Church...
Notes from today...
It was beautifully refreshing to be able to go to a nearby church this morning!! There is a little Christian congregation (approx. 35 people) about a 5-minute bike ride away that has welcomed us to fellowship with them. Although the service was all in Chinese, it was wonderful to be with other believers here in Taiwan; to read the Bible, pray and sing! The pastor's wife found someone to do a little translating for us - her name is Theresa and she had never been to church before! She is really sweet though, and said that she found the service so interesting that she kept forgetting to translate for us!! We knew the Bible reference (Abraham and Sarah - is anything to difficult for God?) but she had never heard the story before. She asked if maybe next week we might be able to fill her in on the story a bit more. :) Always interesing open doors!!
There was also at the church a missionary couple from Oregon with their two little girls. They have lived in Taiwan for the past 11 years, but just moved to our area to help plant a new church. It was neat to meet other English-speaking folk right in our neighborhood!
Partaking of that fellowship of the Spirit that transcends language and culture was a blessing today and I look forward to getting to know the people at the church better over this next year.
Have a blessed Sunday!
Love,
Christy
It was beautifully refreshing to be able to go to a nearby church this morning!! There is a little Christian congregation (approx. 35 people) about a 5-minute bike ride away that has welcomed us to fellowship with them. Although the service was all in Chinese, it was wonderful to be with other believers here in Taiwan; to read the Bible, pray and sing! The pastor's wife found someone to do a little translating for us - her name is Theresa and she had never been to church before! She is really sweet though, and said that she found the service so interesting that she kept forgetting to translate for us!! We knew the Bible reference (Abraham and Sarah - is anything to difficult for God?) but she had never heard the story before. She asked if maybe next week we might be able to fill her in on the story a bit more. :) Always interesing open doors!!
There was also at the church a missionary couple from Oregon with their two little girls. They have lived in Taiwan for the past 11 years, but just moved to our area to help plant a new church. It was neat to meet other English-speaking folk right in our neighborhood!
Partaking of that fellowship of the Spirit that transcends language and culture was a blessing today and I look forward to getting to know the people at the church better over this next year.
Have a blessed Sunday!
Love,
Christy
posted by Christy | 11:40 AM
2 Comments:
It sounds like a lovely time! By the way, Kellie and I were talking about our B&B experiences in Nova Scotia and I couldn't help thinking of you.
April
Thanks, April! NS was so fun... we'll have to do something like it again someday! Thinking about it brings back such lovely memories.
Christy
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