"GREATER THINGS ARE YET TO COME"

Not unlike any other day, everyone wants a picture with Brooke. She says she has never been more stared at in her life! Gaungzhou has many statues, and it was fun taking a few pictures of them with the kids. Collin brought lots of laughs from the crowd when he tried to kiss the statue of a little boy who would not kiss him back and Sophie was trying to see what the man was taking a picture of. Collin is getting more friendly with me everyday, but still much prefers his daddy. We have enjoyed negotiating with the local shops today.  Those crazy Americans always want something for nothing! Ha. The highlight of our day today was church this morning, Collin behaved very well...he went to sleep. :) I was overwhelmed with emotion as I watched chinese christians take the Lord's supper, worship and raise their hands to the same God that we know and worship. As we sang "shout to the Lord all the earth let us sing, power and majesty praise to the King," it was amazing they could sing this song in a country who does not recognize Jesus Christ as King, but it was awesome! The song "greater things are yet to come and greater things are still to be done in this city" kept going through my mind. It was standing room only and some were even turned away because of room. God, please save these people for your glory. As I watched them singing and looked into some of their eyes, I knew I would be in heaven with them some day. Wow! What a tremendous experience, I cannot express with words the blessing I received and also seeing Collin in church for the first time blessed our hearts. We recently finished a Bible study called "On Mission with God", this trip was not just about going to pick up our son across the world, but being in the center of God's will and doing exactly what He has told us to do. Oh how we have received the blessing. Thank you again for your prayers and all the emails of encouragement, please keep them coming. Love to you all!

We also would like to take this opportunity to thank two of our dear friends for all of their efforts. The first is Michelle Younger for doing an excellent job of updating our blog because Doug and I are technologically challenged. Thanks Michelle you are doing a great job as usual. Second is Carol Vander Meer for giving us guidance, direction, and keeping us on track throughout our journey. We couldn't have made it this far without you Carol. We love both of you and the rest of our friends!