Since my last update, too many things have happenned. I know that Father has provided so much, and that He is always watching over us. During our last days in the school , we had 3 people come to the Lord, and those 3 each got baptized. Please pray for them to continue to grow! I've been so blessed by what they've showed me these past 2 weeks. I'll share with you the story of one of our new brothers:
A little background: He attends school in a major city. He came with a couple others to be a volunteer, but he is pretty young. He was at the other school before I got there and was poured out to a lot by the volunteers.
When I got to the school, I was assigned to teach a class with Jonathan as my assistant. After the first day I spent with him we were able to get along really well. It was funny because even though he wasn't our roommate, he would come and go into our room as he pleased like our roommate. We spent a lot of time together talking, joking, playing card games, etc. But I never had too much of a chance to talk to him about deeper spiritual things. Especially since I was usually leading songs and playing guitar, I never got to talk too much to him during devotions.
As we neared the end of camp, 2 sisters accepted Christ were born again on 8/4 in front our office after a praise night. After their baptism, I pulled Jonathan aside cause he looked a little sad and in deep thought. I asked him what was going through his mind, and we went to the basketball courts and just sat and talked for 2 hours. He shared alot of his thoughts and concerns about facing his family and friends if he got into a relationship with Christ. And I was able to share my thoughts and also more of my testimony with him. We talked and talked, and at the end I challenged him to challenge God to prove that He's real. And he said "I did." I was like whuuut. And he said during the prayer before I asked if anyone wanted to accept the Lord, he said that he told God if God could answer these questions and prove that he's real, then he would believe it. And said that I had answered that prayer and challenge.
The day after was our last day together, and at night I asked him how close he was to accepting the Lord. And he said 6. And he explained that in the culture it means passing, and that he believed. After double checking if he believed in God's love, that Jesus died for him and rose again, he said yes. I was pretty happy, and then I followed up with asking him if he wanted to get baptized. And then he said that he was at an 8. He said he thought he needed to grow more before getting baptized, and asked what I thought. And I told him it varies on people and churches in America, but many people usually get baptized after. And then it looked like he understood, then I asked if he was willing to get baptized, and he said "it would be an honor." But since he didn't ask when or where, I wasn't sure if he understood, so I ask how about tonight? And he said he needed 5 minutes to think about it.
I went into the room and told my roommate we needed to pray for Jonathan. And immediately after we prayed, the door knocked and he had a smile on his face and said "let's do this." I ran and gathered all the Christians and we gathered in our room to listen to his testimony and then I had the honor of baptizing him.
Praise the Lord!!!
Now since the summer camp has ended, I'm at another school now, and our Volunteers are all together. I dearly miss all the other volunteers and my students at the old city. I really miss them so much. As I was listening to a Chinese song yesterday on the bus to the next city, I was thinking if I really gave my 100% to the volunteers and students at the old city. I never really came to a conclusion on whether if I did or not, but I know that I want to be able to leave China knowing that I've done everything I could've.
Please pray for me!
1. That God would give me peace here at the new city, and that I would be able to be led by the Lord to do His will here.
2. That I would continue to lift up the new brother and sisters daily so that they could grow.
3. That I would not dwell too much on missing my kids and volunteers, and that I would keep praying for them as well.
4. That God would give me the strength to finish strong.
Sorry for the long post! Thanks for your prayers!
Love from China,
YY
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