|
SubscriptionsSites I Read
|
|
|
|
| Prayer Journal: "O Lord, our Lord... How MAJESTIC is Your name in ALL the earth!" Psalm 8:1 Show Yourself in this place, O Lord. Your Name surpasses all in its majesty and glory! Halleluiah! You reign! I love You so much, Jesus... | | |
| In the afternoon I went to the Uyghur restaurant again with Josh, Neil and Maya. That night I went to my Chinese ballet class! It was a good workout and of course an adventure. It's so funny to see all of the people gathering around the studio window and staring at this foreigner taking a ballet class in Chinese. =) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Prayer Journal... "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet." Proverbs 3:24 Your promises delight my heart, O Lord! I cling to them as my hope. As I lie down here in China, please calm my fears of inadequacy. I feel as if I will never be able to understand this Chinese language, the language of the people I love. But Your promises assure me,God, that I am in the place that You have me. At any moment You could simply open my mind to fully comprehend Chinese. So I simply put my faith in Your plan. Still my heart and be with me as I sleep. I love You! | | |
| I was the only one who showed up for our Chinese conversation class that day. It was fun because it was like a 3 hour Chinese tutoring session. After class my professor took me out to lunch at a nearby Uyghur restaurant. That was really fun, too, because we mostly spoke in Chinese. I actually felt like I learned more at lunch that in class! Pretty cool. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Prayer Journal: May Your ears be open to my pleas, the pleas of Your daughter, and may You listen to me whenever I cry out to You. For You have truly singled me out from among the peoples to be Your inheritance, just as has been declared over me during my lifetime, O Sovereign Lord. ...may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that He may uphold the cause of His servant according to each day's need, so that all those I encounter may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other! (I Kings 8:52-53,59-60...paraphrase) I have heard your prayer and plea you have made before Me; I have consecrated you, My temple, by putting My name upon you forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there upon you. (I Kings 9:3...paraphrase) | | |
| From 9-12 I had my advanced Chinese class. It's so hard! And on top of everything else our teacher told us what will be on our test on Friday. We were completely overwhelmed. There's way too much! Lord, help me! I cannot do this on my own. Her English is not very good and I think she just doesn't understand how much we're struggling. Our textbook is crazy hard...it is stuff like the philosophy of love! haha...But I was so frustrated... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Prayer Journal: "So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their travels." Exodus 40:38 Oh Lord my God, I cry out to You to settle over me every moment of every day. I am Your tabernacle and I long for Your all-consuming presence! Lead me in all my travels, in all my ways. Point my feet in the way they should go, dear Savior, and may I never stray and go somewhere You have not intended me to go or do something You have not intended for me to do. I am fully Thine. Lead me as I am one in You! "But I, by Your great mercy, will come into Your house; in reverence will I bow down toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies - make straight Your way before me." Psalm 5:7-8 | | |
| In the morning a student from New Zealand (Fraser) and I went to church together at the big international church in town. The service was good and refreshing, but my heart ached to befriend some of the people in that place. I was there with my fellow student, who is really a Christian in name only, and I couldn't just leave him to be part of others. But I've never felt such a deep ache for fellowship. It's right there within my grasp, but I'm unable to take hold of it. Hear the cry of my heart, Lord. Grant me true kindred fellowship with someone here. Please, Lord. After the service Fraser and his friend, Sandy, from Singapore went out to a Tex Mex restaurant called "Peter's" for lunch. It was really quite a bazaar experience eating at a TexMex place in China! That night Fraser, Josh and Neil (the two guys who live in the apartment across from Maya's and mine) went out to the wonderful Indian restaurant, Namaste, for dinner. I walked back by myself, trying to soak in a little more China. I really want to go exploring in this city more. Lord, guide my steps, my every move. Please don't let me miss out on anything You have for me here. Thank You! You are faithful. As I was nearing the apartments, two teenage girls approached me and said hello and introduced themselves to me. Tina and Linda (very popular English names for Chinese people)...they were so cute! They asked if they could have my phone number so we could get together sometime and I could help them with their English and they could help me with my Chinese. Of course I gladly agreed. | | |
|
