no.169 131016 Thank you for the conversation with pastor Rolando

Beautiful sunset after the rain.

The last sunset before my birthday. I'm thankful because this beautiful sunset made me feel better after the cold fall rain during the day. Not that I was depressed or anything... you know, rain tends to bring melancholy.

Listening to the fall rain and feeling the cold breeze rushing through my window.. it was interesting. I realized that I no longer was thinking about my usual rainy day memoir. For some reason, today's rainfall reminded me of Mexico. I believe it was the third morning. The rain was just pouring down and I remember walking up to the rain, worrying that we may not be able to finish the house construction. However, our God is good! He stopped the rain as soon as we stepped outside.

Later in the afternoon, I chat with the pastor I met while I was in Mexico. It was my first time talking to him ever since I got back from my mission trip, so I was really excited to talk to him. I had so many questions to ask him. I wanted to know if the family we built the house for in Cerro del Cuatro came to know God. I wanted to know if the children in Santa Maria are eating well through the breakfast program. I was curious about the children in the Guadalajara church if  they are growing well in Christ. I thought about the people I met in Bella Vista at the house church. The list can go on... There's just so much I want to know but it was hard to communicate with the pastor because of the language barrier. Talking to the pastor in person was one thing, but to talk to him over facebook was a bigger challenge. At first, I messaged him in English but then, I got the feeling that he didn't understand me so I started using google translator. I think it helped, but he kept trying his best to talk to me in English, which I appreciate very much, but it was difficult for me to fully comprehend what he was trying to say. Although our conversation wasn't deep, I'm thankful for the time to talk to pastor Rolando. It's a good reminder that I should be praying for him and his ministry in Mexico. He asked me if I'm coming back to Mexico soon. I said I want to go back next summer if God tells me to go!

As usual, my grandma is the very first person to call me to wish me a happy birthday. There's still 2.5 hours remaining until my birthday, but it's the 17th in Korea. Thank you grandma for remembering my birthday and always thinking of me.

Phew... yes... only 2.5 hours to go! It's just like any other day... must relax!