Happy Mother’s Day!

Kathy-Lu is thankful to have completed the sharing in the Mother’s Day service at the church in Taipei.  The theme of her message was that God’s grace is sufficient and practically useful in all situations.  The feedback from the church people was positive, and many reminded us that they are praying for the work in Baozhong.

Our daughter Elyssa arrived safely on Thursday, and we have been enjoying hearing her stories from the past year.

We are looking forward to our new coworker Sherry arriving in Baozhong on Friday.  Please pray for a good transition to rural living and to her new teaching position.  Please also ask God to help her to connect with the youth for whom she has a burden.

Lorne had an interesting conversation on the street in Baozhong a couple days ago.  A local resident mentioned that he is reading the Bible.  A few questions revealed that he is getting some help from Pastor Huang at the Village Gospel Mission Gospel Center.  But it was this individual’s initial impression of Christianity that sticks in Lorne’s mind.  He said that Christians are different than most other people because they are more willing to admit their mistakes.  He is right!  We are all sinners that need to confess our shortcomings and accept God’s grace.  Lorne is looking forward to more conversations in the future.