From January 8 through 12, 2014, the Lord allowed me to participate in a New Year's Meeting hosted by a local church in a remote mountain village in Papua New Guinea. The Lord truly honored the prayers and preparations made by many people, and saved more than forty souls, thirty-nine of whom received believer's baptism on the last day of the meeting.

This special event was not without opposition. The afternoon of Jan 12, the church's meeting house and the home of my hosts was stoned, with more than thirty panes of glass shattered. Our Lord, however, turned this violence into an opportunity for His people to demonstrate Christ-like gentleness, and many other people from the village saw firsthand both the cruelty and unreasonableness of ungodly men contrasted against the meekness and gentleness of Christ, lived out by His people. One of the brothers literally turned the other cheek to his attacker; one of the local pastors simply ran away from the man who struck him, rather than returning blows (he is a strong man, and no doubt could have defended himself).

That night, a man who acted as pastor in a neighboring village's church trusted Christ, and on Monday, Jan 13, the other acting pastor and his wife also believed on the Lord Jesus! I received word that since then, another woman has been saved too.

Praise the Lord for the great and mighty work He is doing in that part of the world!

Seven years ago, the Lord blessed my life with the most amazing, incredible, wonderful experience of my life (after saving my soul and letting me begin knowing Himself), when He let me become the husband of my one and only Sweetheart.

God has allowed us to become the parents of four healthy children; meet true friends, see beautiful places, eat delicious foods, and serve Him in four countries; and watch Him answer definite prayers throughout these past seven years. Among all these blessings, however, the best to me has been sharing this earthly pilgrimage with the woman of my dreams, the wife of my youth, these past seven years. My God has poured out grace for grace on my life. I will never deserve such blessing, but will ever thank Him for such kindness!

Sweetie, I love you—happy seventh anniversary!

Thank You, Lord, for blessing our family with four healthy, happy children! (My wife took this photo at the Butterfly Park in Bangkok, Thailand, this November.)

In August 2013, my family visited Thailand. My wife and I, along with "laoda" and "lao'er", got to ride an elephant!

Our firstborn son--in Chinese rendering, "laoda" (old big)--went on his first hike in the mountains of Oahu, Hawaii with daddy in May 2013, along with two friends.