It has been a while since I've written anything on this blog. The letter below is an e-mail to update you all about my time in Asia.
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I find time passing really quickly as I am already on my last week of practicum at the International Christian School. The school environment has been amazing with friendly teachers and lovely students. Having daily devotions with the teachers has been something that I have not experienced in any of my practicums this year. I was given the opportunity to hear the testimonies of several teachers and how God brought them to teach in Hong Kong. Other days, just having the opportunity to pray for other's requests has been a joy to partake in. I have been progressively teaching more and more time in the classroom and will be teaching full days for my last week here. We have done a study on Japan and I am starting a unit on Fairy Tales this week. As with any classroom, there are those sneaky kids but even those are so loveable. I will miss these children when I leave! :) Please pray that I will have the endurance to last through this following week as I have become quite exhausted since I arrived in Hong Kong. Please also keep my host teacher, Karen, in your prayers. Her husband, a trombonist, is currently having auditions for various orchestras around the world and she is unsure of where she will be next year. She loves HK and have taught here for 6 years. She would love to stay but this whole situation requires her and her whole family (2 young kids) to learn to fully rely on God for their future.
It has been difficult to spend time with God alone in this busy city. I'm feeling convicted about the lack of time spent in preparation for China and Taiwan. I really desire to enter in with a heart ready to hear God's voice and be ready to serve those that we meet. This morning, we had the opportunity to have breakfast with the pastor who will be bringing us into China. He gave us a better picture of what we will be doing. We also met our mystery team member. Most of you should know how we were praying for a "male" to join our female team. Greg was that "answer" to our prayers. But God's grace is sufficient. He brought along another male member from Vancouver, Micky, who will be joining us while we are in China. I have been reading our missions homework chapter on team building. From the beginning, I've seen going with close friends as both a blessing and a challenge. God is really challenging me that as with any team, there could be conflicts. Please pray that I will be reminded to love my team members with God's love and by doing so, be a testimony of God's love to those that we serve. Please pray that we will be able to get to know Micky in the two weeks that we are there and that we will be able to effectively serve together in ministry.
For continued updates on our adventures in Asia, we have created a blog.
http://megetrip.blogspot.comI will hopefully be sending more updates within the next two weeks but once we embark on missions, we will only be using that blog as our primary source of updates.
