The year has gone by so fast, but it has been absolutely amazing. As I sat down and reflected yesterday morning I wrote down some of the major life events that we have experienced this past year:
Jan-June: We entered the last two quarters of our SBS (School of Biblical Studies). They were very intense and difficult, but absolutely amazing. I remembered the book reports I never thought we could finish, but did! The great times with friends and family that came to visit! The new understandings God gave us from His word about ourselves, others and this world we live in.
July-Sept: We focused these three months on simply spending time with the people we love. Knowing that we would be gone for the next few years we made it a priority to be with our friends and family. We went camping, on short road trips, had lots of coffee dates and dinners, I (Angela) rode my bike with my mom everyday (almost), served our church family, preached at Kilcona for the first time, led a bible study, and overall tried to give away what we had gained in SBS. The biggest surprise of all at this time? Finding out we were pregnant! Crazy-but definitely exciting and we trust God’s perfect timing.
Oct-Dec: These three months have been months of getting settled in to a brand new culture, country and language. We found an apartment, have been studying chinese everyday, had the opportunity to go and teach in the Philippines, and have been building relationships with the Taiwanese students in the area through teaching english classes twice a week.
So that is our year at a glance- it has been fulfilling and exciting to listen to God, obey His leading and trust Him for everything! It was definitely not always easy as you may remember if you read through our blogs on a regular basis, but God has been faithful! This is the true adventure in life…spoiled for the ordinary we press on to make our lives count for eternity.
We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.? This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 2 Corinthians 4:7
Happy New Year!
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