After an eight-hour night train and four-hour bus trip around, over, and through the mountains we arrived back in a place I loved last year and was really excited about returning to: Shangri-La.
What is it that makes living for God so special? Well for me, it’s that you just never know what is going to happen next.
Question: what is the biggest waterfall in the world? Now, think about it for a minute — you may be surprised by my answer.
I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when my friends invited us to their party as I’ve never really been to a school party. But since there were going to be 150 or more students there, we said, “ Why not, it it’s a great opportunity!” When we arrived everyone was already getting ready, and they were excited to have us there. They wanted to meet and talk with us. During the party they were doing some of the things that we, as Americans, do at Halloween time. One of the things that they wanted people to do was bobbing for apples. At first they had a student try to show everyone how to do it but he didn’t really know how. So, being me, I said, “ Sure! I will show you guys how!”
As my body slowly slips into exhaustion, I realize what I have gotten myself into. I have for a long time wanted to do an exercise program called P90X. It’s a very intense and extreme program that takes determination and dedication to go all the way through. When I think about how it’s taken me so long to finally start and do the program, it reminds me of my friend Michael.
Going to the zoo is usually a fun and eventful time, but my last zoo trip was a little more eventful than I had hoped for. There is a really nice zoo in northern K-town that is called the Wild Animal Zoo, and it’s special because they have three pandas. This is the first time I have gotten to see them.
I was really opened up to the people and hurt for them and wanted them to know God, his love and grace more than anything. It gave me more of a hunger to keep doing God’s work and maybe even go there in the future. I want to see our friends here in K-town experience God’s love just like these people do. I keep asking God to reveal himself and I know that it is going to happen here in K-town as we continue to go after Him wherever He calls us.
Life here in Asia is like something so many in America love: roller coasters. There have been so many ups and downs and twist and turns this year that I feel as if I have been on a crazy ride. But I can honestly say that this has been the best ride I have ever been on in my life!
The past weeks here have really been flying by. Before I knew it, it was already 2010 and the start of a new decade. So far, I’ve already done many things I thought I would never do– such as being in Asia for a year doing the work of God. Another thing I have always wanted to do is to be in an eating contest. Well, I finally got the opportunity to do so, halfway around the world!! My mom always said that I ate too fast (she is right).
One of the guys decided that he would be the shepherd and that’s where everything started. When it was time for his part, he was supposed to go to Bethlehem and find the Son in the manger. Well, he went over to the area that was the stable and proceeded to take the baby out of the manger. Then he said, “I found the baby — now what do I do?” as he was walking away. My team and I could not help but crack up laughing over this.
