Unforgettable Summer...

I feel like I'm one-step-behind sometimes...especially when I think of my time in Yanji. The people that I met, the conversations that I had, the things that I saw/touched/smelled/heard/felt and the Person behind it all... it's been a truly amazing summer, but definitely one that has an on-going impact to say the least...

August has been a month of debriefing... reflecting and thinking about all the things that He's shown and taught me. I've journalled a bit and wrote down some things that were significant, but I feel as though it does so little to really fully describe all that was experienced. We can never do real justice... Anyways, I feel as though I'm really making sense of all that we saw just now as we're back "home." Here are 8 significant points that stuck out particularly to me during my time in NE China:

1. The worship time at the REAH retreat… feeling broken and convicted to work more closely with REAH Toronto, possibly as a coordinator of prayer gatherings. This was affirmed more at the Empower Conference, the REAH retreat in NE China and also on the airplane on our way back to Toronto in my conversation with Dan Chung.


2. The e-mail from Wayne/Hyal that I received while in Yanji...


3. Thought about two people specifically: SD and EC… that somehow I would be used in their lives


4. Praise/Worship time on top of the hill in Tumen with John & Karen… thought about Jonah 3 (Jonah looking down from the east side of city to Nineveh). It was good to sing “In His Time” …


5. The last night at Sunny’s… the prayer time, as well as Sunny’s reading of scripture was most uplifting. When she prayed for me, she was thanking God for my heart and being able to be used to bring people to NE China this summer. She read Jeremiah 29:11-13.


6. The ‘thank-you’ card from Yoori… encouraging me to read the WORD. She also saw servant leadership in me w/o judgement and I felt really encouraged by her comments.


7. Meeting the talbukja (YJ) and she was the same age as Ye-ah (July 3, 1983 was her birthday)… it was a truly an awesome encounter...


8. Talk with Dan in the airplane about forming a consistent prayer group for NK in Toronto. Focusing on m’s and their specific prayer requests… ***follow-up needed***

In His time... In His time... He makes all things beautiful in His
time... Lord please show me everyday... as you're teaching me your ways... that you do just what you say... In your time!