Leaving China,

[allenehatherell12]

Dear Sisters,
I have been trying to visit and to contiue to pray for my sisters needs here as you post but I have had little time recently. I have not had continued access to the internet either these last couple of weeks. We are all packed up now and leave China in 2 days!! Last night we met with our fellowship which was so lovley and we sttod and praying in the little resteraunt...what a witness!! Jesu Ay Ni....Jesus loves you!! God has kept me so busy to the end and I have been so encouraged by the change in an alcoholic friend, who is now definately going to be going to a rehab unit this summer and may join me at our faith camp afterwards. I have been witnessing and praying for her for 2 years and she has taken some books, including a Bible and we are talking more now on the ways of the Lord. Please pray for her? I would appreciate your prayers for my little family too as we move from here this weekend. All is now packed and we pray that we can all leave with no hassle from the beaurocrats and that our belongings will also leave, clear customs swiftly and be safely on their way to Edinburgh. Our cat flew to UK yesterday, our dog in a week...pray they will survive the journey and we'll all be reunited after quarrentinne. DH and I will be going to Scotland next week...pray we shall have patience, love and understanding together in this stressful time and will find a suitable house. Meantime we will (well, my daughter is 19! hardly a child) will be staying with unaved MIL and SIL and that (as sister Mitchel well knows!, will be challenging indeed) so I pray I shall be ''long suffering, gentle and patient!!'' I love you all on this sight and shall soon be visiting with you from England. God Bless, Sister Allene <><

[mitchell]

Dear Sister Allene,

I will pray for you all, that your move will go safely and smoothly, and as God wills (and safely and smoothly is surely His will!)

Well, the stay with the difficult relatives may be a challenge; but we are charged with being kind and patient with difficult people when we must be around them. - I've varied in my feelings for the past couple of weeks about my BIL & SIL problem; but then I think the bottom line of it is that I want peace. I realize that I don't know what sorts of conditions and adversity in people's lives have made them be the way they are. In some instances, the unfair treatment we receive may be due to nothing more than just the spoiled childhood of those involved rather than any tribulations they've suffered. . and that makes it harder to take, I think.

We have a family reunion I dread coming up later this month, where the SIL repeatedly has belittled me and made unkind remarks to me in front of the whole group of relatives and just laughed raucously as if to say "this is so funny that no one could possibly be mad about it". - I've thought and thought about how I should answer her if/when she does it at the next gathering. I had even reached the point where I thought, "I don't care if the fact that I am tired of this behavior finally becomes clear to everybody present" . . . and I'm still not completely decided on how I can handle it, but I do know that I do not want to speak rudely or angrily to her in return. I MAY simply walk away in silence from the situation in such a way that it registers with her that this behavior will no longer be deemed acceptable.

I first thought I wouldn't go to the gathering, but my son is coming home for it and I don't get to spend much time with him, so I'm not going to allow the BIL & SIL to rob me of being with him one single minute. . and he is coming home especially to go to that reunion.

Try to relax around these folks, Sister, and rise above any petty or provocative behavior they exhibit around you. People like this can make us sick with their unkindnesses and attitudes. Rest assured that it is more their instability and insecurity about themselves than it is about our shortcomings generally. They need prayer more than anything.

Blessings and Prayers,
Sister Wanda

[SisterNancy]

will be praying for your departure, travel, quick and easy lodging in scotland and your stay in inlaws house. I am still praying your husband will stand up for you and inform the inlaws He does not appreciate it. Love and kindness are never wrong. Praying for you to not have to endure to much at the inlaws. May God's grace be with you!

[Tammy]

Well I know this must be an exciting, albeit stressful, time for you and your family! I pray for grace for you, and peace. I pray that there will be no troubles with your belongings, and that they will arrive with you. I pray that God will bless your journey, and even your time with your extended family.

Can't wait to hear how the trip went!

Sis Tammy

[SisterNancy]

How are things going sister??? Been praying all summer!

[allglorytogod]

Have been praying for you and family