A Walk in The Park

Last Saturday we had a great opportunity to bond with some of our newly found brothers and sisters. The week before Rebecca and I had visited with a couple of brothers and they had told us about a great trip they had during the winter break, helping out victims of the earthquake that occured over a year ago in the south. They went on to tell us how much they enjoyed studying with us, and would like to spend more time with us. We shared their sentiments, and said we would like to do more with them. They also told us that the following Saturday was a planned day in the park with some brothers and sisters, and they wanted us to come--so we agreed.

Satruday rolled around, and we went with Stan and Juliane to meet them at the park near the West Lake. After a little trouble finding the exact location of the park, we found our brothers, only to discover that the group was actually about thirty students, most from our university--all brothers and sisters who studied together and met somewhere on our campus! We were excited to meet them, and they us. We played games, told jokes, and took pictures for most of the morning.

Around noon, Isaachar, the brother I've become closest to, told us in his broken English, "We now hand out papers and share good news with people." I had some inlcination of warning about this before--we had sent txt messages asking what we were doing and if we needed to bring anything--but only now it was clear that they had come to the park with purpose. We said our goodbyes and left to meet some other teachers for lunch.

       We found out later that they were canvasing the park, looking for people interested in hearing Good News. We are encouraged and inspired by the self-motivated efforts of our new family! We want to find our role in their work, and help them as best we can, without interfering with the good things they are doing. Father help us!