Aloha from the Capital City of the World’s Largest Nation!
While breathing the pristine air of Hawaii, friends
asked how we endured the smog of Beijing? Here we are on the subway trying to
cope… sort of like a Sci-Fi movie…but real life…
We’ve been back for
over a week and jumped right in to life and ministry; preaching, teaching,
small groups, prayer meetings, and planning meetings. We praise the Lord for
putting us in Beijing International Christian Fellowship, Zhong Guan Cun. As
expected, we are meeting several dozen new people – mostly students who have come
here to study this new semester. We smile as we hear them say, as we did a
couple years ago, “We never expected to find a vibrant Christian church in
Beijing!” Their smile will only broaden when they find that there are hundreds
of them here!
Ohana in Hawaii
Here we were in Hilo at the Lee family reunion…got
the T-shirts…Josiah, Dayna, Nathan, Mark, Heather, and Aaron. It was wonderful
to be all together for the first time in six years! This was a very wonderful
Christmas gift for us! Now Nathan and Heather have joined Aaron as Oregonians,
while Josiah and Maylee still live in Almaty,
Kazakhstan. Maylee, now 10, recently entered her
first ski competition and took Bronze!
While in Hawaii we were in 20 church services, 2
Training Seminars, 21 small group meetings, and the Mission’s Conference shown
here. Mahalo for hosting us, encouraging us, supporting us, and keeping us in
your prayers! You have shown us the faithful God we love and serve.
Back Home and Homeless…
Well, not quite yet. But we have returned to find
the owner of our apartment is selling it. Our rental contract is until June
2015, but as they say here T.I.C. ‘this is China.’ So we’re in search mode –
again. Your prayers are appreciated because as much as we enjoyed each of the
14 beds of our Home Assignment, we were looking forward to keeping our pillow
in one place for a season. While you pray about this, we’ve been waiting for
our Rental Deposit from our previous landlord since last June. It is over $1300!
Our prayers about this are starting to get imprecatory… better pray about that
too…!
“The Life and Work of the Pastor”
For several days in April, Mark will teach this
course for the BICF Seminary. It’s odd that a class on this subject would take
days as he only works one morning a week….? (That’s a joke!...Hopefully you knew that!!). Several BICF pastors will
share the teaching as we seek to encourage and equip young leaders that He has
gathered here. Pray for the Lord to teach us all.
Many, many, thanks for your prayers, support, and
encouragement that keep us pressing on for another season of ministry here. We
are humbled and eager to see what He has in store.
Yours in our Gracious Savior,
Mark and Dayna Blair
Our Mission
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