East Asia - Part 3

Wednesday: Today we had a little time off to go shopping which is a totally different experience to shopping at home. I think it is fair to say some of the team thoroughly enjoyed the cramped market, the shouts of the stall-holders and their grabbing our arms to get us to stop, while others were much less enthusiastic and overwhelmed by the experience. Needless to say we haggled with the vendors and went through the routine of

“Where you from?”

“What you want?”

“I give you best friend price”

“How much you give me?”

“You cannot be serious”,

“You killing me”,

“Give me a little more, just a little more”

“ I not make any money at this price”

“OK, but you not tell anyone I give you this price”

Everyone managed to find something before heading to McDonalds for lunch then back to campus to meet with our new student friends to share more Good News. The response has been amazing! We feel the love and support of everyone back home and can’t wait to be able to share more fully the things we have seen Dad do here.

East Asia - Part 2

Tuesday – After the “party” Monday evening, five of the students texted to ask if they could come with us to The Wall. They asked their English professor to be excused from class to spend the day with their new American friends. Fortunately the professor understands the Good News and readily agreed. What a marvelous time we had sharing together on the bus for over 3 hours, and of course enjoying one of the seven great wonders of the world. The clear blue sky and the snow on the mountains just shouted how awesome Dad is. Please be thinking about the students who came with us.

Last night we hosted another party, and as we waited for our guests to arrive the students who spent the day with us appeared with gifts of local candy and treats as a thank you. We were so touched by their kindness. Once again another fun evening was capped by sharing Good News, and two more people accepting it.

Dad is really busy here! Thanks for remembering us.

East Asia - Part 1

Hello everyone, I spoke with David this morning on the phone and they have experienced a miraculous movement of God in East Asia - below is the report that he emailed me yesterday (notice that because of security concerns they cannot use spiritual language, so you have to read between the lines!!! Keep them in your prayers!!

Monday – today we met with people from the company then went out on to campus for lunch. The students are so friendly, and were keen to hear what we had to say. We invited 3 students to join us for a “party” last night. They turned up along with 10 other students from the guest lecture on Sunday. It was a great time of sharing, and a couple of students were personally moved by the Good News.

We made plans to spend more time one-on-one with some of the students through the course of the week. Tonight the second group of students from Sunday are coming over. Dad is definitely moving on this campus. It is so great to see!

Thanks for thinking of us.

Greetings from East Asia

We're coming to the end of Day One here, and what an amazing day it has been! We woke up to snow falling which it continued to do all day. We began with worship at an International Fellowship; joining brothers and sisters from around the world. The word was brought by an American who has been serving in Kazakhstan for over 10 years.

Lunch was a sumptuous feast of various local dishes for the outrageous sum of $49 for 12 of us.

The highlight of the day however was delivering the children's books gifted by our friends at FBC. We will try to post some pictures so yo can see the smiles of the children as they opened book after book. In one day we more than tripled the number of English books they had in the library.

THANK YOU so much to everyone who gave books!

From the library we headed back to campus where 100+ students turned out on a cold winter Sunday evening to hear a guest lecture on "The Five Dysfunctions of A Team". At the end of the lecture we had opportunity to invite students to one of the informal evening get togethers we are hosting Mon - Thu. Forty of the students signed up and so we will have one-on-one opportunity to share the Good News with them. Please ask Dad that they would respond positively to the Good News.