Day 74 - March 20th

This morning we traveled back up to the school. Unlike most mornings, today we shared our testimonies, sang and played games. I tried to share my story in Mandarin. Pretty amusing. It truly is amazing how God has brought people from all over the world into His family no matter their race, gender or social status.

All the stories were great but one particularly stood out. Here is a brief overview of Kathy's story. Kathy grew up with both her father and mother. Her father was always away working and making good money for the entire family. After awhile Kathy's father stopped sending money home to support his family. One day Kathy's parents got into an ugly argument. Out of these difficulties, Kathy's parents abandoned the children. For a long time, Kathy was overwhelmed with looking after her family. She was angry at her parents. She wanted to end her life. She hated her past, her family - her sin. One day a friend from stopped by and invited Kathy to church. The rest is history, praise God! Today Kathy prays that both of her parents will come to know Jesus. Will you to pray for Kathy and her family.

These students or rather brother and sisters are my age. They have no formal education let alone theological education. They lack the status and prestige and they carry little with them. But one thing I cannot deny is their overwhelming joy and trust in our Maker.

This evening we headed back for another time of fellowship at BICF. For the past few weeks a wonderful couple from South Carolina has been speaking on relationships. Today we broke into gender specific groups and talked about purity and living a life worthy of the calling. Our time of fellowship ended with worship. What a wonderful time it was.

Before we went to bed, we had a miniature like Maundy Thursday service. Tom, a pastor from British Columbia suggested that we celebrate the Lord's Supper together. Gen and Grace were sleeping so the three of us celebrated this sacred meal. We didn't have any wine or grape juice but I am sure the good Lord doesn't mind that we used orange juice. It was a special! We read and reflected on Scripture from Luke 22-23 before praying together.