So, I failed to keep you all updated while I was in China because of the lack of internet and the fact that China doesn't allow free blog speech. Sorry about that. However, here is my latest (and last) post about my experience in China that I sent out to my supporters. I will definitely post more later.
The last week in China went by like a blur, yet God was so gracious to give me strength to endure until the end. Just when I thought God was done working through me, he allowed me the opportunity to meet Becky.
I met her in Holiday club when we were going over Easter and the history of it. She seemed to know more about it than bunnies and eggs, and was answering questions about who Jesus was and why God became man. So I walked up to her and asked her how she knew all these things. I found out that she had been witnessed to by several Americans in the past 5 years. I asked if she was a Christian, and she said, "No, but I'm on my way." We started meeting up every night just to chat, and it became one of the highlights of my day. I shared with her Scripture after Scripture of what it meant to be a Christian, how great God's love is, and how He has the ability to forgive sin and transform lives. She opened up to me about so many things including personal struggles she had. She's at a place where she believes that she is an incredible sinner who doesn't deserve any forgiveness. I read to her Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" and explained that where she's at is not a bad place to be. She asked me, "How can I become a Christian?" And I showed her Romans 10:9. All in all, I thinks she's afraid to commit herself to Christ because there are no Chinese Christians around her. All the Christian influence in her life has been from Americans who witness to her and then leave. I prayed over her, asking for sincere faith and that God would allow her to find Christian fellowship in her hometown. I pray that she learns how to live as a Christian from a fellow Chinese, and that God is not a God of foreigners, but of all people. So please, please pray for her salvation!
As I look back on my 2 months in China, I felt like God taught me so many things, which can be narrowed down to:
1) God is worthy to be loved. I want love God and be devoted to him rather than desiring the gifts that he gives. I struggle with self-sufficiency, especially in trying to sanctify myself. I need to remember that all good things are a by-product of full devotion to God himself and are not to be sought after in and of themselves.
2) God is faithful. He keeps his promises. He acts exactly in accordance to His perfect will. God answers prayers! Never has his answers been more apparent to me.
3) God saves. Amongst a desperate people living in hopelessness, God is MOVING mightily in China. After the first session, I wept for the souls of my students, but was reminded by the Holy Spirit that it is He who saves, and not me. That's why being a Calvinist is so great. I can't say or do anything to thwart the will of God! i just need to be obedient. He will do what he wills, and that brings me peace.
I'm so grateful that God gave me the joy of taking part in his plan of salvation for his people. I rejoice in the glory of God shown in his work in China and personally in my life. I've been blessed with interactions and good conversations with my American teammates and the Chinese people.
Thank you for being a part of this life-changing experience, I pray that you are also blessed by how great our Lord is in His work both here and abroad.
"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor the fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation." Habakkuk 3:17-18
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