His grace

Just returned from China factory this afternoon, invite you to share my joy.

After months of building relationship & trust, the girls are getting easier to share & ask questions openly. It's wonderful to know God's purpose to have me there alone this trip. The dynamic is very different from previous trips. Some struggles were shared & thank God was able to walk through with them.

Praying in a group setting is very foreign to them, they are used to have the 'leader' to pray for all requests. No matter how much I encourage them, the progress was very slow & not well received. They are lovely & faithful believers but personal intimate relationship with God seem a little far....but last night was different.

Picture this : group of girls in a circle, hands around each other shoulder, praying for the struggles each has shared in the night. How much more beautiful than seeing their growth & hearing the beautiful & yet trembling prayers of these sisters ? Yes, everyone of them prayed. My heart was just overflow with joy & tears for God's grace in the midst of their prayers. I hope you share the same, but you will get to experience more if you were there, oppsss..... this is a challenge & invitation, you are welcome to join me next time.

I am no different from anyone of you, very much like to enjoy the long weekend with ease & relax from work. But I also know my presence there, no matter how short the times will bring encouragement to their walk with God. One of the girls said "I want to know God & have quiet time with Him but just can't keep up & get lazy & felt bad " The spirit is willing but the body is weak. This is so true, there are times I struggle - to rest or to visit them but the word "obey & perseverance' push me to run the race marked out for me. Her honest confession reminds me of how God been so faithful & patience with us.