Running to the Darkness

Amazing Couple of Weeks!

We are all very excited to be back in Hong Kong! What an incredible international city! The hustle and bustle reminds me of New York City but the harbor is no comparison! The traffic is as diverse as the road traffic in India!

We are so thankful for prayers that have sustained us! We are so grateful that Christy is feeling better! She is a completely different woman than when we arrived here just a couple of weeks ago! She couldn't even leave the room she was so sick! Now she is excited to explore this new city and we are ecstatic to escort her!

We shared a dinner last night to celebrate Chad, one of the team member's birthday! We found a TGI Friday's and they even brought him a little birthday scoop of ice cream with a candle! He will never forget where he celebrated this year marker!

We hustled to get a good spot to view the nightly laser light show on the fascinating harbor and even an hour before the shore was lined with people and tripods! And what a beautiful show it was! Just about a hour an hour before an beautiful harvest moon began to rise over the buildings! It was as if God was saying, "You think this is something! Let me show you what I can do! Remember I am the one who created the heavens and the earth and hung the sun in the sky! See this moon! It is shining with only the reflection of the sun's light!

We are awed by the marvelous creation of God and thrilled by the creativity He gave man as well!

We are excited to post pictures and stories of our journey when we return! View some at Project Partner!

English as a Second Language

We are into our second journey! By now the excitement and wonder has weaned. The initial rush of adrenaline has subsided and the longings for the comfortable and familiar have invaded our minds while the enemy takes opportunity to assault our hearts and minds with doubt and lies! However it is them that God reveals Himself to us and speaks in voices of others. It is then that His encouragement and healing comes to us through His people. It is them beyond our comfort and familiar that our faith becomes real! By faith...

Happy Birthday Megan and Happy Birthday ESL Class Party

Today I am celebrating Megan's 24th birthday from the same place I celebrated her 23rd on an English as a Second Language Project Partner Trip! Very appropriate since she is celebrating in the same place she has for the last 22 years, in Heaven with her heavenly Father!! I presented today about American families. It wa a very talkative class. The students are curious but nervous to try their English aloud for fear of failure. I was teaching about birth order, telling them I was the firstborn of five children. I asked them how many of them were firstborns also and only one or two raised their hands. I asked again. Then someone said, "They don't know how to respond if they are an ONLY! (how could I forget my audience?!)all of a sudden the tremendous pressure and weight of that fell on me and I was very sad for them and understood better their reluctance to try because they might fail! But then we too have only ONE life to give. One shot at it! How do we leverage for the most impact our one solitary life! In class I shared about American families and the breakup of families. I also talked about how our families expand as we grow older and how I love that! We listened to then sang We Are Family and then I told them about the family of God in the church and how God is our Father so we Are brothers and sisters. We listened to The Family of God via You Tube and sang it together. Interestingly, an unusual quiet and calm fell over the room and I was able to share about being born into His family and the hope I have of seeing my daughter again in heaven. I am praying that those seeds fell on fertile soil and trusting God to water and grow them and reap a harvest from them.

We Are Family

http://youtu.be/YkTSfnkalQ 

What a joy to be with Project Partner  and brothers and sisters halfway around the world and feel the kindred spirit of His love! We experienced a great day of English as a Second Language classes yesterday! The team did wonderfully! They jumped in and engaged with the students and pitched in and helped one another! It is a beautiful picture of His Body being His Body to reach others! 

Today I am presenting the American culture lesson. I am talking about families in the United States. I will teach the different make up of families as well as the concept that we are a part of HIs family, the family of God. What a beautiful picture that we share the same Father and it is His love that enables us to love one another!

We are excited to demonstrate that love in a way that others can know and understand! Your prayers and support are vital! Thank you for your participation!

Amazing Day!

What a gorgeous day in Hong Kong! 

A good Ferry ride, a great meal (did you know that you could make ice cream in a wok grill?-We did at a restaurant tonight! Great mango!) we reconnected with friends and partners, who were very excited to see us and us them! Great to be reconnected! Anticipating what God will do next! 

Thanks for your prayers!