I Feel Joyful : ) Oh, So Joyful!

It's funny. These past couple months I have been in a weird place. I wasn't like depressed or anything. I just wasn't full of joy all the time. It's harder when everyone around me tends to be a little depressed too.

Today my conversation partner from last year called. She's going to be baptized on November 1st. When I first met her last year, she was an atheist. She grew up in China, so she was never raised around religion. She' SO smart. She is getting ready to start a PhD program in the fall next year. I remember having conversations with her about God, and she always seemed really scared of the idea. I haven't talked to her at all this year, but I was one of the first people she called to invite me to her baptism. : ) Praise God! I feel like my heart is going to burst open I am so happy! Just think... now she can go back to China when she graduates, and tell her family and friends, and they can tell their families and friends, and they can tell here family and friends! Do you know how many of those people probably don't know the gospel? Probably a lot!!!!!

Friends, be praying for her. It took her a long time to make this decision, but I am pretty confident she is so joyful in finally having made it! Just pray for strength and wisdom, especially for when she returns to China. Love you all! And praise God! (sigh)

Love,
Mel