its our last night here at baifu. i am tired. i am worn out. instead of having one class for 6 hours a day, we had 2 classes for 3 hours a day. at first i thought it would be more restful than the week before, because we had a couple hours in between classes, but it seems God had other plans. great plans. so during all the "breaks" we hung out with the kids from wudu elementary. im not going to lie, it takes alot of energy to hang out with young people [yes, this is in acknowledgement that i am old, haha] its been a great blessing and encouragement this week at baifu.
today the baifu church had a special children's program in the morning for the kids who attended the english camp this week. we had about 60 kids show up. me, bernard, and josh yen helped lead the english worship songs, it was a good time. we watched a movie about the story of david, along with a short gospel message from the pastor's wife. it was good seeing so many students there, encouraging. in the afternoon, we took part in the baifu evangelistic meeting. our worship team dedicated "hosanna" by hillsong and "precious cross" by stream of praise. it was a good time of fellowship. we managed to convince some of our kids from english class this past week to come to the evangelistic meeting too! PTL. its always a great experience to worship with another culture, in another language, among people you may not be familiar with. in that moment, culture, name, language, our differences play no matter. God is our foremost and most distinct similarity. one body, one family in Christ!
thank God for this week, getting daily chances to hang out with eden, jenny, fanny, and lisa [which meant us teachers paying for their drinks and snacks whenever we went out, haha]. i also got to chance to see emma, bonnie, and donna today at the children's program in the morning. they came to see me since i had been at huaxing all week instead of wudu. i was thankful to see them again and exchange contact information. im extremely grateful for all the people here at baifu. thank you!
I always love what you share, Norman. But I can't help but wonder how Elean or Jacqueline, and others, are doing. Share, so I can pretend like I'm there with you all. Please.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you had daily hangouts with Eden, how is he doing? Will be quizzing you on that when you return. And, ditto what George said =)
ReplyDeleteMmm, the decoration on the wall is really interesting. It looks like a wedding is going on.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you and those photos are always cool.