God be with you all

I'm sitting here waiting for my beautiful wife to embellish herself- which is totally unnecessary- since she is already beautiful- and quite futile when embarking on a trip like this, but I appreciate that she looks so amazing after hanging around me this long.

We got a surprise this morning- SKH came and brought a Bunyan book by for us to read and before he left he prayed for us. I miss our family here before we even leave. You are our family and I can't wait to see what it is like for "Vince" to be added to this kaleidoscope of people. I can't wait to see his face and try to understand his explanation of what it is like to be really loved by so many people.

It is about midnight on Sunday in China right now and when he wakes up on Monday what will he be thinking? Last week, last Monday, last Sunday in the orphanage- what next, what will happen when this week is done? How hard it must be to wrestle with such difficult things at such an early age. How difficult it must be to see your friends leave with a family and how hard it must be to see them leave w/o one. Oh- please let his heart be soft and trusting- please let him have faith in a Father he never knew existed. Please let him put aside all the hurt and be able to come to Jesus.

We have taken for granted our kids growing up around godly people and the influence they have on them until we find we have a young man in our home who doesn't know about the love of a family or about the Father.

I was thinking about taking a "family" picture of our 128 staff, the GA students and staff, our PG family- those are really his family. He isn't coming to America to live with 5 people, he is coming to America to be carried along by that larger family. Please pray for his heart- for his hurts and concerns. Pray that he would love Jesus soon. Pray that he would feel the love of Christ in and through us. We are so unworthy to be the vessels bringing the Good News to him and yet we are the chosen ones- at least this time. Are you next? Are you learning anything from our mistakes? Are you encouraged by all our falling down and all God's picking up? Do the miracles make your faith stronger?

I don't know that I will be able to post for a day or so- you never know what you're going to run into in airports and airplanes. As soon as I am able I will up date you all. Know that we miss you before we are even gone and that our prayers are coming back to you. Pray for the snow retreat- that lives would be changed- both in new life and further sanctification. Pray for SKH's preparation.

God is sooo good to us.

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Grace be with you.