Dear Friends and Family,
I just wanted to write you a quick update before I leave for East Asia tomorrow!
These past few weeks have been busy, indeed. I actually graduated from college just yesterday, and these past few weeks have been a great time. At the same time, I have been preparing as much as I can for my upcoming trip and have been trying to continue learning as much as possible about my work before I leave. It's been overwhelming at times trying to juggle everything on my plate, but the past few weeks have also served as a reminder of my need to rely on Him, and not on myself.
In addition to the previous prayer requests I have mentioned, I have a specific one stemming from the past few weeks: Please pray for the swine flu situation, and especially for the situation in East Asia,because the quarantines and restrictions there have been severe. I even have a friend of a friend who was banned from entering at all, because she holds Mexican citizenship. I have not encountered obstacles as severe as that, but please ask Him to watch over me and the people in my flight as we enter East Asia.
Also, I wanted to update all of you with the blog I will be updating throughout the course of the trip. You can find the address at: http://mfmark.blogspot.com/. I hope you will enjoy reading about the work that I will be doing, and I pray that my experiences will help inform you as you pray for the people there.
As one final note--please be careful with your communication to me from May 20th to June 22nd (email, blog, etc.), because of the sensitivity of the work that I will be doing. I should have email access at least some of the time during my trip, but please forgive me if any responses are delayed.
Thanks again for all of your support!
For His glory,
Mark
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