Week 3: New Discoveries -- May 20

7:03

Ya know, today was pretty great. First we had class. Then we had quiet time, but I had to leave early for an appointment. We got to the place where we were meeting a couple minutes early so me and JW just talked and prayed for a bit. Then, realizing he had a phone in his pocket, called the student we were meeting. He had stayed up late playing cards with his friends. He came running to us from his dorm [his hair was a mess. lol]. We were going to meet him expecting him to bring a couple friends, but he didn't have their numbers and he slept in, so it was just the three of us.

We went back to his dorm room. There were four bunk beds and it was a little messy. No one was there at first, but one of his roommates came shortly afterwards (he didn't speak English though). We just started talking about some stuff and we got to speaking about how there are problems in the world. We started going through the 'English/East Asian bilingual booklet that has verses from the Bible and also shows that Christianity is not just a 'western' thing' and I could really see that he was understanding. Before he had said that he didn't think God was, but he [now] saw the possibility. His mom had told him when he was a kid that God existed [I wonder what she told him exactly, but it sounded like she was Christian].

The only problem was that he didn't know how to explain in English what he was thinking. We gave him the websites and we left. He's going to the capital city next week sometime and then they will get work experience there [he was in school to become a tour guide]. I was just overcome with sadness; no, my, hmm... the only word I can use is heartbroken. Tears just kept coming to my eyes. I really want to speak with him again. He said he was going to study [English] very hard so that he could tell us what he was thinking.

I have been praying to see people as God does. I think that feeling of brokenheartedness is a part of what God feels. [There are thousands of millions of people in East Asia who don't even know of His name, let alone believe in Him. Yet each and every one of them is a unique and beloved creation in His eyes and He is reaching out to them everyday.] I need to have faith that God will use others to reach out to him. I'll be praying really hard for him.

D.Fa


[that is the racket I broke. lol]