C'est la vie

Walking out of the train station after saying goodbye to the team on Wednesday, I wiped the tears on my face and said to myself, “ C’est la vie!” Yeah…life rolls past many hellos and goodbyes before the sweet reunion party in heaven and I SO look forward to it! But it is between these countless Hellos and Goodbyes that we make friends, learn to encourage each other and in general
Experience life! I praise God for these Hellos and Goodbyes though Hellos are sweet and Goodbyes are sad. Another three words from my heart: I LOVE YAL!

I have gone through so much in the past few months that I don’t know where to start to talk about. But I am about to cry (a grateful cry) as I am organizing my memory. A song that the team sang most during worship was Blessed Be the Name of the Lord. It’s interesting how I used to lower my voice when it came to “You give and take away, you give and take away, my heart will choose to say, Lord blessed be Your name!” You know, it’s something that I knew in my head and not being able to fully comprehend. I dare not say I understand it FULLY, but at least to a further extent. People often say after a few years you become a Christian, you’ll find yourself walking in the wilderness, namely, it’s not ALL about excitement. I think I am in the wilderness now yet, I truly feel that God is holding my hand walking me through…I’m trying to be patient and looking forward to seeing what is in the end of this wilderness!

My aunts came to visit Guangzhou from Hong Kong these two days. We went to visit Mr. Mario Marazzi yesterday at the school he managed for mentally disabled children. I’ve heard so much about Mr. Marazzi before I met him – he is a 79-year-old Italian Catholic priest who has sacrificed a comfortable life to contribute to many charities in mainland China and he is also my aunts old friend. I was so impressed by his fluent Cantonese! But after I saw where he lived, I was even more impressed by how much he has sacrificed. I told him I so appreciated what he did for the Chinese, and he simply replied, “It is all from the Lord!” Wow! The children lit up with tremendous excitement when we walked into the school, we shook hands and listened to them. Although I didn’t know what the kids were trying to tell me, but one message is for sure – WE LONG FOR LOVE!

My summer plan has been changed again. Summer school was canceled and I will be working at Crazy English Camp from 21st to 31st of July. So I will reply emails and facebook after that. Wish you have a great summer!