Summer 2006

    So here's for my late update.  Im still packing to head off to school:(  I. don't wana go yet haha.  It's been such a blessing this summer to have been able to serve God with my closest brothers.  Im still in awe from what God has done this year.  I didn't expect this trip to Hong Kong to come through but next thing I knew we were already planning.  Every single step God was there.  Training was really packed everyday.  We were such good friends but it was my first time actually working with them.  Everything worked out really well although we were really drained.  We woke up at 6am everyday to run then paint for a few hours.  After we would have our lesson till the early afternnoon.  The rest of the time was used to work hard and practice our dances, dramas, worship, and prepare our testimonies.  It was hard and time was really packed but we managed.  Going into this trip I expected it to be like a stereotypical  international missions trip I guess.  To go out and convert people.  Two of our main events were cancelled one camp and a street evangelism event.  We served with two churches in Hong Kong.  The first two people I met were Connie and Audrey.  They both worked with the youth at the Shatin Baptist Church.  They were such an encouragment to work with:).  Youth ministry life over there is packed they're always on the run.  They usually preach more then once during a weekend and have so many things to organize.  Praise God for giving them so much strength to work so hard.  They had such big hearts to serve God it really touched me.  Hong Kong life was really fast paced something it was not use to.  We also served at Patrick's church as well.  The kids there were really young but had such big hearts for God.  It really encouraged me and we had the chance to do street evangelism with them.  Just watching them go out with no fear encouraged me to do the same.  God's presence was really there I felt fearless even though my Cantonese stinks and I got rejected:(.  Even though we were suppose to end at a certain time the kids wanted to keep going they didn't wana stop.  We performed our dramas and dances on the street to try and grab attention then share to them what it was about.  Hong Kong lifestyle was very different from back at home.  Lot of people came from broken families and don’t have time for much except for work.  There are not many lovey dovey kinda families in Hong Kong.  This really affects lot of the children in Hong Kong not getting much love from their family.  I recall one night it was really late so we took a taxi back.  We were staying at the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary so when we told him that we were surprised he knew where it was.  We asked him if he believed in Christ.  He responded saying that he believed in himself and that he didn’t have the time for religion.  He works everyday to try and make a living for himself.  He shared with us that his wife and 3 kids left him yrs ago.  They all got married and just left him.  He told us this is how some children are in Hong Kong.  You raise them and they don’t care for you at the end they just leave.  He has no idea where any of them are.  Hong Kong yea it’s a high tech city and very populated and there’s jobs.  Why would God need people in Hong Kong?  It’s cause a lot of the people there haven’t experienced God’s love.  God called us there to show the people there love.  It really hurt me hearing about all the brokenness.  God gave me a heart for the people in Hong Kong.  We performed at 3 seeker services and attended a gospel camp.  We performed our dances, dramas, lead worship, and shared our testimonies at these events.  It was awesome being able to see that we touched so many hearts through these services.  By the way I really miss everyoneL  It was so fun to be around the youth and have a chance work with them and learn about their life as Christians in Hong Kong.  This summer has definitely been a growing experience.  Thanks for being such great hosts and especially for Connie and Audrey for being such encouraging sisters.  I’ve been blessed with such great brothers and its awesome how we finally got to serve together.  Please continue to pray for as I head to college and learn to adjust to a new life as well as for the people in Hong Kong.  Chea <3.