Paula: shopping then tortilla making

One of our most interesting contacts is Paula, a reserved, but once you get to know her, quite talkative girl from another town here in Zhejiang province. Her father is a farmer and her mother is a travelling folk opera performer. Paula says that as she was growing up, her parents were both quite preoccupied with their jobs, and therefore she kind of raised herself, with some help from her grandma, of course! Anyway, Paula is interesting because she is descriptive, and willing to tell us some stuff about herself, her feelings, and her experience of growing up in China. This month we hung out with her some, first we took her shopping one day, she helped us manage Phoebe a bit while we grocery shopped, and we talked some while Pheebs played in a little indoor playground in our favorite shopping center, and then we all ate noodles together. Another day Paula came over, and she helped me make tortillas and fajitas. She is comfortable in a kitchen, a trait less common among young Chinese students. She liked seeing how Mexican food was made. Our prayer with her that day was "Dear God, thanks for Mexican food!" Can I get an Amen? Then Paula washed the dishes! I told her not to repeatedly, but she just kept washing. I see some of Jesus in her already, and I am praying for the Lord to prepare her heart so that she can be receptive as we share His story with her. Please pray with us.