back!

hey all, we're back! It was an amazing trip and I cant wait to share pictures and adventures with you. as for now though, i am soaking it all in still. to hold your appetite for now here are some pictures:

prayers as we leave

We are to depart in 6 hours from yumi's house, and in 8 hours we will be on our airflight to chicago. from chicago we will catch a plane to russels/belgium, then to yaounde/cameroon. Things are crazy right now.

Please Pray for us! We definitely need it.

Andy:

I got rear-ended in a car yesterday and my back and neck are hurting (and are therefore causing a headache). it's a bit discouraging but it's confirmation that, if satan wants to pull me down right now before the trip, God will do great work in Cameroon while we are there.

also, i have a heat rash that is spreading from my stomach to my back and my neck. it's irritating but manageable. 

We are leaving really early and the ability to think when tired is definitely a good asset while hopping planes...i do not have this ability (as to what i have experienced).

I am so bad at memorizing and we were designated skits to memorize. I have yet to begin looking at them. eek! Please pray for good preparation for our ministry.

Yumi:

Health-general

to be ready for vbs

to have an awesome 21st birthday...despite the smelly girl sitting next to her for two days straight (lol).

The team:

safe travel, continuing good health

people in cameroon-to be prepared to hear the gospel and have an open heart to our ministry. 

good team work

good communication

energy and GOOD REST

god's guidance and protective hand over us.

Well, we are both very excited and exhausted from being excited. thank you for praying for us. I will try to keep things updated as best i can with the little internet availability i have through the young's. take care of america for us while we're gone!

LAH visit

LAH/Socal team visited Yumi and I this past weekend and we worked on team building together here in norcal. Kathy Chuman guided us through things such as possible team conflict while on the field and what to/not to do. I spent nearly all day saturday together, although it was a bummer that Yumi had to work until 6pm. We had dinner at Todd and Jayne Fong's house and the whole Chuman family joined us. I am very thankful for our friendships within and outside of our Cameroon team.


I think we are at 100% financial support. Please pray/continue to pray for Yumi, Myself, our team, and those already in Cameroon (such as the kids we will be ministering to and the Young's and their co-missionaries and friends).

We are awaiting the return of our visa paperwork, along with out passports to be sent back to us. It is only a few weeks...like 2...till our departure. EXCITING!

I posted pictures of this past weekend with LAH in norcal on my facebook, so you can check that our. also here are some for those of you who don't have FB:

95%

Hi everyone! yesterday we shared at FACC (fremont asian christian church). It was awesome and everyone was so nice. We talked to alot of people afterwards and it was an enjoyable time.

Yesterday, all I knew was that we were at 50%...but because a very generous and anonymous donation we are at 95%. I can't believe that God would put in someone's heart to donate so much, but it is for God's work in world missions. COOL!!!

LAH is visiting on june 21-22nd and will be at service that sunday. If you would like to meet them for a bit we might hit up lunch afterwards or just hang out and chat a bit. feel free to come to service: 10:45 at san lorenzo japanese christian church.

okdokie, thanks for your prayers. updates will be coming tomorrow. <3

5/13/08 prayer requests

So Yumi and I were FINALLY able to get together after two weeks of craziness.

Prayer requests:
-That Yumi can rest and get more sleep: school and work are a big load and studying takes up alot of time.
-health: Yumi and I are both dealing with health issues---still.... X_X, I have made an appt for next monday.
-Finals are next week (for ME).
-Yumi and I both need to get our immunizations but are both really really busy. it is hard to schedule an appt.
-We are at 25% financial support. YAY! God is good.
-"Be still and know that I am God". This verse really made me think this week.
-Yumi and I are sharing at walnut creek this sunday, please pray that we can be clear and not be nervous. That God can speak through us and touch the congregation. That God's will be done.


Thank you soOo much! I feel truly blessed.

God bless you!

Busy-ness is life?

