Thank you so very much for your prayers and financial support of our up-coming China trip. We apologize for the delay in updating you on our trip plans. Due to the high cost of airfare we were forced to leave in July, rather than June. (We paid $ 8,600 for a family of 4, which is expensive, but cheaper than traveling in June). We have now received our passports and visas and have booked tickets; leaving July 28th and returning home August 20th. It will take 3 full days of travel to arrive in Urumuqi. There, we will be leading a VBS for approximately 40 “international” kids. After 4 days in Urumuqi, we will take about a 6 hour bus ride to Korla. We are planning to spend about 5 days in Korla, where we will be teaching English to the local Chinese children. Following our time in Korla we will then take some family vacation in Beijing and Shanghai, where we will meet up with a Chinese friend who is working in Beijing. We are fast approaching July, and are very excited. We would appreciate it if you would remember to pray for some of the needs below:
· Adequate time to prepare for trip, while hosting our Basque student.
· T.K. will find consistent time to teach Chinese to our family/ friend, ( 1 to 2 x per week)
· Continue to raise support for our trip
· Beth’s garage sale(for support) is a success on July 8-9th
· Find reasonable prices for food/hotel in China.
· Listen to God’s “voice” in our quiet times.
· Prepare our hearts/minds for the purpose of our trip and the sake of the Chinese people
Posted on
Wed, June 22, 2011
by PBF Web Editor