abt 80-90 pple at the retreat, from all over the world, swedish, americans, canadians, australians, new zealanders, german, koreans, african, singaporean.. jus seeing them there is touching.. so many non asians. and the only reason they are here, so many fr halfway ard the world.. is just Him. they came with their chlidren, most of the children less then 7 yrs. little angelic blond haired running all over.. there was this really cute korean little toddler who liked me a lot for some reason.. he was adorable.. took many pics of him.. hee
a typical family.. G and J, living in N, fr canada.. they've been here for 15 yrs, in different parts of China.. they have 5 children, J is expecting her sixth. G is working with a specific minority pple trying to teach them how to farm(this tribe used to be hunters, then ran out of animals).. he's an engineer by training, but was brought up on a farm.. they r so earnest and sincere.. and have such clear eyes. if eyes are the windows of the soul.. then you cant miss the love in theirs. love for Him, pple and each other. as they speak, you can also sense that life is hard, but they are jus trusting in Him.. i heard they live in the village, with the villagers.. in a v mountainous part..
there's an American korean family.. learning chinese.. the father is a doctor.. and they've been in Kunming for 2 yrs.. with 2 tiny children..
so many very humble people of all sorts of professions.. serving and finding their way as they serve, as projects are quite dependant on the govt's approval, and the govt can change their minds and the rules of the game, and you just dont know when.. some dont really know what they are going to do yet, jus learning the language and trusting that He will open a place for them to serve at the right time..
R, the new in charge.. kept reiterating this verse Deuteronomy 33:27 (New International Version) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. the first session he taught us and the last session.. something like a theme.
it spoke to me, and i felt it was His way of assuring me, with something familiar.. KS will know.. this is a special verse to me.
was q stressed in the middle cos it seemed i had 2-3 places i could go and all seemed suitable or all not suitable.. could not sleep that night and smsed a couple of friends. i felt better after that.. and was glad of their encouragement. Thankful for them and God.
the next day i talked to 2 pple. and the possibilities seemed better. i could go 2 places. still praying that Your will be done. please make it clear to me.. and keep the process in Your peace..
thankful for my singaporean roommate, who is abt to embark to nujiang for 2 yrs. she's ard my age too. it was a v blessed time. thankful for all the pple i met and jus for the experience to worship tog and our sharing sessions in our groups.. kinda looked forward to home too the last couple of days. perhaps it was all the travelling.. and a lot of info.. yah.. now. jus glad to be home and glad about the past few days.. its amazing. God is awesome.
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