| 1. | an exciting or very unusual experience. |
| 2. | participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of adventure. |
| 3. | a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome. |
Just got back from Bangkok with a few church friends on Fri night. It was a good break, time to get away, time to have a little adventure. :)
Other than being just a fun trip, I learnt a lot about myself, and about the people in my travel group. It was a good thing - these are people I will be working with in the church ministry and it's good to know them in a different context other than in church or going for meals together.
The best way to know people is to live with them, travel with them and do stuff with them. In a different country, where someone is released from his/her comfort zone, the little things that make up a person are revealed. :)
One thing that really struck me during this trip and actually surprised me, was that I just feel like I'm wired so differently from the rest of the group. I always ASSUMED that ALL young people (under 30? 35 maybe?) would be adventurous, willing to try new things, go new places .....
I learnt that not everyone is adventurous, or maybe everyone has a different threshold for adventure. Maybe it's the way we're brought up or the culture we're moulded into.
I do believe, however, that every MAN has a longing for adventure, a longing to get out and do something that's different, to challenge the thresholds of what is comfortable. Even if they do not realize it, there is a desire to just be the man that he is, to be WILD AT HEART.
Today's culture and society has turned our men into over-careful, over-cautious people who do not have the drive to go out and experience what the world has to offer. Without that personal drive in a man, it is impossible for them to lead the ladies onto that journey of adventure that is being suppressed in today's society.
So what has all these got to do with the trip?
The trip has taught me that it is important for ALL men to know the inner desires of their heart - to engage with the way our hearts are wired, to be willing to take risks and experience the world, to step out of what society and culture has made us comfortable with and most importantly, to lead our sisters on this journey with us.
Besides shopping, eating and sight-seeing, Bangkok has taught me something new about the dynamics in a group. It is my desire to let the brothers understand the REAL boundaries of manhood - to fight for it and not be boxed up by the SMALL box society has placed us in.
I'm flying off to Korea this Saturday night, and I'm praying for God to let this trip be one of REAL adventure - to explore the beauty God has made in the world, but more importantly, to engage in who I really am and my true identity in Him.
I also see a pressing need to allow the youths of today to understand who they really are - I'm gonna start a book study on the wonderful book, "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge, in a hope of allowing them to discover the secrets to their soul.Anyway, here are some photos from the trip for your viewing pleasure. :)
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