I have been blessed last week after my trip from Paris ... I visited the house one lady from ICF named "Ank" with the chinese group and we had a nice sharing time together ... She asked me how I became a christian and I shared my struggle as well ... The others also do the same and even though it has to be translated from English to Chinese, I felt God works in our sharing ... Ank is very wise and she was a missionary originally to Indonesia but could not enter the country and was directed to China by God ... She is very energetic in her age, maybe like dudley ford in Sydney .. hehe ... I am glad to know her, and I might visit the chinese group bible study this monday ... initially I was reluctant becoz of language barrier, but I was encouraged by the sharing and wanted to have that fellowship more ...
It was also a special time last Sunday seeing 2 of my chinese friends got baptized and 2 other dutch which I only heard stories of ... Baptism in here is a big event ... haha .. they had to make a speech in front of the congregation before being baptized sharing their faith .... The dutch husband and wife had a story that they had to decide against their family's will to be baptized ... it was so hard for them to get into that point, but I thank God for He is working in His people .... It reminded me on how long I have been baptized (12 years now) and one question which Ank asked me: "Have you been growing?" <-- she asked this to everyone ...
I don't know what to answer usually with this kind of question ... I should say "Yes, praise the Lord, because He is the One that gives growth", but at the same time I felt I could have grown more if I had not messed up at different points in my life ... Everything is part of God's plan and I should rejoice for where I am now ...
Well, tomorrow I will go to Amsterdam to see the museums, and back to church on Sunday again ... woo hoo ... thank you God !
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