These new international students need you, so keep doing your work.

Our friend said this to MK at the new international student yard sale, the place where we started the 2013 season 3 years ago. We met her soon afterwards in an English class, and our church friends took her to a local festival, and then to our church. I later discipled her husband until he became a Christian, about two years later. Recently her husband and her were baptized. She wrote:

For the last three years we continued to receive so many blessings from you. The very best one is your guidance for us to God.

Those were three years that you, our supporters made possible, by allowing us to work full time with so many students. We usually only see part of the process, as students leave so quickly. But this was a great blessing of encouragement as we add new students to our existing Bible studies.

Thank you for ‘being there’ in prayers and gifts for these beautiful new Children of God from China!

We just finished with a short Saturday trip to a recreated Indian village in Virginia, a real novelty for internationals who have heard so much of their culture. (Actually we had Indians who invaded a deserted Native American village!)

One Korean wrote afterwards:

I really enjoyed the trip today. 
And I want to say thank you for you and Mary Kay 
for this wonderful trip!
I feel lucky to meet such a great teacher like you and Mary Kay. 
Thank you again! And have a wonderful weekend! 

We know that she is not lucky, but God is working through us to give her something she doesn’t even know she needs.

Please keep us in your prayers!

May the seeds blossom…

At the last minute our motel reservations had to be switched  to a new place and the rooming situation had to be rearranged. It meant that Fred and I would not be together but we roomed with the students.  I was with a girl from Hong Kong and a girl from Iran.  As we got ready for bed the Iranian girl pulled out her prayer rug and compass to make sure she was praying in the right direction. After she prayed, she hopped up on the bed to chat with me asking me questions of whether Christians pray.  I was able to tell her that yes, yes, we pray and not just at special times but all day long… that it is a relationship with God and I speak to Him often.  She was so open and eager to understand.  Later on after hearing of the death of a grandfather of a student, she asked me if Christians believe in the after -life.  I was able to share with her how I did not have a fear of death as Jesus has given me a hope and assurance of heaven because of Jesus.

On the other side of me was my new friend from Hong Kong.  She has been attending a Bible study and was so excited about all that she was learning about God.  She openly told me of challenges that she was having.  Her friend back home had told her about how God can answer prayer and she was so amazed by that.  We ended our night be praying together wanting them to see how real God can be.

We have come to love these students and desire that they would love our Lord and know of His depth of love for them.  Pray that these seeds will not be snatched away… but blossom .  May Spring time remind you to pray for them.

Arranging a spring break trip for nearly 30 people is hard enough, but then the hotel CANCELS on us four days before! Due to renovations!!

How great that God DOES NOT CANCEL on us, and heaven needs no renovation!

Please pray for our spring break outreach trip this week. I could say pray for safety, good conversations, and a good time, but let me defer to Acts 4, what the first Christians prayed for in a time of persecution:

Lord, help us be courageous in boldly speaking the word!

Pray for the 8 adult leaders and the lone two Christian students. Pray that we might go deeper in our friendships, and start Bible studies, and that souls will be thirsty.

To see the trip details, see  www.fredandmarykay.org, look on the bottom left side for Events, then select the Spring Break Charleston SC trip.

You can even see who is going and pick someone to pray for! Send us an email, and we can give more specific details. We want to carry you there in our hearts!

As well as our presence being in your prayers.

Together with Christ,

Fred and Mary Kay

PS: We did find an even better hotel, after much prayer!

At our Christmas party we trained nonChristians in how to sing Christmas Carols, and then we sent them out next door. If there aren’t enough Christians singing His praises, then let’s train the nonChristians!

We had to stop on the second song. “Let every heart prepare him room.” “WHO is the person it is talking about?” came the question. After sharing more about what it means to have Jesus in your heart, we continued. We all really enjoyed the songs, the Christmas story video, and the reason for the season. 

Want to listen to us? Maybe not a good idea.