matthew 7:2-5)  "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." What Jesus was condemning here was hypocritical, self-righteous judgments of others.

Jesus said about this very clear and I think many christian know about this, but now... the relation I want to go in is Unity of Christ. Hirarchy that especially inside the church has made us blind about how judgement we are. We created the boss in the Unity of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12) Paul said that how hand can work without body ? how eyes can work without the body ? In the body of Christ, all people have speciality... no matter how dull or good you are... We are special and we need each others. The judgement in this area about who being leader ? who being apostles ? who being pastor ? and we always thaught we cannot do the same thing or we do not have the gift... That is very prejudice.

Open your heart when you read this, We all have the same gifts and We can do the same things, it is just how we focus on area we want to geared it. We choose different path, it is not mean that we cannot choose the same path. We just need how to submit to each others, like how Jesus said in Bible. We need order position but never think we are higher than others, even we have different ages, because I learned a lot here when ages is hirarchy in Asia country and I am trying to submit each others here.

It is not about the right or wrong.. respond of submission is the important. The Country nowdays have many issues of judgement, also right or wrong. The homo sexual issues also become right or wrong. The solution of this example of homo sexual is I just can say “don’t judge them”, because we never know how they live like and their problems... What we can do is spread truth of God where this is not God want into us. The truth that Eve is a part of Adam, so they are one and the homo sexual case, they support the truth that Eve before also is part of man, but what God want is difference in unity like Adam got supporter and submit each others with Eve, so we have a relationship, like how God has His Trinity status that we cannot explain it in separation... but we only can tell that They are One and in relationship with each others.

 There are many things about this prejudice and judgemental that I cannot explain one by one and it can took so long. I just want you guys to pray after reading this, is it a prejudice and judgemental thing that We still have and need to change, because it can be part of sin to us and enemy attack in our life.

Thank you for reading this^^

-Me as Kris-

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Child of Light

(1 Thessalonians 5:5) You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

This week I am very sure God speak about darkness and light. When I was praying for our outreach two days ago, I felt like God speak about three shadows and one spotlight that lighting the three shadows, but the shadows still black and not disappeared. I am not very sure until now what the three shadow mean, but I still pray about it and trying to get to logic perspective about the three shadows are three teams that we are going to split and send to three different areas of outreach.

After that my friends still pray about what it is mean and she got verses about light and darkness in Romans verse “something ( I forget about the verse^^)”. After that, this morning... some of people from another Disciple Training School class in this April Quarter got revelation about light and darkness too and She said We was like in the middle of war and we are choosing the weapon and use it for fighting darkness. We do it as a team which like an orchestra team that has the own uniqueness in playing our instruments. We play it together, so it will make harmony and great power to overcome darkness. She said also, we are “Children of Light” which the same verse that my friend told me before.

Guys, in this story happened in my life... I want to tell you that we are in our battle ground, fighting with darkness in our life (flesh). Sometimes, we do not know what we are facing. A cowboy does not shoot everywhere to get to his enemy, doesn’t he ? We know who our target and we know what we have to do. Never stop when you never try it, and never stop when you are not success yet. Although that, when we read all the verse in Thessalonians 5, we know that Paul said to us to encourage each others and I am encouraging you guys with this blog to get up from your comfort zone and make something that you feel you need to change or do it.

Note: The pic is the game of CHILD OF LIGHT *credits to*

Thanks guys for reading^^ -Me as Kris-

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Financial Statement

Ok guys.. Today I want to share my important prayer about finance now. Why I share this ? Should I see this like I don’t have faith ? I think not.

I think, I have to share this because I want being humility, humble and responsibility for the finance thing I need for my mission school fees and outreach now in YWAM Perth on my Media, Art and Photography Discipleship School.

I want to share this shortly and not long and I hope so, lol. So... I have tell you in this blog how I can come to YWAM Perth to do Discipleship Mission School. Then, my heart for outreach come to part of East Asia. This is kind of secure country and I cannot talk much about this country in public because I want this mission be growth with God’s plan. My vision for this country is, I see a lot of missionary by discipleship way and they can spread to all nations for teaching about gospel. I need about $4500 AUD and $2380 AUD for my school fees here... These are a lot and more than before for me, guys... I know what you gonna said... but, I trust my Father that He is providing. This is very important for me guys... God name will glorify through what happened and I want you to keep pray for me and support me.

I want to share some story while I am in here and I will tell you later. This is important for me to share because this is my step of faith to being faithful and try to tell you guys what happened and keep going in faith together with this part. Every amount of your gift is counting from God and this is not only trip for me, this will be my life and death across nations to spread gospel.

