Greetings from Day 3 on the Road
Zheng and I feel so blessed that so many people have given us so much in the past month. We are so grateful that people have offered us free places to stay, wonderful meals, gatherings with friends, and an army of help in getting out of our old apartment!
In talking to one of Zheng's and my best friends, we discussed how unusual it is sometimes to be on the receiving end of something. My parents are both very giving people, and have raised us to be "givers" rather than "takers." In this, giving, or being a device of output (playing, product, information) is more comfortable than being on the receiving end.
This experience of moving and starting a new life in New Mexico has taught me a lot. There is beauty to giving and receiving. And there is a way to both with Grace.
We received an unexpected wedding gift last night. We had the pleasure of meeting up with one of my old friends and meeting his lovely fiancée! Today we visited an old friend of mine from graduate school, and we will stay with some of Zheng's friends from his first year of graduate study in the US!
Luke 6:38 states:
"Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
I'm not sure what exactly we have done do deserve such generosity and hospitality, but we surely are grateful. We will continue to extend hospitality and generosity at every turn imaginable!
We also have cleared: PA, NY, PA, OH, KY.
Photo: a cute puppy in a Nashville art gallery, showing me "hospitality"
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