Coffee with Christine

One of the burden that the Lord placed in our hearts since we returned to missions full time is to take teams to the missions team to encourage the missionaries and also to expose churches to misisons opportunities. Recently, I took a team from  Tabernacle of David  to Battambang, Cambodia.  It was such a joy for me to do that as that is the church I grew up in!     We landed in Siam Reap on a beautiful sunny day! We then were on the road for 3 hours to Battambang, our missions destination. Our tasks were to teach in pastors' conference, a teachers' training and teaching in preschool. It is amazing how the Lord put the team together and everyone was operating in their giftings and talents. This is Mui Leng, with 17 years of preschool experience teaching in a village church. She was such a good teacher that she got me really engrossed in her story about the Good Shepherd! The kids were so attentive too. We rode about an hour on motorbike to reach...

This summer I was blessed to spend a month in the States and during that time was able to spend a week with Kathryn. It also worked out that Kathryn's classmate was not living in her dorm at that time so I was able to stay with Kat. It was such a blessing. She worked a full time job during the summer, so this good mommy helped cleaned her room when she's at work! Things we moms do for our kids, even 20 year old ones! I got to visit her at work in the  Keeter Kitchen . Here she is peeling smoked meat from the pork butt with her good friend, Ember. Angie is one of the staff at the kitchen. It comforts my mama's heart that Kathryn is working with people who love her and are good to her. I got to meet all her bosses as well and so proud that they all spoke well of her....except some claimed that she paid them ahead of time to say that!! I think her education at this college is so good in preparing the students for the work force. What a blessing and p...

This past weekend, we had an opportunity to spend a couple of days in the city. Kuala Lumpur, is the capital of Malaysia and is a really fun city - beautiful buildings, and amazing food! Since not all of you reading this blog has been to Malaysia, I thought I share some pictures with you to show you the food paradise I live in! We ordered this CARNIVORE PLATTER....it was a HUGE platter and it took the three of us quite a while to work at it. Even then, we ended up packing half of it back to our room! They also gave us this cute apron to wear while we dug into those yummy sticky ribs! These pictures are from the food court at a mall - it has the most amazing collection of hawker food or street food. The choices are amazing. It was almost a torture to have to choose one!  We had breakfast both mornings at this food court - I feel so spoiled! This is from another mall, and it is a seafood bar serving up fresh oysters. I have n...