Friends

Things are going fairly well.  Classes are good, people are good, exercises is good, and God is good! (That should be number 1, though!)

Things are not always good, though.  I very often feel loneliness here in Macau, being a single person with no roommates, and no single Americans with me.  I know that Macau is filled with people, but sometimes it's difficult to form close relationships where I do something with them more often then once a month or once every 2 months.

But...right now I don't feel it so much. I reconnected with the first person that I met here, and we may get together after work next week.  I reconnected with a friend who I haven't seen in over a month, and we may hang out soon.  My Mandarin teacher and I will be getting together on Sunday to cook.  Some of our free class students and I will be travelling to a hot spring in a little over a week.

Every time I get feelings of loneliness, it just seems horrible at the time, but when I look back at it, it makes me appreciate the people who I can call my friends here, and I am thankful for being able to spend time with people, and to share God's Word with people here.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow! :)