Report from Asia III - David & Amy J

We met some people from the family [fellow Christians] here.  This brother and sister are so incredible.  They have writings from our book [Bible verses] right on their business sign and they often talk to people about our home [witness] from their store and even give out good books [Bibles] to customers.  We gave them some good news DVD’s so they can give those as gifts too.  They are so wonderful and the light of our adopted brother shines so brightly from them.  Sister, however, has pretty bad diabetes so we ask everyone to please remember her.  I call her auntie.

There is much darkness here, and many things and people to remember [pray for], but we have had 22 people so far that we know of who have been adopted into our family.  Father is definitely working here and we are so happy to be a part of it.  Tonight I got to be a part of our newest brother joining the family.  Please remember Andrew for us as well.  This was one of the most powerful experiences of my life with Andrew and I am thankful father let me be a part of it.

We also met a homeless lady and her child here that really touched our heart.  She was begging at tables in the night market for scraps of food for her and her 3 year old child.  We fed them but her story was so sad.  We asked her name and she said she was too poor and had no name (not unusual for older women from here who come from poor families).  So we asked her what her parents called her and my heart nearly broke in two when she told us her parents called her “a-ben” which means “stupid”.  She did have trouble comprehending and could not even grasp the things we told her about father.  It was doubly crushing to only be able to meet her physical needs but not be able to do anything about any other needs.  Her daughter’s name is Star.  I don’t want to refer to her by what her parents called her so I will call her Precious.  Her daughter’s name is Star.  Please remember Precious and Star and ask father to make a way to reach her with good news.

That is all for now.  This is probably my last note as email access is difficult to arrange and we will be returning on the 12th so please remember us and our travels and we look forward to seeing the whole family again soon.

Love,

David and Amy