Make sure to check out part 1 here ! Want to make friends in a new country? Be prepared. This isn't always easy. Sometimes you meet someone on the train and instantly, you're buddies. Sometimes you try and try and nothing happens. Many things factor in - you're a foreigner, you're different, your first language isn't the same as everyone else around you. Not only all that but your perspective, worldview, and beliefs are almost guaranteed to be different. Then there's the fact that you've been shaped by your own culture all these years, so yeah, cultural differences are big as well. All this...and I still live abroad. Better yet, I choose this life! Sure, there's been plenty of disappointments, confusions, misu
I absolutely love reading about your time in Taiwan! I especially love it when you tell about your friends and the kids around you along with their stories! It would be great if you could tell us if you have anyone you need prayer for, we are here for that very reason!
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Abi,
DeleteThanks so much for your sweet note! What an encouragement to me. I really appreciate it. Thank you also for asking about how you can pray for me and for Taiwan. I will be sure to add those to future posts. And here are a few for now:
- pray for the aboriginal village I visit weekly. Pray for Light to break the evil and darkness there. Pray for the kids who run wild - that we can speak His truth and love into their lives and hearts each week.
- pray for our health. Living here on the island can be tough and wearing on our bodies.
Thank you, precious sister! May our Lord bless you abundantly!
~ Joanna