Is it possible for the Lord to break a language barrier and bless you with women who are from a completely different country and a different culture? By all means, YES! I can't explain how much these girls have truly changed my outlook on life. I met Anna, Effie and Diane at Carson-Newman. They are international students from Korea and are absolutely wonderful! They were able to come to Florida for a week and spend half of their time here at my home. I pray that my family and I were able to encourage and love them as much as they did us. My prayer while they were here was that the language barrier wouldn't get in the way for an even deeper friendship. God answered my prayers yesterday when we all went to the beach. Oh how faithful he is! Lately my daily verse that has spoken loudly in my life is Mark 11:24. It says, "Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours." As we were headed to the beach I asked each of the girls if they had dated anyone and they asked me the same. I was able to tell them that I had, but that I was waiting on the Lord for the right one. They smiled and told me that was good. Then we talked about their culture and other things. I just loved it because we were able to talk about more than simple things like grades and the weather.
This morning I had to take them to the airport. It didn't really hit me until about 10 minutes from dropping them off that I may never see them again. I tried to not think about that, but couldn't help it. Each of us cried and said our goodbyes. As I got back in the car, I praised God for bringing such a wonderful women into my life and prayed for their flight. I'm so thankful to have met so many international students. I feel as though they have made more of an impact on my heart rather then me on theirs. But I pray the Lord will use me in the future lives that come from other countries!
If you EVER have the opportunity to have people from other countries come stay with you, do it! What a great way to serve like Christ and have them teach you about their culture and experiences.
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Top Left to Right: Anna, Me
Bottom Left to Right: Diane, Effie
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| Diane at the beach for the first time in Florida! :) |
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| Her face is always so bright and joyful! You can't help but smile. |
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Anna, laying out, well sort of. In Asian countries the girls don't like to lay out and get tan.
They like to keep their skin white. Anna was sweet to lay out with me for a little while though. |
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| Right before I took them to Universal! |
