My September Update [Josh]

你好!

Autumn is here and September is coming to a close. Summer has flown quickly and as the leaves are changing color, I think about how my life has changed and will change in the next couple of months. Life is busy (no surprise there) preparing to leave my job, packing, fundraising and doing mundane things like laundry. :)

This weekend I leave Chicago and travel to Kansas City for the Intro to IHOP-KC internship. I am so ready to go! It’s been over a year since I made my decision to go and it’s finally happening! I excited and nervous about what it is going to be like, but most importantly, I feel at peace and have a direction that I I know is where God wants me to go. No more wondering what is next, trying to figure out where God really wants from me. I am running hard after Him and that’s all that matters. Plus I love road trips. I find that I have the best times of worship and prayer in the car driving. Yup, I’m strange like that. :)

If I look back at this journey, I have to laugh. You see, 10 years ago I told the Lord, “I know you have some kind of missions thing in store for my life, but I have a desire to minister cross culturally. So could you send me to Africa, South America, Australia, etc, etc? Just don’t send me to minister to the Chinese people. I grew up in a chinese church, so I already know how to deal with them. Let me minister to others.”

Oh, how God must have smiled when I told Him that. How ironic that God has changed my heart so completely that not only am I going to Taiwan, but that I can’t wait. God is chuckling, I know it!

Prayer Requests:

• Pray that my prayer and devotional times would be rich and full of His presence. Because of the busyness of my life, they have been hurried and at times, difficult to spend the time that I want to at the Lord’s feet.
• Pray that I wouldn’t be discouraged and overwhelmed with all the preparation and challenges that lie ahead. I’m trusting the Lord, but there are times when it’s a little dark.
• Currently one of the Taiwan youths, James, in the So San church has some bad coughing and when he got some x-rays, they found some white spots on his lungs. He is going in for additional tests, but the hospital will not take him until december, so pray that a earlier opening will open up and that he would be healed..
• Pray that the Lord would quickly raise up the support necessary to do His work.
This is my first newsletter. You’ll see many changes with the format as I tinker around with what works best, so don’t be surprised to see a different format next time. I like to change it up. :)

Thank you so much for all your support! I am so grateful to consider you my friends, brothers and sisters. It is so encouraging to talk to many of you in the past weeks and sharing with you what God is doing in Taiwan. I so value your prayers immensely and couldn’t continue in ministry without them! I hope to get a chance to talk with you in the future. If you want to stop by IHOP to visit, let me know!

As always, if you are led to help out, it’s easy enough. At the end of this letter will be a pledge slip that has instructions on how you can partner with me in reaching Taiwan for Christ!

In Him who Loves us,
josh
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