A Hand Over Me...

There really is only one reason that I'm alive right now, and that is because someone has been watching over me.  Out of the hundred times that I have almost died over here (maybe that is being a little dramatic), the fact that God is protecting me flashes across my mind as I am once again almost sideswiped by a moped.  Also this weekend, I almost ran over a bus.  As I stared into the oncoming traffic and waited for the chance to be able to get out of the crowded road, I think I experienced the 'deer in the headlights' feeling for the first time.  I am so thankful to be constantly reminded that my name is graven on the palm of God's hand...there is no way anything could happen to me without him knowing.

We spent the weekend up in Taipei, the capitol city, and attended a wedding reception for two of our friends from the VOICE ministry - a English program for Taiwanese youth, and also a reunion with students from this summer's program.  Sunday brought all the English teachers over here together for the first time this year - for a baby shower.  Our team leader's wife is going to have a baby in March, and all the VOICE students from years past, and many friends and then us teachers were there.  It was so amazing to see so many friends and familiar faces after such a long time. Yesterday marked my fourth month in Taiwan.

This Friday is our school's anniversary celebration, and the students have been decorating the campus for the ceremonies.  Us American teachers will run a pizza booth among all the other food stands that will sell who knows what.  Also on the agenda is a Christmas concert held by our friends from the Kaohsiung church.  When we into the city last month to go to the church for the first time, we were blessed to have a translator for the service - we haven't been able to understand church messages since we have been here.  God has definitely given us a busy time of year, and who knows how crazy things will get over Chinese New Year.  I can't imagine being anywhere else!