Week 8

We have been here 8 weeks. 8 weeks. It feels like a lifetime...in a good way. We have already seen so much and lived so much and felt so much. This place is like home and then it's not. Often in the most unexpected ways. We have worshiped with 7 churches- a couple of them twice. We have been with Anglo, Filipino, Chinese, African, Vietnamese, and Korean friends. We have been in Rec centers, Senior Centers, church buildings, and homes. And the one thing that ties it all together is Jesus.. They all love Jesus! They are true worshipers. It costs something here. The lostness of this place is overwhelming. There is no pretending here, they are lost and they don't know it. They are dying and going to hell and they don't really care. When we look at at the lostness, we feel like we are drowning, and then we remember. Do the next thing. Do the thing in front of you. Love and serve those God places in your face. Then move on the next and the next. And most of all, remember that God is in control. He is sovereign over all evangelistic and church planting activity. It's His harvest- not ours. Our obedience is what He desires not our results. God is showing Himself in our lives. It has been hard. Moving, immigration, settling in, trying to make friends, looking for fellowship, and wondering where in the world to start. There are tears in our confessions, tears in our stretching, tears in our worship. But He is good. He is molding us and reminding us that He is in control. That He wants all of us, not part. That He loves us with an everlasting love. That He is with us. The stretching may hurt a bit, but the gain far outweighs the pain. "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace." Isaiah 55:12 He is our peace. Thanks for praying for us!