Email from an Angel

11/6/07 eve, Tuesday. This evening's focus was to attend a cell group at the church. EVERYONE at HKCOG is in a cell group. All the groups meet at the church because homes are too small to host them. 3 different groups met tonight; each in one of the 3 small rooms of their temporary church location. There was lots of laughter and singing throughout the church. The 4 of us attended a group which was largely the same group that I had visited in Jan. 06. It was great to be reunited. For me, the highlight of tonight's meeting was a comment that Janette made to me right away. She shared that after we were there in Jan. 06, it was a lonely time for her... she was away at seminary and her father faced difficult heart surgery. She felt little support from friends during this time and it was quite difficult. One of the members of our team simply sent Janette a supportive email; never even haven met her! Janette shared tonight that it was like a message from an angel! --that it greatly encouraged her that someone she didn't know across the world would reach out to and care for her. She was even emotional sharing about it tonight. Wow... you never know the power of an encouragement, even over email!