We're Back

I'll be posting a few times later this week in hopes of reflecting on more of what God showed us over in Southeast Asia and the work that God is doing there. Thank you all for your prayers for us and for the work Christ did. We are grateful for his abundant mercy in keeping us as we traveled home. August 7th might have been the longest day of our lives (literally). 2:00 AM - We leave from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai, China and arrive 7:00 AM. 8:30 AM - We head out into the city for exploration and food. 1:30 PM - We return to get our luggage out of lockers and check our bags for the flight to Atlanta, Georgia {USA}. 4:30 PM - Our flight leaves. (Time Change + 15 Hr. flight) 7:05 PM {EST} - We arrive in Atlanta. 8:30 PM - The students leave to Raleigh. Emily and I find tickets home for Friday morning. Emily and I leave for a hotel 11:00 PM. All of this still on August 7th. CRAZY! Christ preserved us and still is as we seek to make his name famous and to serve the church.

Stuck in ATL

After making it on every flight of our trip we were sure we would make our last one. Over booking it pushed Steven and I off, but the rest of the group made it home as planned. We are getting paid to spend the night in Atlanta. We leave at 7am on Friday (today). More blog when we get there!
Wearing the same clothes for three days on 3 contents is gross... just in case you were wondering!

Mixed Emotions

Our time here is coming to a close. We are playing in the mini Olympics here on campus and then one more meal with new friends. Our day of Aug. 7 will be a long one as we travel back through China. We leave here at 2am Thursday which is 2pm on Wednesday there and arrive at 9pm Thursday there and 9am Friday here. Please pray for our travels.
Also please pray for a friend of ours back home who was in a really bad accident. He will be in the bed for the next 6 weeks and will have to endure a lot of physical therapy. More about that when we get home.
Time for team USA mini Olympics in Malaysia!

Loving Christ, the City, and My Wife

Today was an interesting time for us all as we were able to go into the main city of KL and see some of the amazing things that are there. Emily and I got up really early and commuted with Chan to KL to stand in line to get tickets for our group to see the famous Petronas Towers later in the afternoon. We then met up with our group and walked to an old Buddhist temple where we engaged a young lady with the Gospel and her beliefs. It was very unfortunate to hear her perspective on how to attain salvation and how it depends all on man's own efforts. Please pray for her. We then took a train to Pesar Seni which is an area of KL that contains many Malay markets that have arts and crafts. Our afternoon ended there and back at the Petronas Towers. This evening we spent time with Malay believers who are seeking to make an impact on their campus. Please pray for them as we encourage them tomorrow in that ministry is not just for vocational ministers, but everyone who has been saved by the gospel. Please continue to pray for our team as we are getting bolder with the gospel message and our students are learning to share more and engage the unbelieving students at the campuses. Also, today is our 8 month anniversary. So congratulations to Emily for being able to put up with me for the last 8 months! Amen. Come Lord Jesus! :-)

Pray Requests

Well after a few days of getting used to the time change here in Southeast Asia, we are needing some prayer as we have hit the ground running already in engaging students with the Gospel.

Please pray for:

- Raymond (He has many questions about what it means being "born again" and Ben is right now talking with him about it. Pray for Ben to persevere and love him.)
- Jackie (She is from Mongolia and Emily and Kristen have a possible opportunity to talk more in depth with her as she has extended her hand to them.)
- Kim (Opportunity for the ladies to witness more with her.)
- Monu (From India and desires friendship with others. Pray that we can show him what friendship with Christ looks like.)
- Bible Study Tonight (There will be a good many unbelievers (10 or more) at this Bible Study discussion group at the house we are staying at together. We will host them and lead them through a discussion in Philippians.

That is it for now. Thanks so much for praying for us as we know you already are. I'm sorry I have not put up any pictures just yet. I promise they are coming as the camera is very busy capturing as many moments as possible.

All for now.

we made it!

Although we really weren't booked on two of our three flights we made it exactly as planned. We have had some set backs due to vehicles not starting, but we are flexible. Please pray that the enemy would not have victory through these unplanned set backs.
Pray for Adam our new friend who is a young believer. He will be hanging out with us while we are here. The family here is still getting settled in and needs some rest. We are planning a babysitting evening for them to have a night out.
We will blog again soon!

Ready for 23 Hours?

I don't think we are ready for 23 hours, but we are going to have to be since that will be the amount of time we will be in the air from Sunday morning 10:45 until 11:45 PM Monday night. We are really excited about this trip and anticipate many things which God will do in our lives and others. Please pray for our humility and strong health as I (Steven) am not feeling to well right now with soreness in my throat and a little congestion. I lift up my eyes, from where does my help come from? It comes from Him who made heaven and earth (Psalm 121). Gladness and thanks for the one who sustains us and preserves our well-being.