yesterday

my precious housemate had her chinese ben lippen high school leadership team over last night. six christians, some who came to know the Lord last year through a ministry that she led. they were wonderful. i immediately enjoyed being around them. unfortunately, i didn't stay because i had been invited elsewhere and anita had previously told me that they would probably speak mandarin the entire time. i am excited that they will be coming often though, reminds me of chuuk a little.

i was off to a birthday party for my friend betsy who is an mk from colombia. she is living with a very very close friend of mine jennie who is from encinitas and lived in costa rica for awhile. their other apartmentmate is carrie who lived in mali as a nurse for a couple years (and is coming over to my house on thursday for dinner.) jennie asked me to pick up her friend ray on campus because he doesn't have a car. he is from costa rica. suffice it to say, even though we just met, we laughed our faces off all the way to the party. the other people that were there was a couple from sweden (andreas and sarah - precious!), rebecca (another mk from colombia), kristi (an mk from the philippines and taught in china for a couple years), a couple that betsy had met through an international ministry where the wife was from ecuador and the husband american, and mac. it was so much fun. ray and i were the last to leave at almost midnight.

praise the Lord.