Thanks^^God bless You

-Me as Kris-

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New Season

Hello guys, it is very long days for me this week. We got “Forgiveness and Repents” theme this week and 3 days camp without electronic devices. I have also learned a lot from myself this week. I seek my heart to God deeply again this week and I see that I always complain and unbelieve when the problems comes and affect my condition. I know that my God is greater than it but I am always unsure and pretend to be sure. I am very sorry for that and I want to change it better.

Many people always see me with big faith that I have, but I always feel that I do not get that faith because I feel it is too heavy for me and I am weak. The problems that comes in my life with I always thought is bigger than my faith. My decision to follow God, I always think it is hard.... many things need to sacrifice.

but it is not... (Matthew 11:28)  "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. I think I am not weary and burdened again but I still and I need God to give me the rest. 

Honestly, since I am here what I feel like is I was trying to escape with pretending I have big faith, but now I know I am not escape, but I am chasing unto God with giving my full life in this Disciple Training School. A month in here, I seek that God always provide me even I do not get any money left and don’t know how to fund raise back in hometown. I get a good food, good vacation and etc. I get healed from my sick just in one time prayer that never happened to me before and amazing things to have great encouragement talk to stranger to make God known.

I think these all I can share for today, thank you for reading my post^^ and I have decide my outreach location where I want to do is in China and it cost around 4500 AUD . It cost for my 3 months there and also add my school fee around 3000 AUD, so total is 7500 AUD I need to fund raise. 

Tell me if you get ideas for fund raise. Your prayer and  support in finances also important for God to be Known and be Glorified ^^ I hope this post help you to know me and know God better. 

If you have any question you can directly ask me

-Me as Kris-

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Man’s Communication of Integrity (Komunikasi Manusia yang Berintergritas)

Today what I am posting is about the Integrity that I have learned in my study on MAP DTS, especially in our communication value. We know that communication is very important in human life and we cannot be loving person withoit communication. Otherwise, communication of integrity is speaking about how we serving our audience in effectiveness way and appropriate truth.

Truthfully, communication can bring brokenness, desire to be more, and many feeling conditions, but communication also can bring good aspects if we do it in right methodology and become an effective communicator with bring solution, comfort and creativity into our integrity in communication.  1 Timothy 2:1-4 (KJV) I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. This verse tell that we must walking with integrity in our communication with audience that can start with God first with our thankful heart (prayer, intercessions, giving thanks) of knowing God and release powerful message of knowledge in reconciliation (wisdom of communication). 

Beside from our right method in the integrity communication, we also directly honoring God, then we should know how to serving audience with our communication. Knowing the audience is the first thing to do with some observation about making our integrity in communication. We must know about the appropriate medium of audience (language, age, technology they use, beliefs, and etc.). The very appropriate example we can learn about is Jesus and God  Himself. He is very consistency with His words and promises. He do not have spirit of independence, so He can make Himself like to share and tell his audience when Jesus was making miracle or otherwise teaching. 

Well, Jesus is the only direct media that God Himself want to have His worthy for us. He is specific and bring solutions.

Hari ini yang saya sedang posting adalah tentang Integritas yang telah saya pelajari selama di MAP DTS, terutama nilai komunikasi kita. Kita tahu bahwa komunikasi sangat penting dalam kehidupan manusia dan kita tidak bisa mengasihi orang tanpa komunikasi. Jika tidak, integritas dalam komunikasi berbicara tentang bagaimana kita melayani pendengar/penonton kita dengan cara efektif dan benar-benar sesuai. Sejujurnya, komunikasi dapat membawa kehancuran, keinginan untuk menjadi lebih, dan berbagai kondisi perasaan, tetapi komunikasi juga dapat membawa aspek baik jika kita melakukannya dengan cara yang tepat dan menjadi komunikator yang efektif dengan memberikan solusi, kenyamanan dan kreativitas dalam integritas saat berkomunikasi. 1 Timotius 2: 1-4 Pertama-tama aku menasihatkan: Naikkanlah permohonan,  doa syafaat dan ucapan syukur untuk semua orang, untuk raja-raja dan untuk semua pembesar,agar kita dapat hidup tenang dan tenteram dalam segala kesalehan  dan kehormatan. Itulah yang baik dan yang berkenan  kepada Allah, Juruselamat  kita yang menghendaki  supaya semua orang  diselamatkan  dan memperoleh pengetahuan akan kebenaran. Ayat ini mengatakan bahwa kita harus berjalan dengan integritas dalam komunikasi kita dengan pedengar/penonton dengan memulai kepada Allah dengan hati yang bersyukur (doa syafaat, memberikan terima kasih) mengenal Tuhan dan melepaskan pesan yang kuat tentang pengetahuan dalam rekonsiliasi (kebijaksanaan dalam komunikasi). Selain dari metode yang tepat kita dalam komunikasi integritas, kita juga harus menghormati Tuhan, maka kita tahu caranya melayani pendengar/penonton dengan komunikasi kita. Mengetahui pendengar/penonton adalah hal pertama yang harus dilakukan dengan beberapa pengamatan di dalam integritas komunikasi. Kita harus tahu tentang medium yang tepat mengenai pendengar/penonton (bahasa, usia, teknologi yang mereka gunakan, keyakinan, dan lain-lain). Contoh yang sangat tepat adalah belajar tentang Yesus dan Allah sendiri. Dia sangat konsisten dengan kata-kata dan janji-janji-Nya. Dia tidak memiliki roh penyendiri, sehingga ia sangat senang untuk berbagi hidupnya dengan pendengar/penonton ketika Yesus melakukan mujizat maupun mengajar. Nah, Yesus adalah satu-satunya media komunikasi langsung dari Allah sendiri bahwa Ia ingin kita layak bagi Dia dengan menyerahkan diriNya. Dia sangat spesifik dan membawa solusi.

