Archive for December, 2011

A Chinese Christmas

Monday, December 26th, 2011 by Clover

GZ Explosion With eight more people hanging out in the city, we covered a great deal of ground. And thanks to God’s faithfulness, more than fourteen people joined the family over this past week; I can’t give you a specific number because I lost count. We asked for more laborers and not only did God [...]

The Art of Worship

Monday, December 19th, 2011 by Clover

New Sister in the House! That’s right, it’s salvation dance time! We first shared with Nicole at our Thanksgiving party and she responded with, “that’s not an Asian thing to believe.” What a marvelous transformation God brought her through! The following week, she messaged Lucca saying that she was “ready to choose Jesus.” Praise the [...]

A Life Worth Anticipating

Monday, December 19th, 2011 by Atlas

Being in America for this holiday season has been absolutely wonderful. I haven’t celebrated a Christmas in America since 2007, and despite Asia’s efforts to acknowledge the holiday, it just isn’t the same over there! I give them credit for trying; during my three years of living there I saw a gradual increase of decorations [...]

Forbearance

Monday, December 12th, 2011 by Clover

Bringin’ the Message On our usual Smonday gathering, a few guests graced us with their presence. This was our first experience hearing a prepared message in quite some time because we generally learn new lessons to then teach our friends. Our visitors spoke about forbearance and God pierced my heart in that one word. Each [...]

Just Relax

Monday, December 5th, 2011 by Clover

The Power of Testimony Let me just begin by saying that God’s timing is impeccable. Even in moments when I don’t believe it, He has divine purpose behind everything. For example, someone snagged my phone out of my pocket as I exited the busy metro last week. Oh, and at the time, I was listening [...]

Brothers go for a swim

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 by Hoagie and Hero

Last night, was a very special/exciting time for our two new brothers. Hoagie and I got to walk through the Book with them about what baptism is and why we do it. They were very thoughtful of it yet very excited to follow what God told them from the book. It was so amazing to [...]