Blessings

I love giving gifts to people and I love helping whenever I possibly can. Yesterday at work, I loved putting the furniture together because I knew it meant that others could get some real work done. Today I loved waiting by the door with Gwenyth so that Wendzi could get inside and settled first. It brings me great joy to serve in such simple ways and it brings me great joy to give when I am able to. I don't ever expect anything back and sometimes, I get frustrated if they insist on trying to repay me. Not really angry but I just want them to know I do things because I love them, care about them and want to help.

Today, God blessed me in a big way. We've been trying very hard to be wise with our money, to be good stewards. We've really wanted to do something as a family, a holiday, but you can't cheaply do one of those in Hong Kong and even our cheap holiday to Thailand has grown more expensive due to our growing family. But today... oh my, today the Lord blessed us in an amazing way.

For 4yrs now, I've dreamt of taking a holiday in Vietnam. I don't know why I'm drawn there but I am and would love to see it's beauty. And today, we pretty much settled on a trip in March! I can't even begin to express my delight. It's a gift from some very special people, it's a gift from God.

We've been quite blessed throughout our married lives but there have been a few people in HK that have really been generous towards us. I sometimes struggle with this because there is absolutely no way we could ever pay them back in the same way. We will just never financially be capable of that. Maybe that's why they bless us... maybe they're like me and they don't want to be repaid... they just want to sit and watch someone else smile.

I pray that we will continue to be good stewards of our resources so that we can bless others as we have been blessed.