China and Jesus

I just visited one of my adoption friends' website where she was giving updates on how her 9 year old daughter from China is doing. They adopted her just a few months ago and there has been a language barrier and a few other issues to go through, but things are moving along beautifully. The little girl's name is Kaia and is being homeschooled in order to get her caught up to her grade level. She's doing so very well and her parents are very proud. She has been experiencing so many things (we Americans take for granted) for the first time.

She just experienced her first birthday party at the age of 9! One of her gifts was an english/chinese bible. When Kaia came home to America, she had never heard the name of Jesus. She had never been told ANYTHING about any of the things we as American's "get tired of hearing". In bold print, below, is what her mother wrote about Kaia and Jesus. Prepare yourself. It's pretty powerful!


"Kaia has almost completed the new bible she received for her birthday, I think this is one of her favorite gifts, she loves learning about Jesus. Kaia is so full of questions, 'If I go to hell and then I am good, can I go to Heaven?" When I die, will the Devil wake me up?" after reading about Adam and Eve "Why did God not want the people to be smart and eat from the tree?" I love her questions, I never know what is going to come next, she keeps me on my toes. She witnessed a baptism at our church, I made sure she had a good view - it was neat that each person gave a testimony before being baptized and Kaia was able to hear that, she thought it was neat and quick. I can't wait for the day she is baptized,that will be so amazing just knowing how far she has come and what could have been. We talked about going back to China and working with orphans, Kaia says we can tell them about Jesus, I've tried to explain to her that this has to be done in secret - she says "Everybody knows about God" to this I said "did you know about God when you were in China?" No she did not, and she doesn't understand why she was not allowed to know of such things, she cannot comprehend this - as she sees it, everyone should know about Jesus and no one should keep this from them, isn't it funny how much she understands in such a short time."


Now, tell me something. Are you ready to go on a mission trip?