“Celebration” is what comes to my mind as I try to describe this past month. My Oxford Dictionary of Current English explains “celebration” as “marking an important occasion by doing something special and enjoyable”. And yes, we have marked a few significant milestones the past month in special and enjoyable ways.
There was of course, Christmas!
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We were glad to celebrate this happy and holy day with our ICPE community here in Wellington. Having said that, we had to grapple with waves of nostalgia and sentimentality as we thought of family and friends back in Singapore whom we had just said goodbye to.
The New Year was ushered in with a barbeque (very Kiwi-esque) and a dance party (our in-house DJ Frank was back in the house after a one year hiatus in Europe) and a celebration of Ruth’s birthday as we entered the new year.
It was significant that we began this new year in New Zealand, where we first said yes to God’s call to be a missionary in the ICPE community and where we find ourselves once again seeking the Lord’s next pit stop for each of us in this amazing race.
Part of being in this amazing race is that we never quite know where and when the Lord will send our team members out to. Last week, we said goodbye to Susanna as she returned to Korea and on to Indonesia and God knows where next. We are sad to see her leave us but knowing she is following God’s call made it easier for us to bid her “au revoir”. We will see you again, Susanna!
We have begun our weekly visits to the Rimutaka Prison. Here’s a photo of us taken with the other members of the prison ministry team.
That’s all for now.
“To do your will, O my God, is my delight.
And your law is within my heart!”
Psalm 40:9
