Traveling, traveling, traveling. One would think you could do it forever, but the more we do of it, the more we miss being home and back to a simple life with one or two places to go. But boy have there been the adventures and blessings. Even though it has been a week since our time in Malaysia, I should recap some of what happened...it would take too many pages to do everything (sorry I am long winded). The easiest way to sum it up is by the un-expected blessings.

1. Getting ahold of people and getting things set-up. We went in with no plans just a list of people we wanted to meet and telephone numbers (some wrong we found out). We were able to meet everyone on our list plus so many more. At one time, we had a fiasco because we were expected to wait at the train station until 8pm from noon for a friend to come after work (but we ended up un-expectedly running into some friends from near our city in China (what's the chance of that!!).

2.Chinese New Year with Sherry's family. What an amazing group of people!! We especially enjoyed meeting her Uncle Michael and hearing about the opportunities of sharing faith with the Orang Asli (native people) and hearing about the history of God's work in Malaysia. Lots of good food and fellowship too!!

3. Staying with our friends/family Kok Kiang and Soo Hui. We are so blessed by them. We miss them already and had a chance to see how Clarence (3 years old) has grown and encourage them in the ongoing battle of raising a child and relationships. They also were a great encouragement to us. It was fun to share and hear about their lives and to keep up with them.

4. Visiting Desa Alma Jireh Orphanage again. It was such a great experience to go back and see the kids from 3 years ago. We were surprised to see how many remembered us and how many we remembered. To hear how many have been baptised and professed faith in Jesus is amazing. We were blessed to see their new center and how lives are changing and they are growing. Our hearts are very much still with the kids and their challenges and passions.

5. Visiting the Yap family. It has been six years since I first met and stayed with the Yap family. Oh, how they have changed and grown. Their three kids, Philip, Esther and Judy are growing and looking more and more like their parents. They have become so mature. We enjoyed going biking with them (except when Patty tried to ride on the same bike as me (she screamed the whole way). We played lots of Mah Jong and Esther taught me some Bahasa Malay. It came in handy in Indonesia some. Oh, how God has blessed and brought transformations through Frankie's outreach to the homeless and lonely.

6.Going to a church service. It has been ages since we have been able to go to church, becuase there are no churches as understood in America. We went with the Yap family and to be able to worship and meet so many old friends and new ones was great. We even met your twin Amy Moreland, but with four children.

7. Meeting the pastor and his family (Esther, Eunice, Michael, etc.). To see how God is working in and through them is amazing. It is illegal in Malaysia for Muslims to become Christians and they told of a story of a woman who asked to know more even though it meant losing her children, husband, home and going to prison. We loved their family so much.

8. Going to Rawang again. The first time I visited, I spent most of my time at the church in Rawang and it was great to be able to go back and see how the Father is working there and to share with them and be encouraged in our work. We also got together with some youth friends and Karen and her soon to be husband.

9. Seeing Cap and her family. They were our saviors the first day when we were stuck in the train station and we were guided to safety at their house. She is a great friend that I pray will be blessed in amazing ways.

10. Having a WSU reunion of sorts with WAihon, back in Malaysia for the time being and Cap, Sharon Lau, Kok kiang and soo hui, and us. It was good to hear how people are doing and growing and to remenisce about old times.

Boy do we have the story for you from Indonesia. We have been enjoying it but there have been oh so many unexpected things...blessings too of course. We pray that your life will be blessed through expected and unexpected events and that you will hold firmly to the solid rock and hope found in Jesus.