Well seeing as I missed my actual update day and I'm actually writing this a day late, it's Chinese New Year. Happy New Year, everybody! Only about a half an hour left in this year here in Taiwan. Then it's goodbye year of the monkey, hello year of the rooster. Mai and I were just outside with Isaac setting off little crackler thingys. Well, I suppose it was more like Ike was setting them off and laughing at Mai and I as we attempted to throw them hard enough to make them go off. Then we'd go chasing after them in the dark, find them, and begin all over again. Eventually Mai and I both got one to go off all by ourselves- yay...
Well the last couple of weeks have been rather eventful, as I'm sure you can guess. My camp team was involved in three camps over the course of two weeks. I think I can speak for my team in saying that all the camps went smoothly and we definately saw the Lord working. I had two great people to work with- Christina and Samuel were both very flexible and easy-going, which is a must when working with a crazy person like me. When I started doing strange things in large group, what did they do? Laughed and joined me. When I changed the schedule and hacked it to bits in the middle of the week, what did they do? Supported me and helped me try and explain everything to our awesome TAs. I want to thank you both for the help you were to me- you are absoluuuutely great! But the biggest thanks goes to the Lord, who seems to be teaching me more and more each day to trust Him no matter what happens. It's kind of hard to give a short synopsis of two weeks of camp because so much happened but it's hard to know how to give the "readers digest version". Please continue to pray for the kids and TAs we worked with, that the Lord would continue to work in their hearts.
And now it is the new year. Pray for this new semester that will be starting on Monday. Pray that the Lord will give us renewed energy and a renewed vision for the people He has called us to serve. Pray that we will give our best and not hold anything back. Pray that we would keep our focus on the Lord and that He would teach us more about Himself every single day. Thank you each for your prayers. I know I say this every time I write an update, but every time it is just as true. We really could not do this without the prayers of people like you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
A Nantou-ren at heart,
Kai Shi (Christina Moody)
Ying Pan Team
