“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”A lamp for my feet? Is that enough?
Just a lamp for our feet, that is the promise, and we can step forward in faith & courage because the light is trustworthy. The light illuminates more of our path with every step until we have reached our destination.
I stumble most when I am focusing too far along the path, when I look beyond what the lamp has revealed. Sometimes all we are shown is the next step and all we need is the courage to move forward.
Why we are grateful this week:
1) We had a great English Club on Monday! Jessie spoke on the “Four Loves” by C.S. Lewis, and Bubble Boy came to a conclusion.
2) Our jet-lag has finally subsided, and we are happy that we are spending the weekend in one place.
3) Jessie’s nausea has been better this week. She is finding foods that she can eat and her flu-like symptoms seem to be disappearing.
4) Jess Shamblee had a great weekend. She visited a student’s family and hometown, and I’m sure she will blog about it. We highly recommend you check out her blog at: http://shambleegoestochina
Please continue to “think” about us:
1) Finals start next week for our Oral English classes. After that we will have some free time to spend with students until they leave for the winter break around mid-January. We want to finish the semester strong!
2) For Christmas, we will be traveling to Boading to celebrate with the rest of the IECS team. Please keep our travel plans in your thoughts.
3) Last Sunday, while traveling back to Tianjin, Will Corder lost his passport on the train. Please remember Wil and Courtney, as they go though the process of applying for a new passport.
4) Newt and Claire will return to the United States tomorrow. Their visit was a tremendous blessing for all of us! Please keep their travels and recovery from jet-lag in your thoughts.
5) We will go to the Western Campus on Friday for their final English Club of the semester on that campus. It will be the same as last Monday; if all goes well we will have a video ready to post a couple days later.
6) My parents are hoping to visit us at the beginning of January, but that is dependent on my mom’s recent bouts with vertigo. She is seeing the doctor again this week, and hopefully they will tell her it is okay to fly. You can be thinking of her healing as the vertigo prevents her from going about her daily activities easily, especially driving.
7) We are a little concerned about next semester’s schedule. We have not told the College that Jessie is pregnant, and we are not sure how that will affect her schedule. The biggest problem will be that she will need to return to the United States at the end of May, and our classes will continue for about another two weeks.
All in His name,
Brad
