hong kong and you.

hi my little ones. you are always on my mind and i always hold you in my heart. if i could, i'd pick you up right now and hold you close to me. so close that you could hear my heartbeat and know that you are apart of me. what a wonderful feeling it must be to be a mommy. some friends of ours had their little girls this past weekend. our friends brian and lea had a little girl and named her eislee. our friends erik and juli had their little girl and named her avery. don't worry - i'm sure that one day you'll meet them and become very good friends. depending on how things go, you may grow up one day with little eislee, maybe you'll be best friends! who knows! let me guess, you're thinking, why mom? i don't even know them! you see, eislee's mommy and daddy have the same desire as your mommy and daddy; and thats to see the land of hong kong changed drastically by our Father in Heaven. He is the only way that hong kong will be changed and we pray and can't wait to see how God will use us in that work. the doster family and the newman family long to see Jesus save the people of hong kong, to see them rise up and bring Glory to God with their lives. there's so much work to be done there, and one day you will be apart of it. yay!

i know i've talked of friends in hong kong, but i don't think i've ever told you about it. if you're anything like your mommy, you will think that its the most amazing place. if you're anything like your daddy, you'll think its the greatest city on earth. its full of people, large buildings, lots of trains, lots of history, great food, beautiful scenery and there is SO much to do. the people around hong kong, most of them are very busy, going form work to school, to after school programs, working a lot, always looking to improve themselves. its a very fast paced place, but oddly enough, to me - i have a calm there. your daddy is a genius at navigating us around and at picking up the language, he's very "at home" while there. its wonderful! the people of hong kong, for the most part, are very nice, intriguing and to me, extremely lovely and beautiful. there's a lot of hurt and need for Jesus there though, just like every place in the world. however, mommy and daddy's heart feels the closest to the hearts of the chinese. oh yeah... hong kong is in china! technically it is china, but theres another 37 years until china completely takes over, meaning freedoms and such. anyway - i have lots of pictures i could show you of hong kong! when you get here though, i have a feeling that not long after you arrive, we will be moving back over to hong kong, so you'll get to experience it first hand, and i'll have to show you pictures of america to show you where you came from!

i know, let me guess... 'mommy, you're talking about a lot of stuff i don't understand yet." i know, i just want to talk to you about the land that your mommy and daddy love so much. we want to see your heart love the people of hong kong like we do, to desire to see the Lord do a great work in the lives of these people, to see it overflow into mainland China and to the rest of the world. theres so much that i can't wait to experience with you, to see your eyes light up when we see the light show at the harbor in tst, to hear you cry that you don't want to walk up any more steps when going to visit the big buddah or to the temple in fanling. i want you to taste real chinese food, taste amazing new fruits like dragonfruit and jack fruit. i want you to smell the awful smell of durian and enjoy tricking friends into trying it, like we do! i want you to take our Father's word to those who need it. 

oh wouldn't it be great to take bike rides all over and learn alongside a lot of people who may not look like you, but you will be able to share in their culture as you will grow up in that culture. i'm so excited for you my already multi-cultural little ones. i cannot wait to meet you. i cannot wait to hold you and love you and have you nurse from my breast. i can't wait to watch your daddy fall in love with you and hold you and kiss you. and i can't wait to take you to where our heart calls home. i love you my darlings. i can't wait. i anticipate your snuggles and kisses everyday. please come soon. there's so much we get to do together! its going to be great!

love,
mommy.


2 comments:

fecklessman said...

so sweet. i love you, baby.

Neeves said...

Reminder: never let the newmans trick me into eating durian :)
I loved this one, your babies will too!

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