Ok, so I know a lot of you are empty nesters. And we're not, not quite yet, although it's coming too darn soon. Today I performed a campus pastor ritual. I drove a student to the airport. Only this time, it was for good. Ming came to BSU last fall, became our "daughter" via family friends, stayed a year, and transferred.
She is on her way to Dallas, TX. Anyone know any mothers & fathers in Dallas? How about Ocean City? New York? Pittsburg? Baltimore?
This is where they are all going, some for the summer, some for good. They need families who will love them and help them through crazy unfamiliar American stuff. Enjoy them. Let them teach you to cook. If anyone reading this has any connections, please let me know, and I will connect you to our kids, so they can become your kids.
You know, Fidel Castro came to the US as a student. Four years later, he left, hating America and Americans. Went on to control a country and kill a lot of people, to put it simply. What if an American family had befriended him? Loved him, honored him? What would our world look like today?
Anyway, I have to go make lunch for my own babies. But I have a young lady on a plane to Dallas right now that I left with tears in her eyes, and mine. I hate it when they leave. So please keep Ming - and Tenzin and Tashi- in your prayers. They have left Bemidji for good, with the gospel told and hopefully, shown. Pray for their safety- all of them- Sudhir and Bina and Bikash and Anish and Sanjay - there are so many more!
Thank you for partnering with us!
Love, us Thoofts
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