Couple of nights in Chiayi...

Prayer (walking) in the morning, and Ministry (talking) by night... that's pretty much characterised most of our days here in Chiayi...

We started the day with team devotion... and this morning (A.D. 12th December 2007), we meditated upon 1 Thessalonian... 3 weeks was Paul in Thessalonica (Acts 17)... and that's also the time we shared together in Taiwan... it feels like we've been here for years! (in a good way)... well, that's how close we've become... like a real family, one shared for his testimony... different team members taking different roles for the common good...

Today each one of us has the privilege of sharing our time with a missionary... i mean the missionaries sharing their lives with us... and that's uninterrupted time of question and answer, one on one! some of us went prawn fishing: using stick and bait to hook prawns, like that catching normal fish (as opposed to prawning: scooping prawns)... some went to the temple (to chat with the guard), some went to get hair washed and shoulder message at local barber... and oh, the scooter rides... :)

Tomorrow, before our prayer walk, we spent some time with an idol maker...

In the evening (today and tomorrow), we spent our time with the university students: 'English Coffee Bar'... it's been a good experience for me (victor), who come from University (student) church, back in Sydney... even though language has been a problem for me relating, it doesn't stop us establishing relationships... (we took photos, we exchanged email addresses, etc)... during our shared time, we filled in the time doing our skits ('Chronological Bible Story' and 'Christmas Gift')... Betty shared testimony on the first night, while Natalie and me shared on the second... oh, we bush danced together too!... as for informal activities, we played Jengga, Uno-stacko, talked, shared photo album, shared tract, shared everything that could show who we are and tried to share the gospel... oh, uncle Rocky's passion to share the gospel here (and everywhere else) has been a good encouragement for me...

One of the things that i noticed is that the Uni students kept on asking "what do you think of Taiwan?" together with "why do you come to Taiwan?"... if you're us, how would you answer?

Also, unlike the rest of the team, i've been privileged to view the other clubs on campus... the question that kept on bombarding me as i faced them is "what does the Christian club have to offer, especially in terms of skills or creative arts?

On the second night, the guys had an interesting experience participating in Bible study with the working class men... "Men's tea night" is what we call it...