People are blown away by the fact that I can speak Chinese. And it's great because it's an easy segue from Mandarin to missionary work in Taiwan. Yesterday in an English class, I had DK mode turned on high. I had the students laughing and engaged and asking questions. They were asking about my religion and what I did in Taiwan. I basically ended up teaching them the first lesson about the Restoration. It felt so good and they were listening so intently. They even asked for a story from the Bible. I told them about Joseph in Egypt interpreting Pharaoh's dream because he was a prophet and Heavenly Father wanted to help all of his children, not just those who believed in Him.
Another experience was on the bus to Kaiping yesterday. I sat next to one of the university's teachers who came with us. The usual questions came up about how I learned Chinese. We spoke for 30 mins or so about believing in God. She doesn't, but can understand better because of our conversation how important a belief in God is. I think she was a party member by how adamant she was about not believing God.
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Sounds like your having fun and the missionary experiences are great. I'm sure it's interesting talking to people who don't have a foundation of basic Christian ideas.
That's too bad they don't create an environment to learn more...but it's cool that you are finding ways.
Good Luck ~ Bryan
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