New Permanent Members

We have started to pray for more permanent members for our Sunday church family. I have a lot of student friends and they sometimes come to our Sunday worship. The students offer a great energy but most of them are only here for a year or two then move away. We have friends in our neighborhood, but they are busy with family on Sundays. Just when I was beginning to doubt where permanent members would come from…
Filly has been coming back to our Sunday worship. Two years ago when our student study was investigated, she was probably the first and most questioned student. Now Filly has graduated and works for a bank in Hangzhou. Filly still lives close by, but thankfully the university is no longer in charge of her spiritual protection.
Sam lives on the second floor in our building and a teacher at one of the nearby universities. He studied in Wisconsin for two years. Sam told me he attended a church every Sunday for a year and a half while in America. Sam and his wife are expecting a baby in a few months.
David came to us as a friend of a friend of the Hardin family. David’s family lives in America and he is away on business a lot. In September David’s wife was visiting Hangzhou. Our group was praying about a new meeting place and David’s wife spoke up, “You can use my husband’s office space.” On another week David led the singing and made some good short comments in between songs.
I could choose to doubtfully think, “They will move away soon or be too busy to come to church.” Instead, I will choose to focus on God showing again how He will always provide. Our church family is one way God is providing His love to these new permanent members.