The morning started off rough since I did not get sufficient sleep yesterday. This was, because of Nhat’s abnormal snoring…well actually it sounded like he was dying, but I figured he was still breathing so I didn’t check up on him. I also found out that I needed to sign OSAP forms within 10 days after receiving it and my sisters have called them to tell them I am out of the country. However, I wanted to know what happened after that, and if they were going to let me do that, so I got really stressed out. We did a passage on Rom 7, which reminded me that my walk with G will be an ongoing struggle until the day I physically die. As Nhat says, it is good to know this struggle that we have, because the minute we find that there is nothing wrong with our lives, we have completely been desensitized and are no longer in sync with the Father. Breakfast was the usual, but I ate well. Once again, me and Jack’s planning have become so efficient, everything was able to work out even though we were short on time today, but more importantly it is because G provides my team with people like you reading our blog and remembering us. The kids were awesome today and I did not have to raise my voice or get frustrated. We got the 6 most artistic girls to design our banner and got a lot of questions and enthusiasm from the class, because of Nhat’s ingenious idea of giving our prizes to encourage participation. Luckily I had a small bag of jelly that I bought from the market, but apparently the kids also like the soap, shampoo, and toothbrushes that the hotel provides, so I gave those away as well.
The afternoon was quite interesting, as we got a small tour visiting 2 medical clinics which were quite far from the city. Shortly after, we went to visit a real Miao village, as oppose to the tourist one set up on the first day. The brokenness and poverty that I once saw on TV and can only imagine became reality when I stepped into this village. I was really thankful that G provided them with a ch in their village, and although the rest of the village was pretty poor, they kept the ch nice and renovated it. It’s encouraging to see that people who live by every seed they plant give everything to the Father and it really does encourage me to become a better steward. We arrived back to the school after where Jack and I taught the kids “From the Inside Out” again and today they were really good. We were only able to teach them the first and second verse and chorus, due to the limited space on the board. It makes me joyful to hear these kids that I love sing one of my favorite songs. Shortly after, we played a “trust” game introduced by Nhat which did not really work out and became a test of their leg muscles and balance. However, I was still really happy and laughed at how the kids were struggling to complete what I asked. After the game, I got team badminton to come back to our classroom to practice and upgrade our cheer. Our cheer now has actions and a huddle at the end, which really gets the kids hyped up and Nhat cracked up while accidentally walking into our class.
After we left the school, we went to eat fried chicken. This was the third fake KFC restaurant we tried out this week, but the best one! The chicken tasted amazing and they have a sink for kids to wash their hands after having fun in their bootleg “playland”, which I used to wash my hands after touching some dirty bills. The chicken tasted amazing, while the fries were much better than the other two restaurants, too bad the drinks are not refillable though lol. On the way back, George and I went to the Laundromat for him to pick up his clothes, while I dropped off mine to be washed. It only costs 42 Yuan (about $6 Canadian) for my 4 sets of clothes. I found out that George was half Hakka (rare Chinese bloodline) like me, and it got my hopes up for communicating with him, since the whole time he was communicating with me in poor English and Cantonese, while I spoke horrible mandarin back to him. However, he barely understood Hakka too so I guess G made it this way for me to test my patience every time we don’t understand each other haha. On the whole, it’s been an awesome day and I’m really glad that I’m starting to love these kids and it seems like time really flies, when you’re having the time of your life. Today I am reminded of an acronym a friend of mine, Eunice, made for her Teen’s Conference team name which is AIYA (All in Your Arms), please remember me and ask that I am continually reminded of this and continue to have the energy to do His works. Take care!
P.S. This picture was taken while we were in the ambulance car when I was really happy and started waving to strangers on the street =P.
Andy
The afternoon was quite interesting, as we got a small tour visiting 2 medical clinics which were quite far from the city. Shortly after, we went to visit a real Miao village, as oppose to the tourist one set up on the first day. The brokenness and poverty that I once saw on TV and can only imagine became reality when I stepped into this village. I was really thankful that G provided them with a ch in their village, and although the rest of the village was pretty poor, they kept the ch nice and renovated it. It’s encouraging to see that people who live by every seed they plant give everything to the Father and it really does encourage me to become a better steward. We arrived back to the school after where Jack and I taught the kids “From the Inside Out” again and today they were really good. We were only able to teach them the first and second verse and chorus, due to the limited space on the board. It makes me joyful to hear these kids that I love sing one of my favorite songs. Shortly after, we played a “trust” game introduced by Nhat which did not really work out and became a test of their leg muscles and balance. However, I was still really happy and laughed at how the kids were struggling to complete what I asked. After the game, I got team badminton to come back to our classroom to practice and upgrade our cheer. Our cheer now has actions and a huddle at the end, which really gets the kids hyped up and Nhat cracked up while accidentally walking into our class.
After we left the school, we went to eat fried chicken. This was the third fake KFC restaurant we tried out this week, but the best one! The chicken tasted amazing and they have a sink for kids to wash their hands after having fun in their bootleg “playland”, which I used to wash my hands after touching some dirty bills. The chicken tasted amazing, while the fries were much better than the other two restaurants, too bad the drinks are not refillable though lol. On the way back, George and I went to the Laundromat for him to pick up his clothes, while I dropped off mine to be washed. It only costs 42 Yuan (about $6 Canadian) for my 4 sets of clothes. I found out that George was half Hakka (rare Chinese bloodline) like me, and it got my hopes up for communicating with him, since the whole time he was communicating with me in poor English and Cantonese, while I spoke horrible mandarin back to him. However, he barely understood Hakka too so I guess G made it this way for me to test my patience every time we don’t understand each other haha. On the whole, it’s been an awesome day and I’m really glad that I’m starting to love these kids and it seems like time really flies, when you’re having the time of your life. Today I am reminded of an acronym a friend of mine, Eunice, made for her Teen’s Conference team name which is AIYA (All in Your Arms), please remember me and ask that I am continually reminded of this and continue to have the energy to do His works. Take care!
P.S. This picture was taken while we were in the ambulance car when I was really happy and started waving to strangers on the street =P.
Andy
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