Behold43:18: July 2012

Sometimes I feel as though life is moving too fast, changing too much, and I just want to hold on to the here and now. At the same time I'm excited about the future and where God is leading me. I've found that the constant struggle between looking forward and looking back can be stressful. Of course, there's a simple solution for this. The namesake of this blog is Isaiah 43:18-19: "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" I've found great comfort in this verse during my currently hectic life. So I created this blog to write about my busy life, what's new, what's to come, and how God is speaking to me.

Jul 30, 2012

ChangChun newsletter 3 is here. Laura Beth will be home in 11 days. :-)

Jul 18, 2012

The 2nd ChangChun newsletter has been published. Talked with Laura Beth this morning and she has eaten frog and a "disgustingly wonderful" chicken neck. She misses cold milk the most. Their language studies classes are hard and they are tested on a regular basis but she is now able to have small snippets of conversation in Chinese. The Mom

ChangChun newsletter #2

Jul 11, 2012

Laura Beth is not able to access her blog while in China but here is a link to the first newsletter published for her group in ChangChun. Hope you enjoy reading about her activities so far! It's a big file so it may take a couple of minutes to download. Laura Beth is in the martial arts picture, daily exercise pic, middle classroom pic, and Vivian Lam's pic.

Linda