« Bored at Trinidad and Tobago. | Home | Mauritius, so much history. »
Just try to eat it, I’ll give you money.
By Carzy-Bunch | May 31, 2008
It’s been nearly a week since we arrived in Taiwan to kick off the first leg of our travels and so far it has been great. There are so many people and scooters everywhere! So far only a couple of us have been knicked by them and Jeff managed to half get hit by a car. (No worries though, we’re all fine.)
We got here Sunday night and were picked by Mary, our translator and new friend, and taken to our flat in a city called Danshui just outside Taipei. We’re staying in a three bedroom flat on the 6th floor of an apartment building so needless to say, some of us were regretting packing so much.
Since Sunday we’ve been doing a variety of things. Monday we had our orientation and then went to Chungli (about a 2 hour drive) to visit a Christian Fellowship at a bible college here. We had our first go at dramas, songs, and just hanging out with people and it went really well.
Tuesday we spent the morning at the largest church in Taipei and joined in on their children’s program. Twice a week they have a children’s program that brings in several hundred kids from area schools. They sing songs, dance, and put on dramas. We did a couple of our dramas and then tried to dance along with them which was quite an experience.
Several nights this week we’ve been working with a coffee bar called The Rock which offers bible studies, english classes, and of course, free drinks. Our task is essentially to just hang out with people and practice english with them so it’s a pretty laid back environment.
Wednesday we went to a street peoples center in Taipei and put on several dramas, shared what God had done in some of our lives, then had a time where people could come forward if they wanted prayer. Several people came forward for healing so we prayed over them and then a lady came forward with a 20 day old baby named Grace which broken all of our hearts. This baby is an orphan whose mother was an addict who did drugs between 11pm and 4am which has messed up Grace’s body so she doesn’t sleep at night. We prayed for the woman and the baby and spent some more time holding her and praying over her.
The team is doing well: Eric and Jeff are leading like champs, Anna still says y’all, Chris is still into his music, Charlotte is still dancing and trying teaching us (she currently has a very puffy left eyelid from getting in a fight with a mosquito), Sammy is taking lots of awesome photos for us (especially when we forget our cameras and have to be needy), Kimbee is still rad as always, and we all still love each other. We’ve had some majors tests like feet stank that could kill a bed of roses but we’ve overcome and are growing together. We’re attempting to learn Chinese and so far have done pretty well with it. There is an abundance of fresh fruit (and greasy food) which we’ve taken advantage of and have thoroughly enjoyed and are all feeling quite blessed to be here.
Right now we’re in Chungli again for the weekend working with another coffee bar and doing dramas. (We even have matching shirts!) Thursday we had two hours at a University here to do some dramas, share a bit about Jesus, and break up in small groups to practice english with the students. We’ll be going back to Danshui on Sunday and will be there for another week and couple days before heading off to Hong Kong.
Much love.
Topics: Travelers Stories |
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.