We had a lovely time yesterday as Myleea's home educators' group had our end of the year get together at Kenilworth Castle, which is about 20 minutes from our home. As you can see from the photos, the kids had loads of fun rolling down the hills, exploring the ancient ruins, and partaking of their picnic lunches. Bubba even brought along his buddy, Spurgeon, for this event's show and tell feature.
Also, pictured at the very top is Gladys Aylward, one of the most inspirational ladies of which I've ever known! She was born in London, served as a missionary to China, and eventually even single-handedly led a group of about 100 orphans through treacherous mountain terrain to safety beyond the Yellow River when the Japanese were invading the province she had so faithfully served. If you have never studied this woman, we encourage you to do that...just as our Empower group has been doing for the past couple of weeks. Her life continues to leave such a legacy of challenging others to sacrifice whatever it takes to spread the Gospel to those who have not heard that they too may come to salvation through Jesus Christ. Let me conclude today's entry with a quote from Ms Aylward herself. Late in her life she felt the need to return to her beloved homeland of England, and upon doing so was faced with incredible culture shock as she witnessed the state of the Gospel even then in this beautiful, yet spiritually dead land. She said: "Even in the churches themselves, the Christians appeared lukewarm. The women were dressed in the height of fashion, and social events were of much greater importance than the prayer meeting or the spread of the gospel message. It was far harder to reach the hearts of an English congregation than those of the ignorant, heathen Chinese.” Ms Aylward died in 1970, and unfortunately, what she proclaimed then, we find still ringing true today. Please keep these in your prayers who have such a hunger for God, yet know not what they seek.
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