Dear Friend

a letter to friends and supporters

During the week, I get up and strap on my running shoes at 6:30 am Bangkok time. I head over to a nearby park where they have a circular track that’s at least 800 meters long. I find running there helps get out the stress and pain I feel from missing home.

Whenever I am there I aim to finish 10 laps.

The first and second laps are pretty easy, but by the third I start to feel it. When I hit the fifth my body is telling me it has had enough and its time to give up and go eat a Big Mac from Mcdonalds.

But somehow, from somewhere I find energy to keep going. Then I find myself on the sixth. On the eighth I don’t think I can go on. I’m gasping for air, just focusing in and pushing forward. Finally on the tenth I have no idea how I’m making it. I’m just going one step at a time and focusing on the finish line. At the end I always stand where I started, my legs feel dead but I’m satisfied that I had met my goal.

Why am I writing to you about my running escapades? Because I’m on what should be the last lap here in Asia, and I’m finding it’s the hardest. Please remember to pray for me as my mind, body and trying circumstances have been telling me to quit; Thankfully, I have been recently reminded that this is one last round I need to finish (we should all thank Jesus for godly mothers ☺).

O how I wish life was as easy as running! ☺ Christians are called to trust God and rely on him for our daily needs. May God give me the grace and his spirit to finish well! I hope to be in Bangladesh (the third highest Muslim pop in the world) next month and then finish my time with ****** at the end of March. I hope you are well back home. Please keep your friend in Asia in your prayers, also please remember the many people here in Asia who still need to hear the gospel.

Sincerely,

EJ