Children's Seminar/Xian Trip |
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Greetings from Hong Kong! After over a year of arranging dates and planning, the “Children’s Ministry” seminar became a reality. Training for Children’s Ministry is desperately needed in Hong Kong and especially mainland China where it is almost nonexistent. Any kind of a Children’s Church would be the exception in a Chinese Church and when they finally do have some form of Children’s ministry they all to often resemble a school setting where the children are to do more studying This seminar brought our largest crowd yet. Over 90 people were in attendance on the first night consisting of children’s workers and pastors representing over 20 different denominations and churches throughout Hong Kong. Steve and Sharmin both taught and ministered. Also, and worth the wait, our special guests, Rev. Mike and Belinda Watson ministered. Mike and his wife are many years experienced Youth and Children’s Ministers and currently the Youth and Children’s Pastors from Agape Faith Church in Clemmons NC. It is always such an honor to minister to Children’s Workers. It seems that every time we minister to them, some come up in tears and express how deeply grateful they are for being shown how important they and their ministry really are. Often they describe their situations where they are greatly unappreciated or even belittled. The Chinese (and we all with them) have quite a task in evangelizing the Children of China. There are more Children in China than there are people in the United States, and especially in Mainland China Christian children’s material is almost nonexistent. After ministering both nights, we laid hands on and prayed for all who desired. The following Sunday we did a Children’s service for the hosting church in their main sanctuary and demonstrated to all who attended what was taught throughout the seminar. Rev. Mike Watson preached the message (a kid’s message) and at the end of the service almost a dozen people, children and adults, came forward to receive salvation for the first time. The children’s ministry and children’s workers from our host church. After the seminar, we took the Watson’s to Beijing to deliver some Children’s teaching materials and other Christian material to a Pastor there. On the slow train to Beijing, (30hrs) we always enjoy the introspective view into the Chinese lifestyle and culture through the panoramic train window. In the first picture, workers unload a train
car the old fashioned way. In the second
they’re carrying the rocks to the track bed
by hand.
In Beijing, Tiananmen Square radiates an eerie glow redolent of its arduous history.
A few weeks later, a group from NY came to help us. We were the first, permitted into this HK Government school, to host an English Camp where we evangelized though music, drama, and small group discussions. First, they broke into smaller groups and
invented actions to Bible songs they would
then sing for the whole group. MC’d by Joab they all performed their action songs. Jasmine is with her group in the middle
picture and Jael is directing hers on the
right. Our visiting group then performed a powerful Evangelistic drama and then they all broke up into small groups again to discuss what they had seen. Following the final time of sharing, everything concluded with prayer. Based on the expression of the students, they seemed to be quite sincere. In the middle picture
Jasmine sharing Jesus with a girl. The group also helped us bring much needed materials and Bibles across the border and shared the Gospel with many in English corners concluding with a trip and materials delivery to Xian. In Xian, we visited a government orphanage where most of the workers are Chinese Christians and friends of our Western Missionary contact. All of the orphans have some type of handicap or disability. Jasmine and Steve with a young Chinese girl
paralyzed from the waist down. In the
middle picture, Deborah (the team’s
coordinator) works with a girl in a similar
condition. Xian is home to the Terracotta Warriors, one of the world’s largest archeological finds consisting of thousands of life size clay soldiers created by a former Chinese Emperor to guard his tomb. Outside the tomb local Chinese reenact traditional Chinese dances. People on the streets of Xian. The beautiful town center at night with a spectacular water fountain light display. Our entire group with our Western Missionary and Chinese friends on a cold night in Xian. Thank you partners for all you do! We love and appreciate you for enabling us to serve the Chinese!!! Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We are here as an extension of you!!!
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