Southern Lights Update

All the days seem to run together and the time just seems to be flying by. We have had a lot of fun times since the last time and so I will do my best to try to cover them all.

The main thing we did since our last update was an English workshop. Six days of getting to know about 70 kids. A team from Texas came and led the workshop while we helped. It was a good time and made for a very tiring week. But we now have about 15 guys that we know fairly well and have been able to contact and follow up with. Everyone here enjoys getting coffee and smoothies so that is a natural time to talk about anything and everything.

On Tuesday, the team from Texas returned to the city in preparation for their return to the US. We went with them and stopped along the way to visit a tourist area. We got to see rice paper being made, eat fish eggs (really embryos), and ride in little boats that are very much the Asian stereotype. It was a fun day learning more about the local culture.

On Wednesday, we were hanging out with a friend, V, and were able to share the story with him. We got dinner and then had smoothies. He is interested but still has some things he is not sure of. Please remember V.

On Friday, we met with a friend, E, and talked to him for about 3 hours sharing the story and answering lots of questions. We gave him a copy of the Book and met with him this morning to  study together. He asked many questions and we were able to answer them. I don't think he is interested in accepting right now but he just wants to learn more. Please remember E.

Those are some of the highlights of the last few days. It has been a lot of fun and very tiring. It can get frustrating and lonely but the work must go on. They must hear or they will never know him. Please continue to remember us and what we are doing. Thank you for all you are doing to lift us up.

 -Southern Lights team

Moving on...

Last week, we met many new people that were more than willing to interact with us and talk to us with anything. We were able to teach English 3 times. In 2 of those times we were able to share stories from the Book. It was amazing to see stories we take for granted, like the story of Jonah, and then only have 5 of 40 people having ever heard that story before. I have yet to sit down and talk to someone who I was not able to talk about Him and that was the first time they had ever heard that story before.

On Friday, we moved to a different city. That was hard to just move and leave all of those friendships behind. We met up with 6 other people from Texas who have been here as many as six times. With their help, we have been able to do an English workshop at one of the colleges. Through this, we have been able to meet many people. Through those relationships, we have been able to share the story several times. 

The three guys that we have gotten to know the best are V, E, and B. They are all very nice and are more than willing to listen to everything we have to say. I was able to talk to E for over an hour yesterday about everything and everything. He wants to learn more. V wants to study the book and learn for himself what it says. B was the first guy I met when I got here and he is interested in hearing the stories from the book. So with all those people wanting to meet up and learn more and several more that I didn't mention, we are very tired. So remember those friendships but also the energy for our team. 

With love and faith,

T