On May 26th we will again step foot on our "homeland". Yes, the four of us are all Americans, but there's a lot of Asian in us as well. We sometimes joke that Mark and I actually more culturally Asian than Emma and Elsie since we lived there longer. It's a place that's near and dear to all of us and we will be able to spend six weeks there this summer.
Six weeks is a long time. Time enough for us to remember all that we loved and to remember all those things that we didn't love. Hopefully enough time to embrace old friends and make some new ones. And time enough to give the staff and students we are bringing along a taste of what it's like to live and minister in East Asia. Among people that are so different and yet so similar to us.
Please be in prayer for us this summer.
Pray for:
Mark and I to juggle our emotions as we return and then say goodbye, our children who are both very needy at times, and our ministry with our 14 other teammates. Pray we are able to know how the Lord wants us to balance our time between these three major areas.
Elsie. She likes routine and structure. Pray that we are able to provide a little structure for her and that she'll be flexible when we can't. She struggles at meal times. She likes to play and throws food everywhere. Pray that we'll find some local food she likes and that maybe she'll be willing to eat while in a noisy restaurant. She still puts everything in her mouth. Pray that she'll be safe and healthy. And finally, we've recently seen some more seizures. (I'll write a separate post about this soon.) Pray that by God's grace she'll be seizure free this summer.
Emma. For the most part I think she's going to love it. She's so excited, mostly to eat noodles, which she might do daily. Pray for her little heart. She might experience some emotions and have questions related to her adoption and local people will likely ask a lot of questions.
Pray the Lord will meet all of us with His grace and love and abundant provision.
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