The Greatest Gift
“The Greatest Gift”
(Scribble scribble)… Li Yang. (Scribble scribble)… Sophia.
(Scribble scribble)… Yvonne. (Scribble scribble)… Yang Zai
Jing. (Scribble scribble)… Helen. An Almighty hand carefully
inscribes five new names in the Book of Life. All of heaven
rejoices. All of heaven praises. Today is the day of salvation!
God is so good! In these past couple of weeks, my team and I saw
five of our friends accept Jesus! We’re now reaping the first-
fruits of what we believe will be many more salvations. There are
so many so close to making a decision to follow Jesus. It’s all
been an incredible work of God and I’m excited we can all be a part
of it! Our friends’ lives are being changed… for ETERNITY! Let’s
pray in some more!
Li Yang is a friend of mine that I met back in September. My team
and I were on a prayer walk on the campus. That day, as it turned
out was also orientation day for incoming freshman. Sitting near
the main entrance to the campus, we watched group after group of
new students pass by to begin touring the campus. Li Yang and his
friend approached us, gladly ditching his tour group to say hello
to the foreigners. He was so excited to meet us! Now, a few months
later, I call this 19 year old college freshman my brother in
Christ!
The day after Christmas, our usual Saturday afternoon Bble study
turned into a viewing of “The Nativity”. Just a couple of guys were
able to make it, as many of our friends are now bearing down for
exams. In the glow of Christmas lights Rocky, Hans, and I watched
the movie with Li Yang and our other friend Yang Ming.
After watching, we began to reflect on the movie with our two
chinise friends. Then the Holy Spirit began to move, stirring a faith
in me to see the two of them come to know Jesus that night. As I
spoke the Holy Spirit anointed my words.
“You ever wonder what life is all about? What the meaning of it
is? Why we’re here? Why YOU’RE here?” I asked.
In the middle of my asking, Li Yang perked up and leaned forward.
“Yes! I always ask myself these questions!”
Picking up my Bible off the coffee table in front of me I said,
“It starts here. It starts with God!”
“Yes! Yes, I believe it! I think I will read the Bible for the
rest of my life.”
Amazingly, Li Yang then shared with us that he’s been praying. He
shared that in the morning he will pray, and confessed feelings of
peace and joy while he does and afterwards.
In short, moments later I was leading him in a prayer to receive
Christ as his lord and savior. Li Yang has found the Way, confessed
the Truth, and received the Life.
After leading him in prayer, I invited him to pray on his own in
chinese. Afterwards I asked him how he felt.
“It’s so amazing! I feel so peaceful,” he replied.
Hallelujah!
Praise Him,
Acorn
Hallelujah! What a Christmas season!
These next couple of weeks we’ll be following up with our friends.
My team had a great Christmas party with about thirty of our
friends at our apartment. We played games, sang Christmas carols,
shared the Christmas story, and had a ch*nese believer share her
testimony and present the g*spel in chinese!
While we didn’t see anyone respond to the invitation to receive
J*sus then, we’re excited to be able to follow up and see what G*d
did beneath the surface in the hearts of our friends! He is drawing
them to himself! G*d is responding to our pr*yers and your pr*yers
and moving on the hearts of our friends.
PR@YER REQUESTS:
> Continue to pr*y that the veil would be lifted and that Chr*st
would be revealed to them! (2 Cor. 4:3–6)
> Pr*y for the new believers, that they would be built up and
strengthened in their faith! (Col 1:9–12)
> Pr*y that G*d would continue to stir in our friends hearts while
they are away for their winter break. They’ll be leaving in these
next few weeks and will be away for about a month in between
semesters.
> Please continue to stand with me and pr*y in financial provision.
If you’d be interested in sowing into my work over here, please
contact me at: acorn.in.asia07@gmail.com. Thank you!
Thank you all so much for your faithfulness to pr*y and stand with
me in this incredible m*ssion to see the college campuses in Ch*na
lit up for J*sus!