-Me as Kris-

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LOVE FOR NATIONS

Hello everybody^^ It has been 2 weeks in learning  MAP DTS at YWAM Perth. We are learning about Nature & Character about God. Anyway, sorry for my random post sometimes, but when I write my blog, I always try to hear what God tell me to wrote about. I am very grateful since my day in here, so much to learn about International Community in Christ, how We always listening in God’s voice, act in different cultures and languages.

This weeks, we get some activities in work duties and small groups to know each others better with our testimony.  We also got some clarification in our outreach location where we will have outreach. Many stories I heard about their testimonies that they were hurt by our Christian people in other places in this world. My heart is very hurt when I listened to their testimonies and I hope you guys can pray with me for all Christian people to have right value and intimacy with God. 

So far so good that I learned about is also to love people that do wrongs thing, the other believers and disorder false, because that was Jesus done in John 8:2-11.  I can just tell that many strange, abnormal, wrongs things happened to this world and as a believer I also feel it is very hurt for seeing something like that. I am encourage we as believers to have heart for them, do something and pray for them because with Our Understanding of Who God is, comes also Responsibility to Do More.

Well, that’s all the things I can share this week and can be bless for you guys. Thank you for have praying and supporting me^^ and If you guys want to ask and support about my condition and etc, you can contact me directly. Thx, God bless You

-Me as Kris-

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GREATER THAN I AM

Finally, I have arrived in Perth safely by the Grace of God. It has been probably a week since my last post. I have got many great days here since I was here.  In the first week here, I learned about “Hearing God’s Voice” . I met many friends also from many nations that trust God in their life to be here studying about being a missionary. 

The core that push me back to the right is being a humility person. In listening God’s voice the first priority that I should check is am I humble enough to listen to Him, because the thing that I learned about humble is not only how we act but how we listen for people and God. We put all things into relationship and to make a relationship, We need heart of humble. In Galatians 5:13-15 clearly said that “We must serve one another humbly in love” . We always see it as action, but the first situation that Paul said in here is not being a slavery again. We free as lead by Holy Spirit and to lead by the Holy Spirit we must hear first, then do. 

At the first, if you read my statement up there It will be very confuse, but the key is only “humble”, so you can start the point heart - listen - action . Anyway, there are many things, I also want to search about God’s real objective in my life and I think all my way to here is a grace and part of my journey with God for me.

You guys can keep pray and support fund for me to live as I am now.  I will always keep my faith in God and never lose hope in spread gospel to world. 

Thank You

-Me as Kris-

[measkris]

Trial, Learn and Error

Hi everyone, today is just 3 days more for me to go to Perth. I am very grateful, my visa has been granted on last Monday. But you know, there are some problems when I was booking my airplane ticket. I never think I did such as stupid false that impact my flight ticket future. 

As you know, my name is only “Kriswanto”, but I got in my ticket is “Kriswanto Kie”. It was because when I bought it I was login with the flight member account and VOILA... just the “next” magic make a problem. In my ticket have last name that was only have in my all online account, not legal certificate.

