Christmas here in Taiwan could probably have been described as one of the most unique ones for most of us here as it was the first one away from home and family. It has been incredible Christmas at the same time as we had the opportunity to see first had God’s faithfulness. He will never call you to follow Him without walking there before you. “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” Isa 30:21
In so many ways I can look back and see His loving care for each of us whether it was through a teacher helping us find a real live Christian Book store tucked away in the heart of Hualien city where we could find a nativity set or through the thoughtfulness of a teacher who simply recognized that this must be a difficult time to be away from home and family.
I heard a pastor once make the comment, “You can tell how good your Sunday was by how bad your Monday is.” Now that may be exaggerating quite a bit, and I love the classes I teach today, but it was still hard to have Christmas really be over and have to go teach School again this morning. Even here though, God was faithful. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was supposed to be teaching this morning since we are about done with the curriculum for the semester in a couple classes, but on the way to school the teacher suggested I teach a little about a subject I had gone over a lot in one of my other schools. We also had a chance to talk a little about what is going on in January as far as when the exams will be and what they need to know, which was really helpful as I have a better idea in planning the next lessons.
It will definitely be a long week, especially for those who are going to Hong Kong this weekend to get their visa’s renewed, but also for those of us who will be left behind. I know that God’s faithfulness will not fail and that because of that I can wake up each morning excited to see what God will do. “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” (Lamentation 3:22-25)
Reporting live from Hualien,
Christina Furrow
