May in Hong Kong means it's hot again. Unbelievably muggy. The mosquitos are swarming. And the monkeys are on the prowl for the brown mushy fruit (I still haven't figured out what it is) that hangs from our trees.
Last week I walked out of my front door and nearly into a ... five foot long snake. He slithered away, and so did I... in the opposite direction. So, no photos, sorry. I don't know what kind of snake he was. Surely not a poisonous one. Surely not.
So here's what makes it worth it to face the mosquitoes, the monkeys, the snakes and the heat:
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| A graduate of LTS(center) who works with these beautiful, beautiful, Indonesian domestic workers, cheering them on, mothering them, coaching them, loving them through the highs and lows of working as live-in maids in a foreign land. They don't always dress like this, but Sundays are their one day off, so they dress up, looking like they just stepped in from a different, more exotic planet. And in some ways, that's exactly what they've done! |
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| "Miss Rose" who speaks the world's most beautiful British English, with two of her LTS students from Laos, who are able to study at LTS because of scholarships from the Ev. Lutheran Church in America. They are developing leadership skills to work in the Laos Evangelical Church... which has grown from 26 believers in the capital city in 1990... to 10,000 believers in the capital city today... so the need for capable and committed Christian leadership is huge... and these young women are well on their way. |
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| and then |
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| there's the exuberance |
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| of the students from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Mainland China, even from the USA! |
(Here celebrating the almost-end of the academic year)
This keeps remembering what it's all about... and glad to be here.
"...the joy of the LORD is your strength.” -- Nehemiah 8:10
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