Friday, May 30, 2014

Drum-roll please...

I will be in America from July 16 until August 14! When I return from America, however, I will not be returning to Macau! (Start drum-roll...) I will be moving to a city just outside of Hong Kong! There, I will be a volunteer coordinator for the church (among other things), and I will also be studying Chinese at the university! I am very excited to start on this new journey, and I hope that you will all continue to follow it!  i cannot promise that I will continue my blog, but I will continue with my newsletters!  Please send me an e-mail or comment here if you would like to receive my monthly newsletters!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Updates

This past month has been fun.  I was able to take a vacation to Taiwan to relax, and it was excellent.  I visited some University classmates, one originally from there and one who lives and works there now.  It was a lot of fun to be able to meet up with both of the girls, and to catch up!

I went with my roommate, and we checked out the Concordia that is in ChiaYi.  It was such a neat school!  We loved the environment and the camaraderie that is evident between the staff there.

I've also had opportunities to go out with students/friends, and I got some exciting news just a couple days ago that a lady who has been coming to the English center for many many years has decided that she wants to be baptized!  I am so elated to have been able to hear her express that wish to me, and to see the joy in her eyes when she shared it. I am so happy to have another sister in Christ! I don't know when the baptism will be, but I hope that I will be here for it!

My dates for my time in America have been set.  I will leave Macau on July 16, and when I return in August, I will be moving to a nearby city to study Chinese and to work in a church for foreigners.  I might be discontinuing my blog, because of internet issues.  For those who want to keep updated, make sure you're on my e-mail list by sending me an e-mail by clicking here.