12Sep 01, 08
San Ming Times
Version 2 Vol. #1 September 1st, 2008
Greeting from the Unique City of San Ming, China,
My Heavy Burden
Friday night we had a meeting with all the children from the children’s village. Wow, was it a lot of children. It was interesting looking at the eager faces of these little peoples, but as I looked I felt a burden fall on my shoulders. I am one of the only males that interact with the children regally. I am one that gets to impact these young children’s lives. I, who with a good Godly example could even change these children’s lives for an eternity.
I feel so unworthy of such a challenge.
New Family Member
The life of a true missionary is hard, and sometimes I wonder how the early missionaries endured. I must be a modern missionary because the other day I added a new member to my family. When I went back to America I really enjoyed drink Good ICE COLD drinking water. WOW it was just so refreshing! So this last Monday I went into town and found a nice little refrigerator for sale. The fridge cost about one months wages or $150 US Dollars. Wow, does Cold water taste so good.
Another addition to the family is a donated automatic washing machine. Now all I do is dump my dirty clothes and some soap into this machine, press a button, and wait several minutes and presto clean clothes. WOW!!! I love these new family additions.
Thanks,
Stephen Burkholder