I Made It

I arrived in Taiwan Friday night at 9pm (8am Indiana time). From the airport I purchased a bus ticket, which wasn’t as nerve-wracking as I expected it to be, and hopped on my bus for Taichung. My team leader, David Atkin, gave me really good instructions on how to do all of this. When I arrived in Taichung, a member from the church met me at the bus stop to take me to my host family’s house. It was about Midnight when I got to the house. I got an abbreviated tour of the house and then I went to bed. I was pretty exhausted after the long flights.

The next day, the church was passing out fliers at the park to advertise for the English service I will be leading beginning the middle of April. My tepark1000.jpgam leader and myself, as well as the church members, thought this would be a perfect opportunity to surprise Kimberly, as she wasn’t expecting me until next weekend. So I was strategically located on a bench, hiding unconvincingly behind a newspaper that I was pretending to read. Even though she may have recognized that it was me before she actually got to me, it was still great to share that moment with her and the rest of the church. Kimberly and I were able to spend the rest of the evening together, with a nice dinner and enjoying the GREAT WARM WEATHER while sitting outside. I thought this to be a good opportunity to ask her to marry me : ) So that’s what I did, and she said yes!!!

Words won’t describe just how excited I am to be here working with this church plant, learning more about the Chinese culture and how I can best share Christ’s love with them, AND being able to do all of this alongside Kimberly. I’m humbled by how God has chosen to work in my life over the past year and am so excited and anxious to see what the coming months and years will hold.

March 3, 2008 | Filed Under General

 

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6 Responses to “I Made It”

  1. Matt Hanson on March 3rd, 2008 7:00 pm

    I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

    Matt Hanson

  2. Kelly Crist on March 4th, 2008 1:33 pm

    Congrats Mr. Lance. I’m very excited for you. I’m glad everything is going well for you.

    Your Hamilton Center friend,
    Kelly

  3. Carl & Gayla on March 4th, 2008 3:23 pm

    Congratulations to you both! God is good!

  4. Ner Moo Kunkle on March 4th, 2008 4:27 pm

    Congratulations, Lance! Best wishes, Kimberly! I’m glad you got there, Lance. You did it! Now, you must try stinky tofu. You can’t come back to the states until you do. God bless you both!

  5. Karel on March 6th, 2008 10:52 am

    First, congratulations to you and Kimberly! Second, congratulations on surviving the bus ride. You must be fluent now :-)

  6. Keith on March 11th, 2008 12:15 pm

    Yo Lance and Kimberly,

    Wow! Congratulations on your new career in missions, your new country to live in, your new culture to learn, your new language to learn, your new scooter to learn to drive, your new city to learn to get around in, and being with your future Mrs. Hampton. What are you going to do next week?

    I am thrilled for you.

    My love and greatest of respect,

    Keith

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