Hi all! SO this week Yumi and I are not able to meet again due to conflicting schedules. But here are some prayer requests:

Please pray that:
-We are able to set dates at other churches to share, gain prayer warriorsm and gain financial support.
-That we can find quiet time to spend with God to prepare our hearts and minds for the Work he will have us do.
-People would understand that God loves ALL his children, and said to reach ALL nations; not just the one's who look like us or speak like us.
-Yumi and I can still spend time bonding and hanging out even though life is getting more busy.
-As finals quickly approach our tired brains, that we can do well in our classes, study without distraction, and do it all for our Lord. God is our strength, why do anything without doing it for a great and might purpose.
-Health; Yumi and I both are a bit unhealthy, probably a causal affect of college. Please help us to physically heal from stress, bad nutrition, and lack of sleep.

Thank you for praying for us, we really appreciate it. hopefully Yumi and I will be able to meet next week.

prayer requests 4/29/08

so, unfortunately I was not able to meet with Yumi and pray and talk because I had Jury Duty. My group was called and I had to come in. I would be fine with serving on a jury, just not while dealing with midterms, finals coming up, and having to miss school. I pretty much just sat there for like, 2 hourse doing nothing. but it was a good time for studying.

But n e ways, here are my prayer requests updated:
- praise God, we are about 1/7 the way on our financial support
- please pray that Yumi and I are able to continually tell more people and gain more prayer and financial support.
- We are trying to get dates to share at other churches, so please pray for quick responses.
- Yumi and I have to get our shots/immunizations and because of school and work and church ministries, we are having a difficult time finding a date to get them done. (eeek...i hate shots).
-Yumi and I have been a bit overwhelmed with school and (yumi balancing work, school, and church). Please pray that we can run the last bit of this semester with full strength and be fully dependent on the Lord.

Thank you for taking time to pray for us. We are soOo thankful for you! God Bless you!

Praises

Today we shared with our home church family about our mission trip. Yumi and I were both soOoo Nervous. But thank God for providing strength and a bit of "poise" (If it were all by Yumi and My power alone, we would have looked like a seizure or spastic attention disorder or something).

I have to admit, I was a bit disappointed that not many people came over to talk to us at our "Booth" set up. I know that it is all by God's power that anything is done, so I know God will provide for us to go. I'm sure people picked up support letters before service as well.

If he has truly called us to Cameroon, he will provide. I thank God for the passions he has created with fire in our hearts. Without passion, how else would we be motivated to do anything GREAT? Greatness is all done by God's power; which is great.

Prayer requests:
Yumi and I have felt overwhelmed by alot. Not only do we have College and this mission trip to focus on, but youth ministry, decisions about the future, friends, family (including sick family). There is alot on our plates and we have been stretched alot to get things done on a clicking timer. Please help us by praying for our bodies and souls to become rejuvenated by the Lord and for God's comfort in decision making.

Thank you for reading this Blog. It really means alot to Me that you would take time out of your busy schedule to update on Yumi and My life and prayer requests.

Merci! (french for Thank You).

Daryl and Sun Young

5youngsinafrica.org

This is the missionary family we are supporting and teaming up with in Cameroon. Daryl uses Aviation to reach places difficult to travel to due to terrain or time. They work with Wycliffe which works on bible translation or ALL languages. It's crazy how many languages still don't have the bible in their native tongue. We are definitely blessed to have so many different versions available to us in English.

4/15/08 prayer requests

Prayer requests from this tuesday:
ANDY:
- School work: that I can study and get what I need done.
- health: I have had swollen lymph nodes and a sore neck because of it.
- Personal preparation for sharing this Sunday on the slzjcc english side.
- Stress: That I wouldn't get overloaded.
- I submitted multiple scholarship applications and am awaiting replies. Please pray that my schooling can get funded without huge loans. Also, that I will be able to listen to the Lord about what school to attend as I am still deciding between CSUEB and Biola.

YUMI:
- To get all her homework done since she is doing alot for preparation for the mission trip and it takes time away from school.
- Check out her site for more prayer requests: fruition7987-yumi@blogspot.com.

Prayer: Tuesday 4/8/08

Personal Prayer requests from this past tuesday:
-Unity as a team
- To know that God provides and have faith in His plans.

Andy: my decision about where to attend my last two years of college
Health: i've been sick alot
School and stress

Yumi: time management
patience
School

Praise:
-for a great time at BAM
-for God's provisions in making and copying our support letters and sending them out.

God is good.

BAM

So last friday, 4/4/08 we shared and lead worship for BAM (Bay area missions rally). It was awesome, the we found alot of response from the youth from our sharing of our mission trip. I was hoping to at the least educate the youth on missions, but I was praying more so that they would think about how they might be called to missions.

Yumi's sharing really challenged the youth I think. She shared her feelings about going and all her hesitations she has felt. check out her site at fruition7987-yumi@blogspot.com. It was really inspiring to me as well. I know I definitely dont feel like I am the best suited, or most bible knowledgable person to be sharing the gospel and teaching and guiding the kids in Cameroon. I definitely know that there are tons other people who KNOW way more than I do and have read the bible inside and out. But I also know that God created me the way I am for a reason, and though my growth in knowledge may be slow, God is molding me to what he desires me to be for His great mission in this world. Just like a square fits in a square hole, I am molded with the perfect shape.

Starting this week, Yumi and I are going to b praying every tuesday from 2:30 to 3:30. I will post our prayer requests tomorrow. Your prayer would definitely be loved.

ice-cream

So it's been a bit busy: midterms just ended and today is the tuesday of my spring break. I have to admit, it is sOo strange not worrying about tests or homework or transfer issues. last week my head could have exploded with pressure but suddenly it's like my muscles are goo (kinda like after you work out really hard).

But now i can relax with my billions of envelopes and practice signing my name and memorizing my address (lol). I have been working on addressing the envelopes for the support letters, it is definitely not as bad as studying for my history midterm I had last friday. If anyone wants a hard copy of my support letter just let me know and I can snail mail it to you. Don't forget to send me your address. :)

So, right now I am relaxing with an ice cream cone; on break between envelopes. So relaxing. LOVE IT! But come next week everything goes back to "normal". HAPPY SPRING BREAK and EASTER EVERYONE! I hope you all have had a great week, HE IS RISEN! Hurray!

WHY?

forms

forms are going out tomorrow evening. please pray that they get to their destination in a timely matter and they don't get lost within the mounts of u.s daily mail.

Praise God for sunshine and wonderful weather! :)

starting the mission

It's been a long trip; looking for team mates, praying about my calling. Yet it is just beginning.

I've found that missions start long before you get in the car or board an airplane. I don't even know exactly when it starts. It's a ongoing goal. It's like the song, "tell the world". It's not just about telling the "World", but telling EVERYONE. And don't miss the minor details; it includes your friends, siblings, parents.

Someone once said that in a theoretical instance to a non-Christian, "If I don't see you in heaven I will be heart broken". Heart Broken. What does that mean? What does that feel like? Is it like heart burn? Or how about a shot in your shoulder? Is it that feeling you get when Bambi dies or when nemo's daddy can't find him? Or maybe it's closer to unrequited Love.

Well maybe this will put it in better perspective:
I imagine it as the worst pain I have ever felt. It's not a pain that can easily go away with Tylenol. It's the feeling you get when you're torn, frustrated, devastated, wanting to scream your insides out. Have you felt this? Have you ever felt like your heart was literally ripping? Tears are like rain in a thunder storm? I don't know if you have ever felt this, but I have.

I feel this every time I talk to my friend's about Jesus and they blow me off. I feel this everytime I think about God calling me to socal for school. I feel this when my mom gets mad at me and says things she doesn't always apologize for; but we all have pride and we all make mistakes.

Heart Broken. I am heart broken for the millions of people in the 10/40 window who may never even hear the name of Jesus Christ. When I think about how Satan's grabbed a hold on America's Youth, I am heart broken. Seeing my friend's make mistakes that will effect the rest of their life, that they will find incredible pain in remembering, I am heart broken.