Asian Summer

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Divine Appointment?

Yesterday was our day “off”. We try to take one day a week to just relax & recharge. However, I locked myself and Kayla out of the apartment. Oops :) We had to wait about 3 hours for our supervisor to get home. Fortunately, we were stranded by the pool sunbathing all day, and we did at least have water to drink and Bibles to read. By the time she returned, I was hungry so I started my way upstairs for a very late lunch when this young Middle Eastern woman stopped me. She had mistaken me for a European she had met before, but continued to talk. She just moved here for school and is looking to make friends because she doesn’t know anyone. So I introduced myself & my friends, and got her number so that we can go out to lunch soon. Please please please pray that I will get the opportunity to meet with this lady soon, and that she will be open & accepting of the Gospel. I believe that the reason we were locked out all day was just to cross paths with this lady at that point and time. I’m so thankful that God doesn’t take a day off! ;-)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Insufficient

2 Corinthians 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant...”

I am not competent to do this ministry. Honestly, it is tiring and very difficult. I am surrounded by people of false faiths or no faith at all, they will die and go to Hell if they do not believe in Jesus Christ as Lord. “How will they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Rom.10:14-15) God has called me here to proclaim Him to these people. I am so unworthy of this privilege to be His ambassador. & the ONLY way this mission can be accomplished is by God. It is my eager cry to God today to make me competent, for the Spirit to flow through me and speak His truth to these beautiful people that God loves so much. Please pray with me for God’s strength and competence in ministry, & also the energy to serve.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

My Chinese Name

Given to me last night at Bible Study. I was super excited about how cool it looks, then I asked about the meaning. The first character doesn’t mean anything, but the second character means “missing someone”. I know it sounds depressing, but weirdly enough its always true!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

First 2 Weeks

Our first 2 full weeks of ministry have been great! We have victoriously overcome jet lag, faced some culture shock, and been introduced to many new Asian friends and Asian food! Along with the chicken feet, I’ve also tried baby octopus, sharkfin soup, jellyfish, fish eggs, & chicken butt. And no, I haven’t gotten sick yet, what a blessing!! It’s an amazing feeling to be serving God in such a beautiful place among beautiful people. We have established relationships with students at 3 different colleges. With some, we just meet up at the “cantine”, school cafeteria, to talk. And with others we go to the mall after their classes to hang out or eat. Seeing God bring people of peace into our path has been astounding. One girl in particular, we just met this week playing ultimate frisbee. She was very friendly and open to talk, although it was her first time there. For some reason, God really laid her on Kayla’s heart for us to reach out to her. So I texted her and asked her to lunch the next day, and she agreed. So we met up with her and she brought 3 of her friends for sushi. We had a great time & they invited us to do it again next week! I’m so excited to see how God cultivates these relationships that will ultimately point to Him! Tonight we are having a cookout and pool party for the student ministry we work with. We’ve invited a lot of our new friends who are not believers, some of them don’t even know we are believers yet. It should be a fun night and great time of growing these friendships :)