It’s really hard for me to write a generic letter and send it to everybody. I miss the act of writing personal letters and sending them through snail mail. So I’m going to do both. I’ll attempt to write a letter to a different person each week and report to my blog, to keep myself accountable. This is a way to keep others aware of my missions trip to China and a way to keep in touch with friends, outside of facebook, e-mail, and chats! When was the last time I wrote to my brother, my favorite teachers, or friends that I haven’t seen in a long time? Anyway, I wrote a letter to a friend in Chicago today, asking him to support me in prayer for my missions trip. May I share them with you as well? (See below.)
Prayer Requests
1) Glorify God through our actions directly or indirectly. We will conduct ourselves in a way that would draw people to us, so that they’ll have a curiosity to know more about him. We’ll be working with the teachers in China. Please pray that we can share both teaching practices and God’s love for them.
2) To trust in God- I will be away from family and friends for six weeks. Sometimes I will not get to talk or write or hear from them. Please pray that I’ll trust in God and let go of any fear in my heart and mind.
3)Safety- Please pray that my team and I will take care of ourselves so that we’ll not get sick. As we travel to and from the US, pray that air travels would be safe. I love to go running, but please pray that it would be safe to run on the streets:-) Hope we can find our way around without problems.
4)Unity-please pray for unity for our team and that we would work together using the gifts that God has blessed us with. Through this missions trip, please pray that God will use us and grow us to be more like him.
5)Good communication please pray that I’ll be careful with all my communication with people at home, as China is a closed country. In China, help us to be bold to practice and speak Mandarin to reach out.
It has been awhile since I last wrote on my blog. I always want to get everything perfect, which takes a long time. So it becomes overwhelming to write just an entry on my blog. My friend encouraged and told me that the best way to keep up with a blog is to write everyday. While I may not be able to do it everyday, I’ll do it every week.
