Anna Updates

  Charlie gave me a ride home on his bike yesterday… He insisted!  This young boy is coming out of his shell in so many ways!  He smiles and jokes constantly now.  A year ago I could have never imagined that I would be riding on the back of Charlie’s bike. It seemed to take so long to get Charlie into a better situation.  Throughout last year I felt despair many times that perhaps G. was going to leave Charlie where he was.  It broke my heart!  I never dreamed that God had a plan for me to stay in China, or that Charlie would be my neighbor… and that He would ride me home from English lessons on the back of his bike!!! I never would have dreamed God had a plan for me to be part of healing Charlie’s heart, not just getting him into a better situation.  When I heard Charlie laugh yesterday while the wind was blowing in our faces, as I was riding on the back of his bike…I felt tears come into my eyes. “God is so faithful and loving toward all He has made!” (Psalm 145:13) And then my heart filled up with hope for precious Elle as I often feel despair for her situation right now…God may seem silent but heaven hears our cries and pr. on her behalf! He will not leave his little girl hobbling around on painful feet with a broken heart forever! We pr. to a God of Hope! We believe in a God that has all of earth in His power to control, and He invites us to experience Him, to be fools for Him…to love as He does….and to experience the blessings when we put our Hope and Trust in Him!  “This is the One we have waited for…Oh this is OUR GOD!!!”