Out of the mouth of babes

One day in Early March, March 6th to be exact, Jon was outside on the e-bike. He and Hallie were about to go somewhere. Jon was waiting for Hallie and a Chinese girl and her mom walked by. He heard one of them say something like,"...Yeah her hair was all up in pigtails..." . So he chased them down ( he was on the e-bike) and asked where they were from. They are from California.

Anyway, this family has two daughters. Bliss is 10 and Carissa is 5. Both girls were born in the US. They speak both Chinese and English and often mix the two. Jane and her husband Peter went to school in the US and were there for about 10 years. They moved to Hangzhou in July. They live in a building very near ours. Now Hallie and Bliss are big buddies! They play together as much as possible. They are an answer to several of our prayers.

I am still working on the relationship with Jane. We talk while we watch the little kids run around and bother the older girls. One day she asked me if we go to church on Sunday. I answered, "yes" and then asked her if she did. She kinda laughed and said, "no". She said that they did go to a Chinese church some while they were in America. I told her about our meeting and invited her. She did not really seem that interested but maybe someday....

Ever since Hallie met this family, she ALWAYS mentions them when there are prayer requests. She almost always mentions them whenever she leads a prayer. She really wants them to seek Him.

Tonight she went to the store and ate dinner with them. She asked Bliss if she wanted to come on Sunday, she said she did not know; ask her mom. So she did! It was that simple. She just asked. She said it did make her feel uncomfortable, but she still asked.

Jane told Hallie that she did not believe in God yet, so she did not think she should. Hallie said that it seemed like Bliss really wanted to come though. Maybe she will later.

I am so proud of Hallie for taking this step. She has found other small ways to share her faith with her friend and her family. Hallie is only 9, and is still learning and is not a Christian yet, but she knows what is important. We can learn a lot from Hallie.