It Ain't No Fortune Cookie: October is Now

Back in April, Becky went with her local friend to the orphanage in our town. The conditions of the location were very poor and run-down. She sat outside with a few children and fed them fruit. All children enrolled in the facility had some sort of special need, as did the elderly. In June, Becky was on the way with the female LABC team members to visit the orphanage when they received word that the orphanage had moved. As disappointed as we were, we were focused in pry’er in hopes that they had been moved to a better and improved place.

At the beginning of October, Becky was headed into town to spend time with her friend and they received word of the new orphanage location! It is now in a nearby village, and it is beautiful! It is a new facility with clean furnishings. Becky was able to see all of the same kids she saw back in April and they looked great! It was such an answer to pr! The orphanage is very leery of accepting any visitors, local/foreigner alike. It is very uncommon in this culture to do “random acts of kindness”, so when someone shows up to their door, they automatically question, “What do you want from us?” It is heartbreaking, but we are thankful for this newly opened door.

Becky spent the entire day in a poor, Yi people village with a non-English speaking family that does not believe. They welcomed her into their home and fed her a traditional meal. Becky told the woman that whenever a local person invites her into their home, it helps ease any homesickness she may be experiencing and brings a close sense of family into her heart. The woman immediately broke into tears and was touched. Without a doubt, Father was speaking these words to this woman and softening her heart. They have welcomed us back to their village and we are hoping to see them soon.

Here is a picture of the lake in the village.

Exploring the North:

We were given a weeklong holiday in early October and decided to take the opportunity to visit some hometowns of our students. We traveled to the north of our province to learn more about some people groups we work with. It was an amazing opportunity to pr over the land of these people in hopes that they become people of the King. We were encouraged by some local workers that are spreading the news in these two cities.

We rode through several Tibetan farms and had special encounters with Tibetan villagers. We were surrounded by Tibetan pr flags everywhere we went. The amount of false-idol-worship was heavy in most places.