"There Is Some Good In This World... And It's Worth Fighting For."

Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

Yes.. I recently watched the Lord of The Rings.. The Two Towers, to be exact. On our saturday last week we had a school-wide showing of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy after a long week of classes. I find it funny that my mind keeps playing back to this scene from the movie. But I think it rings true, in so many ways. (Heh heh.. "rings" true...)

"There is some good in this world.. and it's worth fighting for."

We are in week 9 already of the lecture phase of this DTS ("discipleship training school"). The whole school is gearing up to leave for their different mission locations. We have classes up until the week of Christmas, then will be flying out from Perth in our teams around the 27th or 28th of December.

My school, "Frontline", has a vision to support the "hard to reach" places. We are split up into 3 different teams, all of us spending time in Kolkata, India for 6 weeks, then splitting off to go to 3 different locations for 5 weeks. One team is going to Northern India, one to the "Spice Islands" in Indonesia, and my team, who is going to Nepal.

In Kolkata, we will get the opportunity to work with YWAM's ministry called, "Megacities". The YWAM Megacities team has been working in Kolkata alongside the local churches to make a long-term investment in the city.  I'm really excited to get to partner with what people are already doing in the city of Kolkata. Here is some more information about Megacities if you are interested in what I will be apart of for the first 6 weeks of my mission:
http://www.ywamperth.org.au/missions/megacities/


After serving in Kolkata I will be on "Team Nepal" for the second half of my missions trip. In Nepal, my team of 8 will be trekking into different Nepali villages to share the message of Jesus, parter with local churches, volunteer with different community projects, and do some basic health care and training. This will be more of the "frontline" part of my trip. I am looking forward to the opportunities we will have to bless the people of Nepal, especially those in hard to reach villages that may not have much access to outside help. Our speaker this week is a missionary from Nepal, who has been working with YWAM for over 20 years. Hearing his story and seeing his passion to serve the Nepali people has been incredibly inspiring.

India will also be an incredible opportunity to encourage and bless people tangibly and spiritually. We will be partnering with the local churches in Kolkata, and will be working in the main city areas, as well as in the slums. We have been spending some of our week each week learning about the history of Kolkata, and praying for different issues that are currently taking place there.



Through my time here in Perth, learning about different areas of need in the world, I feel like I've had a re-kindling of a desire to do something about it. I am reminded more and more of how privileged, and how blessed I am to be living the life I am, to come from the places and family I come from. It could be very easy for me just to go home and forget about this chapter in my life, this "travelling the world" phase. But I think this is just the beginning.

Like Sam wisely says in the Lord Of The Rings film, "There is some good in this world.. and it's worth fighting for." I can't shake how strongly I believe this to be true. I have been so greatly blessed in my life, in innumerable ways, by so many. And I can't shake the desire in my heart to use this life I have to bring some good into the world, however I can! - Because it's worth it. There is enough negativity, there are enough terrible things happening in the world.. why not be some good? Why not bring some hope? People are worth it. People are worth fighting for.

Peace be with you, and thank you for following my adventure, for your support and encouragement. May you and your loved ones be blessed! I encourage you to look for how you can bring some good into the life you are living - to be the good for others - whether in big ways or small. It's worth it!