Self Reflection

Hello My Dear Great Ones,
I celebrated seven years in Hong Kong by getting my Permanent Resident card.  Now I can work and live here without a visa.  It is a great deal and I am pretty happy about it.  Getting the card caused me to pause for a moment and think about the last seven years.  Obviously the first year here in Hong Kong was rough for a number of reasons, but I am grateful to God for seeing me through.  I will never forget the morning when I, in a very despondent state, prayed, "God you better show me something."  A half hour later a kindergarten class came to me for PE.  The first kid who showed up ran up to me and gave me a hug, and before I knew it twenty kids were giving my legs a big group hug.  I looked up to heaven and smiled.  A few years later I met my lovely wife Celia and we enjoy a life serving one another and a heap of great kids at our school. We have great health, friends, support groups, and enjoy wonderful trips together.  There is so much to be thankful and grateful for.  Thank you to all have prayed and encouraged me.  I will always be indebted to you for that.  God is faithful, all the time, and my life is a testimony to that.

Thank you,

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk