Sunday, June 22, 2008

Day 2 (6/21): Visitation

On the second day of our trip, we were divided into three teams and partnered with brothers and sisters from Iglesia Evangelica China "Gracia de Dios" to visit a few families in the morning. Sine of them have been in Venezuela for a long time but some have only been here for a couple years and are still trying to get used to the lifestyle and society here. Some of them attended church in the past but have missed it for different reasons and some are new to church. Each of them has a unique story and our team members were
priviledged to learn more about them and the challenges facing them.





The first picture below shows the Central which is equivalent to our downtown. There're many stores and street vendors. We visited some store workers on the first day of our trip.



















In the afternoon, we attended the Spanish Fellowship targeted at the Spanish speaking youth and young adults. Their worship team did a fantastic job in leading us to worship our Lord with not only our hearts but also our voice.

"Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints." (Psalm 149:1) We so enjoyed worshipping our God through music.

The Iglesia Evangelica China "Gracia de Dios" is practising God's teaching of preaching the gospel to all nations. The second generation of Chinese immigrants make use of their unique gift of knowing both Chinese and Spanish to reach out many Spanish speakers and expand God's Kingdom together!

Alicia and Lisa shared with us how God led them through different challenges in the past and they concluded God is our great and loving God for He created our inmost being and knitted us together in our mother's womb. He has plans for us way before we were born. They trust God will continue to guide them for the rest of their lives. Following Alicia and Lisa's sharing, Muling told us her story and how God has changed her over the years since she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord.


In the evening, Dr. Wan continues to share with us some secrets of serving God together as a team, "5P" which refers to

Be Prepared

Be People Oriented

Be Present

Be Passionately

Be Proactive




These principles can help us in all interpersonal relationships.





God is an awesome God and bestows His blessings upon us and gives us an abundant life! If you want to know more about God, please let us know and we'd be more than happy to tell you about Him!



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Did Alicia and Lisa do their testimonies in Spanish? I bet they were real good and fluent. Mucho gracias, hijadas bonita.

Samuel Ng