Grace

Dear Friends and Family,

Well we made it!! After about a 18 hour travel day we arrived safe and sound to LAX @ 12:40 which was 30 minutes before we left in Sydney because of the time difference. So we lived the whole Tuesday again. *smiles*

The 25th we hung out with my friend Kathryn and her husband. We went to the ocean and fished off a pier (I can't recall which one right now) but it was really fun! Although we didn't catch any fish it was nice trying. ("I even baited my own hook!)

The 26th was the big graduation day! As graduates we were onl given 6 tickets, so my mom was there, Kathryn, and her husband, Libby (who is my dear friend from Israel, who has been staying at our house while we were in Australia), My friend Mandi, and her sister Angi (Mandi and I went to bible college together in Austria, and she flew all the way from Washington State!)

It was a grand time, and i saw a ton of people even my bunk mate from Austria was there! It was a very special time and i am thankful for the opportunity that God has given me to be able to finish this chapter.

Now the page has turned and another chapter in this thing called life has begun. I don't know many things for sure, but Ido know that God is soverign and that is the most important thing! Also God has taught me this semester the importance of having a servants heart, and really dying to my flesh. Everyday I must crucify my old man.

For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Romans 6:5-6

I want to be a slave to Christ, for in that will I find the only freedom known to man. God bless you all please e-mail me if you have time as i would love to hear from you. christiang_@excite.com

In Christ, Grace

G'day,

Hi there everyone, well i have only 3 days left here in Sydney. It has been a wonderful time!
Today i completed my last assignment, so i am completely done with Bible College. It is a bittersweet feeling as i am glad to be done in one way, and then in another way I realize that i haven't even begun to scratch the surface of all there is to learn about the bible, and God. But it is wonderful, because the more i learn the bigger God gets to me, because he is so vast!
I also found out today that my dad died last Monday on the 16th. He was 75 years old, I am not sure how he died. But please pray for my family, and for my Mom as she is taking it pretty hard. I only met him about 5 times in my life, so i didn't really know him, but i pray that he had a relationship with the Lord.
We are coming home the 24th of May flying into LAX and then staying with my best friend for a couple of days till graduation on the 26th, alot of my good friends will be graduating with me as well, Praise the Lord! I can't wait to see all of you.

Prayer Request:
1. Prayer for my family in wake of losing my Dad
2. Prayer for us to have a safe flight
3. Prayer that God would provide me a reliable vechicle when i get back home.

Praise Reports:
1. That i finished all of my classes
2. That God has blessed us with this special time here in Sydney