Let’s Keep Talking!

Tonight, we just returned from Michael Qiao’s baptism. I (John) first met Michael when we came to Beijing on our Let’s Start Talking campaign in March of this year. Michael had heard about Jesus about two years ago, but never studied the Bible prior to our meeting in March. We read from the Gospel of Luke several times during our two-week stay in China, but I had not heard from him since we left. After returning to Beijing in August, I invited Michael to our Monday night “Seeker’s Study” only to learn that he had continued to read with other LST teams (including several from Garden Ridge!), and was asking serious questions about baptism. Six months after first meeting him, it was a true joy to witness the beginning of Michael’s new life tonight. Praise God!

If you have ever been on a LST campaign or other mission trip, hopefully you will be encouraged by this example of its potential fruit. If you have not yet done so, repent (typed with love and intended to communicate humor and truth) and come to China! You never know what God might do in the lives of those you meet and in your life! We certainly never expected our trip to China to impact us to the depth that has. I guess if I have been reminded of anything tonight it is this… Let’s Keep Talking!

Love,
John, Susan, and Nash Cooper