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@OneofTen That is beautiful! AMEN! May God richly Bless her for her sweet and Godly living and loving!

Advice for wives:
When a woman desires to change a man, she is essentially communicating an attitude of superiority towards him. “If only he was as neat/spiritual/smart/thoughtful as I am!”
Her demands, criticisms, not-so-subtle hints, comparisons, and constant nagging accomplish nothing. Instead of eliciting a change within his heart, these tactics almost always have the opposite effect.
More than anything else, a man wishes to be accepted for who he is. Instead of focusing on any faults, a woman can accept her man by always seeking to look towards his better side.
In respecting his convictions, preferences, dreams, abilities and ways of doing things, she communicates both honor and respect.
Learning how to be an excellent wife requires a tremendous amount of humility. Without this foundation, change will be difficult! A woman striving for virtue must always possess a teachable heart. Only then can she ever hope to be her husband’s crown and dearest companion.
-Paulina M. Prieto

I deployed with the army as a DOD civilian in 1996 as a part of a peacekeeping mission. I was a real estate negotiator for properties needed belonging to civilians. One of my translators was a young Bosnian, Nermin. We became close friends while we served together, although at one point he reported me for my Christian witness. He spoke Russian, German, English and his native tongue. I recently found him through Facebook in Berlin as an international attorney. He shared how depressed he was. His wife and child were killed in an accident on the road to Sarajevo a few years back and he has not healed. He spoke of wanting to work in the US. I have invited him to come to my home and we are working on a visa. A few weeks ago after a trip to Ukraine he contracted COVID even though vaccinated twice and was hospitalized for 10 days. Sunday past he returned to the hospital again having breathing issues. Please join me in praying for his healing.

Tonight my son got home and was sharing his his feet hurt after a long day! His little daughter (only two years old) overheard him and said “ go sit down Daddy! I’m a doctor and I’ll help you”. She helped him sit down and then got her toy stethoscope and bandaids. And made Daddy all better!

Her love for medical runs in our blood. Most of us love solving medical issues for people and children that we see or deal with here in China!
I love moments like these!

This precious man won our hearts today! And we were able to bring a lot of smiles to his beautiful brown face! He is 83 years old! And sitting outside in the cold selling vegetables he grew! It was a great joy to buy from him. His hands were brown and cracked from his hard work, and his half toothless grin is amazing! He was so excited to talk to a Foriegner. He has lived a very hard life ( his whole generation has).
We will be looking for him each week and hopefully we can be a Blessing in his life!

@sinbach Let's begin a time of prayer for this to not happen. I have seen God move before and would love to see Him move again.

@Cherishingsparrows2020 this was such a blessing to see this precious note! Thank you! We are pressing onward! Specific things to pray for:
1. Health
2. We will be doing creative outreach in the upcoming Christmas season.
3. Wisdom. There has been gov warnings here for people to stock up. And that........ is ....... a serious thing to consider coming from them.

Blessings!!!!!

@sinbach you’ve been in China too long 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Grateful for the prayers. Steven a little ill, Nathan ok, Peter is cold and has a mild headache.

Jo and I barely able to leave the bed (I really don't like hanging around in a bed!). Pain killers finally reducing my headache. We're exhausted, and we can't think straight.

On the plus side I woke up today without the odd sensation in my lungs that I've had for the past few days....can't describe ii verh well...perhaps like a cold pain? That's now gone, thankfully!

25th wedding anniversary plans now killed off, which is the least of our issues.

Andy B

This little one has gone to heaven. Thank you to all who prayed for him. He can now run and play and suffer no longer with pain.

@MaryMamuzich amen! And that is a huge part of our visit. The man who runs it has been very moved and touched by our sharing. His grandmother was illiterate and the only Christian in the family. She used to have him read her Bible to her when he was little. So us coming into his life has been reminding him of those days. He smiles when he thinks of them. And has a open heart to talk to. God opened this rare door for us. And it is an honor. Though painful and we can’t even speak most of the 5 hours home as we ache deeply when we leave them behind. But I truly believe he will come to know God and the love, deliverance and healing power through Jesus! And then he will learn love. And love the children. And their lives will change.

Pray for His Salvation, and his wife. And the family temple which has been in front of his house for 600 years to be destroyed along with all idols. Amen!

These are pictures we took at an orphanage we visit to help. Our hearts break as we wipe dirt or dry vomit off their little bodies. Or unleash them from a chain holding them to the wall so they can’t move more than a foot away. Or tend their oozing infections in their mouths, feet or wherever. When I have one of these little ones near me all I feel is love and compassion. To tend them with the most Jesus love possible. We can’t go see them right now because of covid. I hate covid. But when I PRAY, I ASK GOD TO SHEILD THEIR MINDS AND HEARTS and to help them feel HIS LOVE regardless of what humans are doing. And I BELIEVE with ALL MY HEART that God answers and honors these prayers. For HIS heart breaks even more than mine.

So Christians please care! As a church we CAN make a difference. We can adopt. We can support financially. We can help physically. We can pray. We can advocate.

Or We can forget and look away.

My thoughts from China tonight.

We just got a phone call from an orphanage that has a little 2 year old that is facing end of life. They are asking us to consider respite love and care....please pray we have wisdom! We will be learning more, but so far he is on oxygen 24 hours a day....and it sounds like having seizures too....

Blessings

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