BDTW - Day 5 & 6 - Taizhong

On Wednesday night, we made a long journey from Taipei to Taizhong. We met a missionary family (Woody & Martha) who hosted our stay there. Along with Tony, a short-term intern in Taizhong, we went to a nearby night market where we scoped the area, prayed for the place, and did a mini-outreach event as well. We sang songs, gave out material, and invited people to come out to our event the following day.

On Thursday, our team slept in until 9 AM, which was very much needed from the early mornings that we've been used to. We had briefing and devotionals which Carmen and Alan led. Afterwards, we split into groups and prayer-walked around the city, including the Confucius Temple, stadium, and a couple of high schools. We met at the Yizhong Market where we planned to have an afternoon of outreach. We set up our sound and as we started, the security guard came to us and told us that we were not allowed to set up. It was one of those, "What do we do and what's going to happen?" moments. We learned a very big lesson - not to start up too big with loud music because the authorities will then feel intimidated and not be willing for us to stay. We asked the guard and he allowed us to have our performance for 30 minutes (this eventually lasted for much longer)! Additionally, we prayed for the rain to stop and it stopped during our outreach. God is good.

We stirred up quite a crowd and talked to many of the people. We also got a few contacts for Woody to follow up with for his Bible study and church. At night we performed skits, played games, had praise and prayer as well. We learned so much from Woody and how to engage people during outreach events. Much of this was very helpful for our ministry in Tainan. At the end of the night, it was great to spend time with Woody's family and talk with each other.

Anderson, one of our Taiwanese friends translated the Gospel message during the night. He was originally an ORTV Bible Study member at Woody's Bible study in Kaohsiung. And now, he's translating the Gospel at Woody's Bible study. Funny how God works.