thank filled that he knows their names...

today, i am thank filled that jesus knows their names.

i know them as: mandy, christina, abigail, aaron and andrew.

of course, those are english names.

mandy is my sister in christ. she called out to him shortly after the earthquake that rocked her hometown of chungdu, sichuan in 2008. so if you prayed that the father would use that tragedy to draw people to him, you were praying for mandy!

christina is the daughter of a farming family and knows she is "lucky" to attend university. she works very hard, but can't see an end to her striving and working. she doesn't have the same peace as mandy.

abigail, aaron and andrew...

i'm sure you have guessed that i gave them their english names.

:-)

for a week, i was a mama for them.

i can hardly stop thinking about them; about how our 6 lives intersected for 5 days in zhengzhou, china.

about how it wasn't a coincidence.

i am thank filled today that their creator knows their names. he knows the purpose he has for their lives; for their pain.

i am thank filled that i can trust him, even when i do not understand...