Wang Hao

I've been meaning to post something about Wang Hao, and since he just left our house I guess this is a better-than-average time to do so.
If you've read the monthly reports (and if you're reading this, I imagine you've also read the reports) you'll know that Wang Hao is this amazing guy that God has sent our way. He's a really swell guy, as far as just being nice and stuff; but the amazing thing is his genuine yearning for God and his still-immature but heart-felt faith in Jesus. He's one of those disciples who, like Peter at the lakeside, is brimming with enthusiasm to drop everything and follow God wherever He leads.
Just for the record, although he certainly believes and wants to be a Christian, he has not yet been baptized. We will probably bring that up really soon, but for the time being we have tried to be content with moving a little more slowly and deliberately than we might have done in the past. We want him to mature at God's pace -- since it is obviously God who has called him, and God who will keep him -- rather than there being even the merest suggestion of us pushing him into it. God brought Wang Hao to us; we did not seek him out. Therefore, we really want to be careful to honor the pace that God seems to be setting.
Anyway, he has started to attend a local student-led congregation on Sundays, and he comes here each week, Friday or Saturday, for further study and discussion. Each time he tries to apologize for "disturbing" us, and each time we insist that we're delighted to have him. And it's true: it's been really good, for me (Jason) especially, to spend this time in the Word, discipling a young man, and being motivated to speak more Chinese. Wang Hao's presence and friendship are a big blessing to me.
We thank God for him, and ask you to say a prayer, too, for Wang Hao -- that his faith and knowledge and obedience will continue to increase, and that we will, at the right time, be able to oversee his baptism into Christ.
So, not my most eloquent blog post, but at least I've gotten around to saying something.
Stay tuned... Maybe I'll actually think to take his picture one of these days, and then you can see his sweet, sincere face for yourself. You'll need to be able to recognize him in heaven, because I've no doubt we'll all be there together!