Well, all good things must come to an end, and the good thing called The Grant County/Gunpo City Youth Ambassador Exchange has come to an end as we said goodbye today from Seattle amidst pictures, passionate waves and many tears. Goodbye our new friends, and though we may never see some of you again, please know that your appearance on the stage of our lives has enriched and blessed us more than I can express.
Your coming to us reminded us that God’s big world is actually rather small, that people are people no matter where they hail from, that relationship is the essence of life and that God is sovereign in putting those relationships together. The shared experience of this last month has enlarged our hearts and minds and hopefully benefited both of our country’s economic development for future generations.
Many people made these things possible through hours of hard work and much sacrifice. Leroy and Benaya, thanks for thinking about our family and giving our kids one of the highlights of their lives thus far! To all of the families we have had the opportunity to hang out with, “Thanks for your time, love, energy and amazing efforts!” I hope we get to hang out a little in the future, as you are all some great folks!
The visit of our friends from Korea confirmed once again that life is a gift and a stewardship and must be treated as both. It has been granted to us by our Creator though we did not ask to be born or deserve the opportunity to live. Our Creator is the source of that gift and gives life with pleasure and joy to us for His and our enjoyment. Life is also a stewardship, thus, God is its owner and we are its managers. One day we will open the books of our lives before God and give an accounting to Him of how we spent the time, talents, resources, health and energy of our lives. God, being the completely just owner and king that He is, will then reward us or punish us in a way that is appropriate.
This last month has reminded me of how important it is to spend life well, enjoy relationships, listen carefully and love God and people. Thank you our Father in heaven, for all of the good things you have given, and thank you Sang-Hyuk, Ji-Su, Young-Mi, Hee-Sook, the rest of you precious Korean young people, Leroy and Benaya, and all the people and families of Grant County that made this Exchange possible! WE ARE BLESSED, AND LIFE IS RICHER!
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