“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”It hit me this week that we only have two and a half months before we return to the United States. I feel like we have only scratched the surface here in Langfang. There is so much more to do, but we will not be able to return next year.
However, I was excited to again realize that the Father, who called us to China, was here before we were, and he will remain long after we have gone. The work that he began in our lives many years ago will be carried on to completion, and the same is true of the work he began here in China. Our lives are his lives, and the completion is his as well!
We are grateful this week:
1. Last Tuesday was an adventurous day! It was our monthly baby checkup in Beijing and we invited Cassie along. Cassie is one of Jessie's students, and we have known her since last year.
2. We spent Saturday and Sunday in Beijing with the entire IECS team. It was great to visit with the other IECS teachers for the first time in almost two months.
3. Newt will be visiting each school over the course of the next week to finalize our May English weeks and to explore new possibilities in other colleges. He will be in Langfang from Sunday night to Wednesday morning.
Please think about us:
1. This Friday night, we will have our second English Club of the semester on the Western Campus. We will then have the same club on the Main Campus three days later on Monday night.
2. Jess Shamblee has definitely won the award for have the most visitors this year! Hannah will be spending the week with us, and we will all be visiting Jess' class on Monday night for part of her lesson.
3. At this point, we know that our unborn baby will definitely be a girl. She is completely healthy and big for her age! We will have to visit the doctor two days before our flight home on May 28th, and she will certify that Jessie and the baby are healthy enough to make the 13 hour flight to Washington, DC.
Living outside the boat,
Brad
