Winifred, The kids are coming with us and probably will be the best evangelists on the trip. Micah was upset about going to Hong Kong, at first he said he didn't want to go to another world because he likes this one. Then he said he didn't want to go to Hong Kong because he didn't want to see Godzilla. So I explained that we were going to tell the people there about Jesus because so many people that live there don't have Jesus in their heart. (Micah already knows that if you have Jesus in your heart you can never die because Jesus brings you back to life) After hearing that he said "Ok that's a good idea" A few days later he asked his sister in the car, "Do you want to be dead forever? If you don't then you need to love Jesus then when you die he will bring you back to life so you can be with your family again." a little later he encouraged Ariella, "when we are in the plane, you need to tell everyone about Jesus" Needless to say Ariella now runs around the house singing..."Jesus get me back alive, Jesus get me back alive"
Kids, You gotta love'm

Support

Well, the support letters are done, the evelopes addressed. We are waiting to pick up some group pictures at Wal-Mart then we will be attaching them to prayer bookmarks to enclose with the letter and they should be sent out tomorrow at the latest. Most of you should be receiving one. Unless of course we don't have your address!
Please pray as we are praying that God will supply all our needs. 4 Plane tickets overseas is SCARY. But God is faithful.

The Bug

This has nothing to do with our trip to Hong Kong, but thought you may be interested. We found this huge beetle in our garage. We thought it was dead as it laid flat on its back for three weeks, then as I tried to show a friend and she tried to flip it over it sprang to life... not only that it stands on all sixes and spreads out its pinchers as if it going to attack... It's HUGE

An Explanation

Good Morning,
I thought since I created this blog for one purpose (to let you know about our Mission trip) I should include some basic info:
This is directly from our support letter that we will be sending out soon.
If you don't think we have your correct address please email us with your correct addres and when we finish the letter we send it to you. :)

We are very excited to say that the Waters family will be going to Hong Kong for a five-week mission trip this summer. We are excited at the prospect of seeing the hand of God at work globally on a first hand basis. We want our kids to know and see that there is life outside of the comforts of America. Micah will be starting Kindergarten this fall so the time is right.
We will be working with Ken and Linda Smith who have been serving in Hong Kong for over 35 years. They both are graduates of Platte Valley Bible College (Scottsbluff, NE) and went to school with Barbie’s parents, so she has known of them and their work all her life. They began and serve with Fairview Park Christian Church in Hong Kong. Most of their ministry consists of disciplining, training and equipping their members and non-Christians by way of preaching, teaching and mentoring. Only 10% of the population knows Jesus, though the rest claim local ethnic religions, the main god in Hong Kong is money. As we in American know quite well, money is a hard master that gives hollow happiness, frustration and hopelessness.
Ken & Lynda will be returning to the U.S. on furlough June 25th and would like us to arrive in H.K. the week before to orient us to the people, area, and church. They are excited that we are willing to help teach, lead bible studies, help preach and possibly offer something for kids (they currently have no programs at all for kids due to inadequate space and availability of helpers). While we are in Hong Kong we will be working under their son Scott who just arrived back in Hong Kong with his wife Evelyn and their 2 daughters.
The church is made up of roughly 35% Chinese, 45% Filipinos and the remainder Americans, Burmese and Columbian. T.j will be able to preach and teach without a language barrier as English is a dominate language there, he will be leading bible studies almost every evening as well as helping out with Sunday services. Barbie will be helping Olivia Cheung who is the coordinator of their music ministry as well as assisting a Columbian lady in their congregation in an English or Spanish Bible study as well as getting involved and helping with a Spanish class that she teaches in the church.