Everyone went home the night before. Today, about half of the team went to Dashe to have a night with the youth. We worked with their praise team and with our reduced team, we performed our skits and music as well. We also had a couple of testimonies shared (one from a foreigner and one from Taiwan). It was a little sad to this group of youth in need of direction and a leader to help feed them the Word.
We met a man from the New Zealand army as well who recently came to Taiwan. He's not a believer but we hope to be able to reach out to him in future Bible studies. Please pray for him that God will open his heart to be receptive to the Gospel.
The youth does not have many opportunities to pray with each other and think about their faith so we used the night to create groups to talk freely about where they stand with God. We challenged them with the question, "Who are you and what's your identity?" We hope that everyone re-thinks who they think they are and find themselves secure in knowing that they are created by God to be sons and daughters of God.
Afterward, we had dinner with the college praise team from the church. Please pray for leaders to rise up within Jhiacheng Church to lead the youth. This concludes the 8 day trip around Taiwan and everyone's sad to part and we've had many experiences. In only a short-time, we've learned so much and got to see how much God loves the country of Taiwan. We hope that this trip will continue on next year! Our members will be posting reflections and thoughts throughout the week so please check back this blog to hear their points of views about Taiwan.
A group of 14 Christian brothers and sisters from various churches, various countries, various backgrounds with a common vision to share the Gospel... Breaking Down the Walls 2010.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
BDTW - Day 7 - Tainan
We arrived in the morning to find a group of young, passion-filled, energetic college students waiting for us. They were praying for us until we got there. As soon as we got there, all the team members and their students clicked instantly and everyone had a great time just talking with each other, sharing stories, and sharing similar visions for ministry. Someone mentioned that these guys and our team have the same "spiritual DNA." It was funny how he put it like that.
We worked with the college ministry leaders Josh and Jenny and it helped very much that they (and even all of the students) were bilingual. We all ate lunch together and then practiced skits and music together. We taught the college students our skits and we went outreaching at a nearby department store.
At the department store, the same scenario happened where the security guard told us we could not be there. We were all about to lose hope but we sent Anderson and Josh to talk with the administration and fill out a form/talk with them and we were able to set-up. Not to mention, the rain stopped just in time as well.
We drew many crowds and shared our skits numerous of times. Our team performed the skits, the college team performed the skits, everyone was singing and helping with the music, and everyone was talking with people and handing out fliers and material. It was an amazing sight. We even had one of the college students dress up as a clown and distribute balloons to kids! Everyone was very pumped.
We prayed walked back to the church and then had a night of praise, testimonies, skits, and games again. It was great for the team to fellowship with this group of students. We learned a lot and caught their passion for Christ. We hope that we were to show them how to mobilize a vision and put it in action. Their pastor really takes to heart the saying where 100 youth can shake the world. It was sad to go but after the night, we headed back to Kaohsiung.
We worked with the college ministry leaders Josh and Jenny and it helped very much that they (and even all of the students) were bilingual. We all ate lunch together and then practiced skits and music together. We taught the college students our skits and we went outreaching at a nearby department store.
At the department store, the same scenario happened where the security guard told us we could not be there. We were all about to lose hope but we sent Anderson and Josh to talk with the administration and fill out a form/talk with them and we were able to set-up. Not to mention, the rain stopped just in time as well.
We drew many crowds and shared our skits numerous of times. Our team performed the skits, the college team performed the skits, everyone was singing and helping with the music, and everyone was talking with people and handing out fliers and material. It was an amazing sight. We even had one of the college students dress up as a clown and distribute balloons to kids! Everyone was very pumped.
We prayed walked back to the church and then had a night of praise, testimonies, skits, and games again. It was great for the team to fellowship with this group of students. We learned a lot and caught their passion for Christ. We hope that we were to show them how to mobilize a vision and put it in action. Their pastor really takes to heart the saying where 100 youth can shake the world. It was sad to go but after the night, we headed back to Kaohsiung.
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.
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.
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