We made it here!

Because of health issues Bill and Roberta were not able to join us on our journey here today, but will be with us in spirit and prayer as we continue to work here. Bill and Roberta helped us to prepare for our adventure with their wisdom and experiences in the mission field and our preparation and Bible studies. God willing they will be able to travel here to Hong Kong in November and join the St. Louis team.
The Lord has blessed us with a safe journey over to Hong Kong.
We left Manitowoc around 7:30 AM on Thursday, the 21st of October. We flew out of Green Bay, leaving the airport around 10:30 AM. Our flight took us to Detroit, with only a very brief layover. From Detroit we had a direct flight to Hong Kong, a 16 hour flight. We arrived here around 7:15 PM (Hong Kong time- please keep in mind that you are 13 hours behind back in WI).


Saturday, October 23rd, we met at the school, meeting students and teachers and getting acclimated with the surroundings. I will be posting pictures as I am able to.
Just a little info for you:
Hong Kong is beautiful! It is a place with bright lights, 7 million + people, and many tall, tall, skyscraper type buildings. Many of these tall building are the home in which the people here live. Look at the windows and you will notice that many of the people, actually, the majority hang their clothing out to dry, they don't have dryers or a yard to hang out their clothing. (Boy are we spoiled!)
Only about 10% of the general population is Christian. That so amazes me when you consider the amount of people living here. The 7 million I talked about are the people who live here, not even the ones who visit every year. That number is over 33+million a year. Think of all of the people who don't know Jesus Christ as their Savior. Think of the great opportunities we have here. I knew I wanted to be here doing this mission but now that I am here, I think I am even more fired up to be here sharing the Gospel. I can't imagine a world without knowing the love of Jesus and the blessings we have been given by his innocent sufferings and death and most important, his resurrection! Everyone should know this! That is what God has commanded of us.

We have been treated so kindly by the staff at the school that I don't even feel like a foreigner here! It feels like our Christian family that we have come home to visit!