An Unexpected Feast!

Sorry, no pictures that go along with this entry :(

This week went well at school, as the kids are becoming more comfortable with coming to school. We also started our Studies, one song study on Tuesday in which we pick a song, and read B-ble passages that relate to the song. The second study is Wednesday, and we decided to study Romans. It was so encouraging singing, studying, and praising our G-d with fellow Chinese brothers and sisters in Chr-st! They asked good questions, and we had a wide age range, from 20-50 (mostly younger college students). It was really really awesome. Ch-rch today was also great, w-rshiping together, and communing together. We have an English service and a Chinese one, so we stay for both from 8am-noon. It is fun trying to sing along during the Chinese service (it at least is in pinyin-a westernized form of Chinese written with our alphabet). Sometimes though…..like I usually do anyways with most American songs on the radio, I would just mumble random words and pretend like I knew the song haha

 Today I also pr-yed that He would open doors for me to spread the Good News, and as I was walking back from the store, a man came running after me saying “hello! Hello!” So I stopped, and we walked and talked for 5 or so minutes. He invited me to dinner, so Andrew and I are going to meet up with him tonight! G-d willing we will get to know him better, and tell him of the good news, that he is saved! Forgiven! Loved by our G-d.

 The 39 year old man, Liangjun, brought us to a nice restaurant a block from our apartment. He ordered sooo much food! A big plate of assorted sautéed mushrooms, sautéed spinach and garlic, dumplings, sweet pancakes, a big bowl of fish, and a meat and potatoe-type dish. Then, the waitress came out with 6 large beers! Andrew and I laughed at the current situation-a man we just met treating us to a huge meal. After eating and talking with him (or attempting to talk/figure out everything he was saying) we figured out a next time to meet after the fall break for dinner. He wants to learn and speak English. We also briefly talked about Chr-stianity, apparently he goes to a Chr-stian ch-rch once a year at Christmas. It’s awesome to see G-d working through us in such a way, hopefully he will come to our Studies soon.  

This week we have a Tuesday song Study, and a Wednesday Romans Study here, and then we have to teach at our schools on Saturday (for some reason…) Then on Saturday evening  we head north to Yinchuan, to ride camels in the Gobi desert, and to Xi ‘an to see the Terracotta Warriors! (It is a national holiday, 7 days long). So excited!!!!! Except we have a 6 hour train ride (standing….yes….standing the whole time!), and after that a 20ish hour train ride! Longgggggg trip, but going to be an adventure for sure J