All of us, 33, went to one of the Church wards on Sunday which was fasting testimony meeting also. The cultural mixture was amazing with Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Japanese being just a few of those represented. It was amazing. One member, about 20 years old got up and spoke about how, when he attended University in China recently, out of 96 students in his class, 90 of them smoked, drank alcohol and did drugs. I don't understand how they can pass their classes. I am so grateful for my church standards We me a sister on the train going back to the ship who told us her conversion story and I want to share it with you. She is Indian (from India) and had joined a Christian church many years ago. She and her family had been struggling....spiritually, emotionally and financially for several years She couldn't seem to get any satisfaction from the leader of her church so one night she says she got down her hands and knees and prayed like she has never prayed before. She cried and begged the Lord for guidance and help with her family. The next morning on her way to work guess what?...there were two missionaries standing aoutside her apartment building passing out literature and I hope you know the rest of the story. She has been a member now for 3 years. Gosh!! I wish my prayers were answered that quickly!!! If there were another place in this world that I could live besides America it could certainly be Singapore. I love it here! I loved Vietnam, I loved Cambodia and its people and then I loved Singapore even more. I can't imagine that Indonesia could be even greater but it might. Oh, what a blessing this trip has been for me. It has opened my eyes to things that I never dreamed existed. My dear friends and family...you should strive to experience something like this in your lifetime...not just the travel but service to our international community. We are so blessed to be Americans...to have the things we have...the commodities, the freedoms, our homes and automobiles...not having to travel by bicycle or walk to everything. I believe that service to others, especially internationally, can really open our eyes to appreciate what we have. I love and miss you all.
Your friend, Dolores
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Thank you for sharing your these wonderful experiences. The Lord works in amazing ways, especially when we exercise our faith in Him, as this sweet sister did. This entry reminded me of a verse I read in Galatians recently. 5:13 of said book reads, "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion unto the flesh, but by love serve one another." In essence, we are to use the liberties we've been blessed with, not to serve our fleshly/worldly desires, but to (through love) serve others. The freedoms we have been blessed with are given to us so that me might bless the lives of others. I'm grateful and honored to have been blessed with your humble and righteous example, you being someone who has taken their freedom and used it as the Lord has asked. You truly are a spiritual giant. I could never thank you or the Lord enough for the blessing you are in my life, but thank you. I love and miss you, Mark
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