I (Mary Kay) continue to grasp more of what these students are coming out of in the way that they face life.  As Ning and I were talking one day she told me how she used to pray to Buddha to help her with her tests and to give her success in getting accepted in to school etc.  But she had joined a friend for a 6 am prayer meeting and she was amazed to hear how they prayed. 

Each person was just telling God how much they loved and appreciated HIM and not asking God for anything.  She had never experienced anything like that before.  She is a young, new believer and is just learning about prayer and oh how I rejoiced to think that there are students at VT that have such a love for God and could teach her this valuable lesson.  Now she understands….