We had a chance to meet this little old lady from England who was staying at the guest houses with us. Over breakfast a couple of days ago, she shared that she will be flying out that day for "home" in England and that this is probably her final farewell. We asked why, and she promptly answered that at age 88 she was getting too old to make these trips by plane overseas. It was sad to hear that. But at the same time, it was so amazing to hear her story. She joked that she was never good at learning a new language, and so her mission agency sent her to Singapore instead to minister and reach out to drug addicts and women in prison. She spent 45 years here in Singapore (the majority of her life), and so she delighted in coming to her "home" in Singapore to visit some of the people she had ministered to. What a blessing it is to get to follow-up with the lives you have touched, and to see how they are flourishing in the Lord several years later. To us, she is an example of a living legacy, of one who knew and loved Christ and in turn made Christ and His love known to others!
We wonder what kind of stories we will be able to tell at age 88, and what the fruits of our labor will look like as well. Of course, this is all by the grace and power of God, and so we daily walk by faith and obedience leaving the future in our Lord's hands.
Here is a couple of pics of Caleb & Caden in Singapore:
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