God's Faithfulness & The Power of Prayer

Praise God! We have finally made it to Singapore. There were so many things that could have gone wrong. The snowfall on the day of our departure. The worries that our luggage would be okay even before check-in (one bag started tearing at the zipper and the tape holding the plastic bins shut seemed flimsy). The confusion that our airline was shutdown because of a strike (by the way, we took Qatar Airways and not Qantas Airways). The realization that we were missing one plane ticket to Thailand during our layover in Qatar. The flooding in Bangkok that made it difficult for our check-in luggage to be picked up. The possibility of Caden's recurring bout with motion sickness and throwing up (the projectile kind). And simply the longest stretch of travel by plane most of us have ever taken.

Yet God remained so faithful and carried us all the way through to Singapore with no major issues. We are reminded once again of 1 Thess 5:24, which says, "The one who calls is faithful and he will do it." We are also reminded of the power of prayer. Thank you all who have been faithfully praying for us during our travels. We truly felt your prayers!

We end this first blog with 2 quotes. The first was spoken by the EM Pastor at NSCCC after they viewed our video sent to them (and shared with us by email through a dear sister and church member there). The second is from J.O. Fraser.

"You might think that raising funds is the most difficult, but I tell you that raising prayer support is the most difficult and most important. ... Prayer requires on-going time and effort. ... The devil has less ammunition against prayer than money, so he will try harder to keep you from praying than sending money." (P. Michael Lee)

"I believe it will only be known on the Last Day how much has been accomplished in missionary work by the prayers of earnest believers at home." (J.O. Fraser)