God is Good All the Time

The title itself should be enough for this blogpost, but I'll ramble a little bit for your enjoyment. :) I have officially been in Hong Kong for two weeks! It has been a good two weeks, full of adjustments, major spiritual warfare and lots of prayer. I like it here though. The city is such an adventure. It's huge and full of people who need to know about Jesus. 7.1 million people or something crazy like that. We are staying at the YWAM base here. It's in an old old Chinese village tht is very traditional. There are temples ALL around us so we have been doing lots of prayer to proclaim Christ as King here.
Anyways, back to the point. God is always good. It sounds like such a simple statement, but when you really apply it to your life, it's kinda hard. Our first intense testing of this was the other night when we went to the red light district here. God is good all the time? When young girls are selling their bodies? When men who probably have families at home walk down the street with someone who is not their wife by their side? Our team had a hard time swollowing that at first glance.
God has been whispering this simple truth to me every day. In the moments when 4 more months of being away from home seems like an impossible amount of time. When hearing hurts of loved ones thousands of miles away happens through words on a computer screen. When trees are being decorated and fires started and movies watched, all with out me there. When the aches of my new family here seem unfixable and forever painful, GOD IS GOOD.
How do I know this? Because I have seen His goodness. I have seen how He places it in the hearts of people to love prostitutes and hope for a better life for them. I have seen how He has given me family and friends that im able to miss, because He loves me that much. I have seen how he heals the hearts if those who seem too broken.  I can see the evidence of his goodness in my life everyday if I look hard enough, and I bet the same is true for you. I have also been learning that He deserves to be praised all the time, so here are a few examples of His goodness.
-Skype. It is a wondeful invention that allows me to see the faces of sweet loved ones. I'm so thankful that God has provided that blessing.
-Internet in our house. Somehow we get Internet from one of our neighbors for free. One of the few places it reaches is right on my bed. God knew our team needed that one :)
-The joy of a little 8 year old Nepali girl as she read me book after book
-Breakthroughs when it seems like all hope is lost
-Worship every single morning
-The heart that God gives me for this place when I feel like I won't last another day
-The story that God has written for me ad the greatness that he continues to call me to
-The joy that the Lord gives when you ask for it
-Faces of prostitutes when they realize that someone remembers them and cares about them
-The power of prayer
-Encouragement from those around me and those at home

Those are just a few things that make me remember the goodness of my God. He cares about me. He cares about even the little things like the comforts of ice cream at McDonald's and unexpected hugs.
Please keep me and my team in your prayers! We know that the strength of the Lord is the only thing that will allow us to continue serving and loving so please pray that we will continue to fall on him ad remember his goodness!
I have two more weeks here and then I'll be headed to Thailand! I'm so excited to continue on the path God has for us :)
Love you all!
Carrie
P.s sorry for no pictures. I was waiting to post this until I could figure out a way to put some on here but I've realized that it's not gonna happen :(