“What does it sound like to pray in a new language?” the girls asked after the meeting. “Will you pray for us too?” One of the new family members had asked a question about baptism in the Holy Spirit when he was sharing, and people were curious about it. We shared with the girls a [...]
My roommate and I were talking to a new friend about God and when we talked about living forever with God he said, “but what if I don't want to live forever, what if I just want to die?” I told him how when you know and live with God that living forever with Him [...]
“That was a pretty dramatic answer to prayer, “ I told my wife, Cher. Several days earlier I had been praying with the CT director about 2 important issues for the future of our work. First, do we want to regularly include short-term trips in what we are doing? They take a lot of work, [...]
“I’m looking for the meaning of life.” I was at an English corner (a meeting where people get together and practice English), standing in a circle of 10-15 people, and one young man named Broddy spoke these words. He had a big grin, happened to be from the province I taught English in last time [...]
“So who wants to tell me a story?” My new friend, Mary, busts out with this line in the middle of dinner and all I could think was, “All right God way to swing that door wide open.” I met Mary at an English Corner for those of you who don't know what that is, [...]
I was exhausted, but sleep was not coming easily. The last time I had looked at the clock before finally drifting off it was almost 1:00 AM…soon I was awakened by a whining sound that made it seem as if the mosquito was right in my ear. In vain I swung my hand through the [...]
Last week, the roomies and I each bought pet turtles … there’s nip, rico (he’s mine) and lastly, brian- the big lazy one who most of the time is in a coma. No offense to anyone named Brian, we named him before we knew of his leisurely lifestyle. Last week there was a short term [...]
As if things counldn’t get any better last week; they did! The short-term team had a couple amazing first days working with CT, and they were looking forward to finishing strong! I said last week that 3 came into the family. Everyone was excited in the group, and they still expected more to come in. [...]
So my friends and I planned on having an early morning meeting the other day. They all came to my house and we started talking and enjoying each other's company when my phone rang. It was my work saying that the lecture I signed up for at the beginning of the year was in an [...]
Eight. Eight is a good even number. Four plus four equals eight. Drink Eight cups of water a day. Eight friends solve the odd number problem when going to Disneyland; no one has to ride alone. Eight encourages a losing team to feel appreciated despite the hard work that didn't pay off. “Two, four, six, [...]