His WIll
Three weeks are now gone since leaving Hanoi. Not much has happened, well that's not true. This last week Hoa, our exchange student, left for Goshen College in Indiana to finish her degree.
Four years ago, SARS struck China, which routed us to Viet Nam. I spent three years studying the Chinese language, and culture, I did not want to go to Viet Nam. While there, I closed my heart to the country and the people. Three of us, including myself contracted dysentery, and suffered badly. I couldn't wait to get home and get this trip in the books. Little did I know that God's will was being acted out. We met Hoa, she was one of our students, then only 15 years old.
About nine months later, she contacted me to inform me that she had the chance to come to America and attend a high school exchange program, to which I responded that she was welcomed in our home. More than anything a common courtesy. She accepted and of course we opened our home to her. What a blessing. She became a best friend to me, and I more like a father to her. A year after arriving, she was baptized, and has been inviting people ever since. Three years have passed since she first arrived. Once again, I found myself being called to Viet Nam, accept this time I wasn't so defiant about it. In fact, I was very open to it. I was however, very frightened about it.
If you have read my blog you know what has happened over the summer. Again, another blessing. Now I am waiting to see if the school will accept the contract that I sent them and will invite me to come back to Viet Nam for long term service. In the meantime, I am applying for jobs, and so far, I have had two interviews, and two more scheduled. Hoa is in the process of settling down in Goshen, and Coy has changed her office, and is still working on hard on selling homes. Things are as He wills. Please continue to pray for us, for Hoa, and for those in Viet Nam.
Four years ago, SARS struck China, which routed us to Viet Nam. I spent three years studying the Chinese language, and culture, I did not want to go to Viet Nam. While there, I closed my heart to the country and the people. Three of us, including myself contracted dysentery, and suffered badly. I couldn't wait to get home and get this trip in the books. Little did I know that God's will was being acted out. We met Hoa, she was one of our students, then only 15 years old.
About nine months later, she contacted me to inform me that she had the chance to come to America and attend a high school exchange program, to which I responded that she was welcomed in our home. More than anything a common courtesy. She accepted and of course we opened our home to her. What a blessing. She became a best friend to me, and I more like a father to her. A year after arriving, she was baptized, and has been inviting people ever since. Three years have passed since she first arrived. Once again, I found myself being called to Viet Nam, accept this time I wasn't so defiant about it. In fact, I was very open to it. I was however, very frightened about it.
If you have read my blog you know what has happened over the summer. Again, another blessing. Now I am waiting to see if the school will accept the contract that I sent them and will invite me to come back to Viet Nam for long term service. In the meantime, I am applying for jobs, and so far, I have had two interviews, and two more scheduled. Hoa is in the process of settling down in Goshen, and Coy has changed her office, and is still working on hard on selling homes. Things are as He wills. Please continue to pray for us, for Hoa, and for those in Viet Nam.
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