Stories Around the World

Amy and Kelly visited my church today, Amy is the special guest speaker who just came back from a two weeks tours to visit India's Gospel for Asia mission sites. It must had been an intensive eye opening experience for her as it was very obvious about how much she was shaken by the condition of life in India and impressed by the work of God in India, especially for an elderly American who has spent her whole life in the United States.

It must be very much true about her answer to me that it is indescribably different between just hearing or reading the stories versus experiencing the stories closely in person, that everyone ought to get such experience whenver there is such an opportunity. I might not be strong enough to witness and testify for Christ, but I think going on such a trip might help me to get there. Even if such trips does not turn out to be a spiritually stimulating, it still be a humanitarian journey that is mentally intriguing and educationally meaningful.

Aside from that, I have collected a lovely story from the brothers and sisters in my fellowship. Y and J joined the fellowship during the time I was gone and they have already become a precious part of the church family in a short amount of time. I wonder how did they become convinced by the gospel especially for Y who is a highly educated physics postdoctorate researcher, and how much of that was caused by their insecurities and needs after moving here to a new environment, but it is still good for them that they have found love and sense of belonging at the church.

Y and J started dating during their undergraduate years but were soon separated after they enrolled into different graduate schools almost 2000 kilometers apart. In the very beginning, Y had to travel as long as two days just to meet J at her university during school holidays and they meet around 4 times a year, which is very impressive considering the patience and endurance. Fortunately, their living conditions improve and Y can travel faster by air. Their relationship persisted and eventually, they got married after graduation and are now expecting their first baby and their baptism together in a few months. It took a little while for them and they are not that young anymore but perhaps that is why they always look so close and appreciative and happy together. God bless them.

At night, I got a free meal and personal stories from the doctorate research whom I am assisting, very hard working and talented person he is, even though he chaffed me for my decision to apply for an honor society lol. I don't exactly know what am I getting involved in but hopefully it's gonna turn out meaningful.