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Cross Cultural Connection 4 August 2014 Newsletter Dear Prayer Partners and Supporters, You may note that this newsletter is a few days late. My “excuses” are within the newsletter. I will specify the first two and then you can figure out the others. Ha! 1. My daughter Sara and two girls, Jennifer and Makayla, were here until Yesterday, August 3. 2. Eye surgery recovery. Sara and her two girls were here for two weeks. It was a whirlwind of activity, a homecoming for Sara and sightseeing for Jennifer and Makayla. I was glad that Scott lives nearby and organized the sightseeing. There are pictures on the next page for you to see and for those who have facebook, you can see a lot more pics on my page. We walked a lot, ate a lot and laughed a lot. It was good that Scott’s family could enjoy this visit as well. Scott took Sara and Makayla hiking one day, while Jennifer and I were smart enough to stay home. Sara got her Workout Of the Day (WOD for you CrossFit people). We all enjoyed the sights of Hong Kong together: Ocean Park, The Peak, Ladies Street Market, Shek O Beach, and a few other places. 2. Eye recovery. I am no longer under “facedown” restriction. I still have a small gas bubble in my eye which is getting smaller day by day. Still using eye drops. My next appointment is August 28. I may get fitted for new glasses at that time. The bubble is low in my vision and not such a nuisance as it was. I have put away the massage board, but my room is not back to normal as I have several things to put away yet. Thank you for your prayers in this recovery time. David Poling is recovered enough from his hip surgery to be using a cane instead of a walker or wheelchair. The English camp was good. The theme was “ Hungry”, the emphasis being on Matthew 4:4. My granddaughter, Jasmyn, was a bit fearful of attending because she did not know anyone, but she had a great time and met a new friend. One of our church members recently spent 10 days with Marilyn Cook in South Africa. Dorothy showed her slides and spoke during the message time yesterday at church. I told Dorothy that I was jealous because she got to visit with Marilyn! Speaking of Africa, Al Corson of Insight International will be here on Sept. 2. We will be making plans to go to the Philippines for a mission trip. Jim Mollette will return August 27 th for the teaching year at Chinese Christian Seminary. Jason Nichols, also of Insight International, will be here in October. I need to make some changes in my apartment so as to provide places for them to stay. Our church building is also available. It seems that I did not “do” much in way of missionary things this past month, but I have been able to provide a listening ear to a couple of friends who are going through some tough experiences. While lying facedown, I was not worried about having to cook, clean, or go somewhere, so I felt free to spend several hours on the phone with these two friends. These past few weeks remind me of this verse: John 15:4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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 Cross  Cultural  Connection  4  August  2014  Newsletter  

Dear  Prayer  Partners  and  Supporters,  

You  may  note  that  this  newsletter  is  a  few  days  late.    My  “excuses”  are  within  the  newsletter.    I  will  specify  the  first  two  and  then  you  can  figure  out  the  others.  Ha!  1.    My  daughter  Sara  and  two  girls,  Jennifer  and  Makayla,  were  here  until  Yesterday,  August  3.  2.    Eye  surgery  recovery.  Sara  and  her  two  girls  were  here  for  two  weeks.    It  was  a  whirlwind  of  activity,  a  homecoming  for  Sara  and  sightseeing  for  Jennifer  and  Makayla.    I  was  glad  that  Scott  lives  nearby  and  organized  the  sightseeing.    There  are  pictures  on  the  next  page  for  you  to  see  and  for  those  who  have  facebook,  you  can  see  a  lot  more  pics  on  my  page.    We  walked  a  lot,  ate  a  lot  and  laughed  a  lot.    It  was  good  that  Scott’s  family  could  enjoy  this  visit  as  well.    Scott  took  Sara  and  Makayla  hiking  one  day,  while  Jennifer  and  I  were  smart  enough  to  stay  home.    Sara  got  her  Workout  Of  the  Day  (WOD  for  you  CrossFit  people).    We  all  enjoyed  the  sights  of  Hong  Kong  together:    Ocean  Park,  The  Peak,  Ladies  Street  Market,  Shek  O  Beach,    and  a  few  other  places.      2.    Eye  recovery.    I  am  no  longer  under  “face-­‐down”  restriction.    I  still  have  a  small  gas  bubble  in  my  eye  which  is  getting  smaller  day  by  day.    Still  using  eye  drops.    My  next  appointment  is  August  28.    I  may  get  fitted  for  new  glasses  at  that  time.    The  bubble  is  low  in  my  vision  and  not  such  a  nuisance  as  it  was.    I  have  put  away  the  massage  board,  but  my  room  is  not  back  to  normal  as  I  have  several  things  to  put  away  yet.    Thank  you  for  your  prayers  in  this  recovery  time.  David  Poling  is  recovered  enough  from  his  hip  surgery  to  be  using  a  cane  instead  of  a  walker  or  wheelchair.    The  English  camp  was  good.    The  theme  was  “  Hungry”,    the  emphasis  being  on  Matthew  4:4.    My  granddaughter,  Jasmyn,  was  a  bit  fearful  of  attending  because  she  did  not  know  anyone,  but  she  had  a  great  time  and  met  a  new  friend.    One  of  our  church  members  recently  spent  10  days  with  Marilyn  Cook  in  South  Africa.    Dorothy  showed  her  slides  and  spoke  during  the  message  time  yesterday  at  church.    I  told  Dorothy  that  I  was  jealous  because  she  got  to  visit  with  Marilyn!    Speaking  of  Africa,  Al  Corson  of  Insight  International  will  be  here  on  Sept.  2.    We  will  be  making  plans  to  go  to  the  Philippines  for  a  mission  trip.    Jim  Mollette  will  return  August  27th  for  the  teaching  year  at  Chinese  Christian  Seminary.    Jason  Nichols,  also  of  Insight  International,  will  be  here  in  October.    I  need  to  make  some  changes  in  my  apartment  so  as  to  provide  places  for  them  to  stay.    Our  church  building  is  also  available.  It  seems  that  I  did  not  “do”  much  in  way  of  missionary  things  this  past  month,  but  I  have  been  able  to  provide  a  listening  ear  to  a  couple  of  friends  who  are  going  through  some  tough  experiences.    While  lying  face-­‐down,  I  was  not  worried  about  having  to  cook,  clean,  or  go  somewhere,  so  I  felt  free  to  spend  several  hours  on  the  phone  with  these  two  friends.  These  past  few  weeks  remind  me  of  this  verse:  John  15:4  Remain  in  me,  as  I  also  remain  in  you.  No  branch  can  bear  fruit  by  itself;  it  must  remain  in  the  vine.  Neither  can  you  bear  fruit  unless  you  remain  in  me.    

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  I  am  also  reminded  of  a  song  I  heard  that  is  a  prayer  for  God  to  “Find  Us  Faithful”  by  Jon  Mohr:  “O  may  all  who  come  behind  us  find  us  faithful;  May  the  fire  of  our  devotion  light  their  way.    May  the  foot  prints  that  we  leave  Lead  them  to  believe,  And  the  lives  we  live  inspire  them  to  obey.  O  may  all  who  come  behind  us  find  us  faithful.  “     It  is  your  prayers  and  support  that  help  to  keep  me  faithful.    My  prayer  is  that  Faithfulness  will  be  at  the  core  of  our  beings!  In  His  mighty  power  and  love,  Linda  

Ocean  Park                        World’s    2nd  longest  outside  escalator                Jennifer          Sara          Makayla           740  feet  

      Shek  O  Beach           Hiking:  Stairway  and  Results      

                     Jasmyn  enjoying  Jennifer’s  funnies!!  

At  the  peak.  Me,  Sara,  Scott