Tuesday July 30
Grace and Jeff, the hostel owners prepared breakfast for us before 6 AM so we were able to leave at 7 AM for Yilan. We arrived at 10 at St. Camillus, a Catholic elderly and handicapped facility managed by Allen Huang who came to FECG and Alpha when he was studying at USC for a semester earlier this year. We sang, Charmaine and Jessica shared their testimonies, and we also performed the Puppet Skit, narrated by Tina and acted out by temptresses Kayla and Gabbie, Victims Terry and Mickey, free person Maddy and Eugene played God. After we sang, Allen proudly showed us the sanctuary building which he helped design. The floor plan actually is in the shape of a boat, reminding us of Noah's Ark. It has several pictures depicting the life of Camillus, who repented of his earlier reprobate life to help the sick, elderly and lepers. Unfortunately, it has some of the less Christian aspects of Catholicism, a piece of Camillus' heart which miraculously did not burn when cremated so that if one prays to it, they will be healed. Allen provided a box lunch for us, and we left to drive over two hours to Tan Suew, where we stayed for a night last year but will stay for the remainder of our time in Taiwan. We occupy the top 4 floors of this building, which can hold maybe up to 100 people for retreats. We debriefed Tina who left us at to catch a train back home. For dinner, we found another hole-in-the-wall restaurant that we almost filled up. After we ordered, Adam and Rita joined us. After dinner, we had our devotions and debriefed the day.
Vision dancing to A Whole Lotta Change
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