A Note from Ted

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for praying. We have been truly blessed on our trip so far. Justin, Pat and I have arrived in the second country we are visiting today (Saturday) and have loaded eight duffel bags of Hmong materials that we will bring into two other countries over the next couple of days. We had a tremendous time in China - along with the six suitcases Justin and I were able to bring - we also made three runs over the border on Friday. By the grace of God were able to bring over three hundred materials into China. We joined another team from Nebraska serving with VBB and filled three closets in the hotel room with the materials. It was really a sight to behold!

On Friday we were stopped by the customs agents on our first run and our materials were confiscated but we were able to pick them up later that day and eventually got them over. We have been learning about being dependant on the Lord in prayer.

Some neat highlights of the trip have been in our opportunity to meet some Asian believers. We met a pastor of a church named S.L. He was twice imprisoned for His faith and now preaches to thousands each week. Over three thousand people cram into several small rooms were he preaches every Sunday.

We also had the opportunity to meet Paul and Brooke Trey's friend Linda. Linda is a believer and her husband is a pastor of a house church. We met Linda at the hotel on Friday where we exchanged gifts and she shared her testimony. She shared how when she was living in China many years earlier and was pregnant with her second child, the Chinese government was going to give her a forced abortion. By the grace of God she was able to come to the States and have that second baby while staying with the Trey's! Her daughter is now grown. She also took two bags of materials and was very grateful. When I walked her to a taxi (helping carry the bags) I said "God bless you" as she was getting in the vehicle - she replied the same but wispered "God." Of course no one could know she had the materials either, we had to put other items in the bags to cover them up. It was really amazing to me to get a first hand look at what oppression Asian believers live under everyday. We should be so thankful for our liberty, but also pray for our brothers and sisters in closed countries and do whatever we can to help them get God's Word.

We continue our journey leaving tomorrow morning for the airport at 5:30 am. Please continue to pray. We miss you all and are praying for you back home.

God Bless,

Ted, Justin and Pat