China: a brief overview

It's been about a 3 weeks since I made it back to the YWAM base in Kona, HI. We had a debrief time to go over the things that happened on outreach and tie up loose ends as a team and then as a school. Now all of the students have gone home and I'm in transition time with the base as staff.

Team in front of a potential, future campus in China

During the time I didn't write I was in China and for security reasons I decided it would be better for me not to access internet. But we had an amazing time in China. While we were in China we stayed in the northern regions in the city of Dalian and Dandong. In these cities, we had the privilege to meet amazing staff and Chinese believers who were very hungry to serve others and to learn more about God. These people are probably the most servant-hearted group that I met as a group and not just individuals.

Most of our time was spent seeking the Lord and what He was doing in the city. At the base in Dandong, they had a prayer room on the top of the apartment complex where we spent most of our mornings as a team to seek the Lord and also where we spent individual personal time being with the Lord. We also had the opportunity to see the border of China and North Korea.

Beyond this railing, the grass you see on the other side is North Korea. The stone pillar that is in the river used to be apart of the bridge that connected China and North Korea. During the Korean War, this bridge was blown up to keep China from entering the war but it didn't do anything from keeping them out but it brought them in to aid North Korea. This bridge, was one of the things we were able to do in China and one of the other things was a boat ride that goes along the border of North Korea. The contrast was unreal as the China side was very green and the North Korea side very dry and brown. I'll post up some of those pictures soon too.

One of the other things we were able to do was English corner. English Corner is where the locals come and gather in a location and practice speaking English by speaking with other people. The places where we participated were in cafe's. We would sit down and some people would gather and there would be a discussion topic. They meet weekly and the topics each week change. So we can subtly slip some evangelism in as we discuss the topic.

I thought I had more pictures of the staff and believers but I don't and it's probably better that way for their security and safety. I'll be posting more pictures very soon. Until next time...