Opportunities

We missed an event that we would have liked to attend, but we were on the other side of the world.  The reunion of people Kathy-Lu grew up with, some whom Lorne got to know when attending Tenth Avenue Alliance Church, happened last week.

We know that we are where we are supposed to be, but sometimes the emotions are sad that we cannot participate in such things.  We would much rather have listened to friends’ voices and the program than the noise of traditional worship processions that seemed to last most of our Saturday.

We missed that opportunity, and yet there are so many we are taking advantage of as we walk the road of international worker life:

• Bible Study with Carolyn
• Teaching a high schooler and her mom to crochet
• Watching the students being drawn into the Bible story on Thursday mornings
• Leading in the worship service and helping people discover the abundant life with Christ
• Seeing our coworker after Sunday Worship leading a mother to express her desire to believe in Jesus through a prayer of decision.

Yes, it is hard to miss things back in Canada.  We’d love to be there.  However there are many moments of joy as we take hold of opportunities God is giving us.

Thanks for praying for us.

Praise and Prayer

• This week Lorne and Pastor Joshua will begin telling the story of Jesus Resurrecting Lazarus at Baozhong Primary School. There is one opportunity to visit each class grade 3-6 this semester. Please pray that the students will want to know more about Jesus.
• Weekly classes continue at Fuhsing Elementary with English teaching and Bible stories about Moses.
• “Teacher’s Day” is on Saturday Sept. 28. It is an annual reminder to students to show appreciation to their teachers. Have you thanked God for the teachers in your life? Have you thanked your teacher recently?