Friday, July 26
After breakfast today, we did our small group devotions. Because we are leaving early tomorrow, we debriefed the Zhudong Church youth who were with us since none of them are going with us next week, Michael, Belle, Vivi, Jack, and Amy. Each of them shared what they learned from their 5 days with us and we affirmed them and prayed for them. They all expressed their initial fear of joining the music camp but obeyed the urging of Rev. Chou's wife and all are glad they stepped out of their comfort zone and joined. After the debriefing, Adam and Tina left us but they are rejoining us next week, so as we go to Tongtex for our last day of teaching, we are down to a team of 21.
Today is the first really warm day of our trip to Taiwan. It is only 91F but over 70% humidity, so we are trying to spend as much time inside the A/C cooled classroom as possible, but we had to practice the group dance and also perform there at 3:20 for their regular teachers and principal. After we returned to church, we practiced a little for our evening outreach. We were surprised by Tina's quick return from her grandmother's funeral and even more surprised to see Chloe, who received permission from her mother to come and sing only for the concert. Another surprise was a couple who were Rev. George Chua's (FEC founding pastor) nephew and wife living in Hsinchu, so Marshall got to meet a distant cousin he never knew about before. About 25 students from a Tongtex came tonight for the Chinese BBQ which is quite similar to a Korean BBQ cooked on a gas burner on the table on a skillet. Very delicious! Terry shared his testimony (translated by the Taiwan Terry) how he witnessed God's miraculous healing on a previous Vision trip and a Rachel shared her testimony translated by Mickey. Pastor Chou gave a short sermon based on our theme verse, John 14:6. We then said tearful goodbyes.
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