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A COOL STATUS SYMBOL?

We attended a banquet last night and enjoyed talking to some folks who are going to China. It was interesting to hear their itinerary and how they were getting prepared.

Then another couple told of the three things that struck them when they were there:

1. We were high atop our city’s tallest building, with the lights of the metropolis (well, Omaha’s not THAT much of a cowtown anymore) twinkling out as far as the eye could see. But in Beijing, a city much, much larger, they said there were hardly any lights on after dark -- that’s how poor the people are.

2. Flying in to Omaha’s Eppley Airfield is a pleasant experience. But flying in to the airports there is hair-raising. Everything’s so crowded, you can practically slap hands with people in high-rise apartments crammed right up against the runways as you roll past. It sounded eerie.

3. Last, but not least, they said the cool thing to do was to purchase a mini-refrigerator in Hong Kong and bring it back to China as a status symbol. But look inside, and you won’t see any food. You’ll see shoes or knickknacks or paperwork. Why? Because the electricity’s only on about half the day in China. Food would spoil. Nobody gets a mini-fridge intending to really use it, but just because it looks cool in your house.

I gulped. Reminds me of the . . . CHINA . . . we got for our wedding.

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Prayer request: We pray for a happy transition to a new host family for our friend’s daughter Jill, a foreign exchange student in Costa Rica. Thanks for giving this sweet teenager the strength to seek a change when the first placement was unhappy. May the new situation be mutually encouraging, and may the Lord bless the rest of her stay there and protect her family as they go down there to visit. (Psalm 8:2)