The first thing I done was called flight assistant from the airline . He told me to email to the online ticketing part from the airline. I mailed them and they got me respond on next day. I was very shock they told me to refund because of that name. The reason is my name must same with my passport which only “Kriswanto”. Immediately, I was run to airline office to ask and take my member card which I haven’t take since I made it. Wow, they told me the same thing.

I am very confused and unhappy that day, all am I did, just asked people about their experience in boarding. I told the person who paid me for the ticket and He told me no problem, but  I am very feel unpleasant about did stupid thing like that. Finally, there is a person of church member who work in that airline and I asked her.

You know, it is not going easy. The next day which is today, I always insist ask and worried about this thing and then She is not very comfortable with my ask. She told my brother that I am very impolite in asking. In my part, seriously I do not want to feel like I am insist, just maybe many people asking me about my ticket, especially my mom who is very worried and make me too confuse to answer. I am very sorry to make all things like this today. In the end, I do not know maybe She understand about my position, then She told me not take refund action yet because I am in my progress on refunding and want to change other airline, but She told me not to do it... wait for her friend answer and asking for other people who work on there.

Finally, I just can pray and canceled my refund and then lately, She told me I can go with that ticket with telling the check in boarding to make my name same as the passport, so I will go with good. I am happy to hear it, but I do not know why today I feel so wrong doing everything, I haven’t prepare all things because of this problem and I have to do it all tomorrow, pack and get all things. I just believe and learn what I have through, all my days until the day I have to go, it makes me become a better and careful person. This is my story that I have to finish it and I will sure You will see the end.

Thank you

-Me as Kris-

[measkris]

Unstoppable and Unpredictable

Well, today what I want to share is I have AWESOME DAYS that never happened before. You know, when I started to follow what God want to to put in my life about doing a mission in my live and evangelism people, I never realize He gave me such amazing grace and faith.

As you know, I never had budget to do a school mission in Perth and I just walk in faith as I know God will provide me. The first thing I did with my faith action is listening what God want me to do... and I follow the feeling inside my heart, I sold T-shirt with just a bit profit but what amaze me is God provide me until I can pray for health insurance visa with less than 4 weeks, that is 409 AUD... lol, it is big money in Indonesia then within 2 weeks I just keeping my faith selling t-shirt but it’s just have bit profit. That’s the case, when I feel afraid and don’t know what to do again, until last Friday... 

One of my friend called me in the morning that He said He asked about my progress now. lol... I  told him I still in my visa progress and not yet apply, but  after that He just said, ok... btw, I will provide your airplane ticket. Call me again when you all ready. After that, I just can silent, what ? my visa not yet in progress and you want to provide my airplane ticket, some funny thing that I thought about it.

and, I just still worried about my visa application... I asked God, why He not want to pay for my visa first ? because it’s expensive than my ticket ? But Suddenly, God remind me this thing, I have a red carpet for you now, you can do your part and praise me more and that day also I have schedule to get my sponsor letter from church... I just wait and I think church will provide me that day but I am wrong... nothing happened, they just get me the letter.. lol.

I am very desperate and don’t know what to do... really. After that, just I feel, I must go to the VSF Global Jakarta (Australia Visa Application Centre). I just tell all my friends, that I get faith to go to VSF now without visa application fund. The funny thing is I got there and they already close and they told me to come on Monday. Wow, very unpredictable feeling what I got. Later, I checked again my bank account and no fund yet, and I really do not know what to do that day.

At Saturday, I just remember about red carpet thing, God have told me about... I praised  Him many times at that day until I do not really know what to do. I have promised with my friend to do garage sale on that day but He have trouble so He can’t come to help until when I asked one of my other friend to help, and she said she can’t. Well, she asked about my bank account number... so I gave her. Just before noon, I praised God again, until when I saw my phone notification, there is a message from her. She told me she has transfer amount of money... and when I checked it, I just feel I want to cry and very amaze to God, it is about 400 AUD, and I have got half of my visa application budget... so It’s more than what God provide me.

In the last, today I have applied it and the VSF staff said I need student certificate of my previous school, but I told her, I just graduated and not yet received the certificate. But she insist me better to give and yeah actually I just tell her to progress it now and later if embassy need that document. The truth is I have asked from my university about graduated letter first last week, but my Head of Major in my university just gave the GPA results today to academic, so maybe I will attach later when embassy asked about it. Therefore, in my prayer I said I just believe in God process and He will intake all^^ Anyway, I have some afraid feeling about my time that less than 2 weeks in visa progress. but I still believe... yeah, you guys can pray for me.

This is my progress on these days and still I don’t know what will happened later. Just He is unstoppable God and unpredictable God.