Report from Asia I - David & Amy J
January 4, 2009 · Print This Article
UPDATE RECEIVED Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM
After a long journey we finally arrived, tired but hopeful. Total travel time was like 36 hours between planes, boats, buses and taxis. I can honestly say this was the longest traveling trip of my life.
The trip wasn’t completely uneventful, however as on the way here we met a young soldier on his way home from overseas. I spoke with him in the airport and asked if he knew about our home [Heaven] and if he knew our father [God]. He said he did not, so I told him all about where we live and why he should come and meet father. I asked him if he had any good books to read at home [the Bible] and he said he did not, so I bought him one at the airport and gave it to him as a present. He was grateful.
The first night was quite eventful as we were so weary but looked for a place to eat before finally crashing out for the night. It has rained constantly since we arrived and several places were having issues with power. The friends on the ground here told us that was not uncommon. During dinner the first night we lost power several times. The restaurant had a generator so they were quite used to switching power and didn’t seem overly disturbed. Neither did the customers.
We had some interesting experiences that would have made Charlie Calogero proud. We had rabbit, goat, and a few other interesting things that first night. Everything was wonderfully delicious.
The next day we met with all of our friends and our local friends [the church] gave us the crash course in survival and security. That night we met several new people that we got to tell about our home [witness] . They were very interested. At one place we even met one who thinks the same we do [another Christian] but has been unable to find like minded friends since he arrived in this city. We were able to help him get pointed back in the right direction. We believe this meeting was no accident and we are certain father has things for this man to do. His name is Lee so please remember him when you remember us.
We also met a couple here, Mr. and Mrs. John. They had never heard anyone tell them about our home. They had heard of father [God], because you know he is very famous, but didn’t really know anything about him or his business [salvation through Christ] or about our home. We have begun building a relationship with the Johns and look forward to telling them more about our home. They were very interested to learn and had never thought about some of the amazing things we talked about. Please also remember them and hope together with us that they have a chance to come to our home and see for themselves how nice it is.
Another person we met is Pearl. She is a serious businesswoman who deals mainly in mammon. We have built a bit of trust and affection with her and look forward to an opportunity to tell her more about our home also. She is very focused on her business so hopefully if we all think about her very often [pray for her] a way will be provided to have her lift her head from her business and give us the opportunity to share the other amazing things in the world besides mammon.
Finally we met a young girl at a place where we ate who greatly touched our heart. She is very shy. We call her Lily. She really needs us to remember her. She was so shy and would not even look anyone in the eye. Crystal, one of the friends traveling with us, made a necklace for her and when she gave it to her and Amy engaged her and talked to her a bit, she really lit up and came to life. We look forward to having a chance to tell her about our home. She obviously has never heard of anything outside her own home and I think she would be so encouraged by hearing about our home. Please remember Lily too and hope with us that we have another opportunity to visit with her again.
Well that is about it for now. When the chance arises we will write to you again and let you know how we are doing on our trip and other people we meet.
Thinking of you as you continue thinking of us.
David and Amy
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