So I am not moved in to an apartment yet, they are still working on them so Amber and I are in a hotel until further notice. I have walked all over China (which I wasn't really prepared for). It's very hot here and you sweat so much you wonder why you took a shower, but it has been a stretching exercise to put it mildly. My flights here all had turbulence and were not so great. When we arrived at LAX you have to walk outside around the airport to go from domestic to international all while carrying very heavy luggage. That flight was an hour shorter (14 hrs.) which was good because my lack of padding on my southern end was starting to be a problem. I slept on and off but with the turbulence it would wake you up.
So when we got to China it was hot like over 100 degrees hot and here they don't really use AC so your sweat a lot!! I had some food in the beginning of training that I really didn't like but now the food is getting better. Please keep 'thinking' about my digestive system changing for new food. I did get an upset tummy today after lunch and got to use my first hole in the ground. This was my biggest fear and it wasn't that bad. The Friend really helped me and showed that there is nothing in this life to fear, He is always with me and as long as He is there I am always home because He is my home. There have been times this past week when I have questioned why I am in China and moments I was ready to just lose it-- but His peace has so surrounded me that I ask "who am I that You are mindful of me?" In every hard moment whether it be physical or even spiritual (this is a very dark oppressed place you physically feel it) He has taken such good care of me more so then human parents do for their own children. I am in awe of Him and how He has changed me so much even in this past week.
I know that once our apartments are ready we get to hike up 4 flights of steep stairs with extremely heavy luggage that He will give me the strength to do it. His love for me amazes me. I am becoming very grateful for so many things we take for granted in the States. You have to boil the water here before you drink it, you can't flush the tp down the toilet because their plumbing is rotten here, we have no ice cream yet (Taylor is working on starting a business with Aloha to serve ice cream, I love you Taylor) and I really miss milk. We have milk here but it taste a lot like sour milk and they serve it hot. Everything here is served hot, only Americans like cold food and drinks. I am shedding my Western mindset and realizing that the Father is the Father of all people and nations no matter the culture or language barriers we are all His creation and He is madly in love with all of us.
I am learning to be salt in light in a dark world, maybe not change the world in 10 months, but that's not my job. I can't change anyone only the Father can my job is just to be an nightlight and let the Light shine through, so the people here see that the darkness is not the only way to live there is another way. The darkness has been here for so many years, we passed a fortune teller on the street and my heart broke there are practices here that have been in practice for centuries. I ask for your 'thoughts' the people of China need the light but most do not realize it. Sometime I feel like I am not really making a difference here, but it's not really about me making a difference but the One in me. There are moments that I really want to go home but I know for now this is where the Father wants me and that the Friend will always have my back He will never abandon me.
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