2013 Year of the Snake

Chinese Lunar New Year is today, February 10, 2013.  Our city is on the very northern tip of our island.  Most people leave our city during CNY to go to cities in the middle and southern tip of our island.

One of our good friends, Ocean, went to visit her family in the south. Her parents and family members are not believers.  Although everyone looks forward to a holiday, many of our believing friends have a little "dread" in going home to spend a week with parents and family members during this time.  They feel a lot of pressure to participate in "non" believing practices.  Many times their family members are openly hostile to their beliefs.

But, our Heavenly Father loves these family members more than we can ever imagine.  He often has much greater things in store for them than we have ever dreamed or imagined.

Here is an account of Ocean's experience with her family today in her own words:

The first day of CNY, and God did major thing in my family. One of my dad's senior high school classmates came to visit us in Kaohsiung. The special part of it is that he and his wife are Christians and they know I am a believer too. I was very anxious because I thought that surely they are going to talk about Christianity in front of my parents, and in my family, we've never done that before, especially in front of my mom. I was so afraid that my mom would be offended and I would be thrown out after they leave. 

But God has much bigger concern than I thought.

They came to share the gospel with my dad!!! During the whole visitation, they kept witnessing for God. I was so touched and got all the goose bumps especially when his wife said that after he became a Christian, all he asks about is to let him find my dad, since they have been out of touch for long time. He prays that God will allow him to live longer so that he can find my dad and share the gospel with my dad.
(They live in California, United States now)

This is the true living God! My God! He loves me and He cares for my family's salvation. I'm out of words to describe His love and His faithfulness for me.

I'm out of words...

I can only give Him all my praises and worship, my whole being...He deserves it!