Day 3 (6/22 The Lord's Day): Market and Worship

Reaching out at Chinese Market


"Social Club China" is packed with people every Sunday morning

Where would you think to be a good contact point to reach out to people? Restaurants? Subway stations? Starbucks? Supermarket? We went to the "Social Club China in Caracas" on Sunday morning. This is a place where people can buy fresh veggies, poultry, Chinese drama VCD, Chinese style accessories, etc. It's like the farmer's market in the US. This market was packed with Chinese and native Venezuelans busy doing grocery shopping.



There were people standing by the entrance of this market to wait for their family or friends. Some were listening to music or chatting. Our team members grasped the opportunity to talk to them and find out more about them and invited them to join us for Sunday service and meet some cool people. Most of them came from China and have encountered much hardship and have been trying real hard to fit into the culture. They showed hints of frustration about life but couldn't figure out a way out and seemed lonely and bored. This doesn't only happen in Venezuela but sounds familiar among any new immigrants in foreign countries.


Pastor Har talked to a couple men (the standing one and the one in a white top sitting on a chair)

One of the people we spoke with were a little reluctant when we first approached her but her attitude has changed later and even showed up at church in the afternoon!!! We couldn't thank God enough! We also handed out "Chinese Today" gospel magazines to some vendors. Hope they'll enjoy reading the testimonies and learn more our true God in the universe. God has everything planned out and this social gathering place could very well be a focal point of where the gospel is spread out in Caracas not only to the Chinese but people of all nations.

Sunday School in Caracas

Pastor Har, Dr. Wan, Muling, Alicia, and Lisa taught three different Sunday school classes on "Why Study the Bible", "Q&A for New Believers", and "Lessons from Joseph" before Sunday service at 4 PM. We hoped the believers would be better equipped with God's Word for their growth in Christ and this fitted one of the 5P's we talked about yesterday (hint: please check the first P).

Worshipping God together

At Sunday service, we started worshipping our God with songs in both Cantonese and Spanish. Though the congregation consisted of people who speak different languages and with different background, we were united together because of Jesus Christ. He's the head of the Church and links all of us together through His love and salvation for us. It was a beautiful picture :D (The Spanish worship songs were VERY WONDERFUL too!!! :) Well, we've to admit the great worship team played a big role too. (Come back for snapshots of Sunday school and Service!)


We praised our God together.

Dr. Wan gave a sermon based on Paul's teaching in 1 Tim. 4:12 on "2 Attitudes and 3 Hearts" (兩意三心) (2 attitudes: sincerity,(言語中要有誠意) respect (行為上要有敬意); 3 hearts: love (愛心), faith (信心), and purity (清潔的心)). Thank God for His Word as the lamp unto our feet and light in our path. May we all grow in Christ and walk the walk in Christ together.


Dr. Wan gave a sermon on 1 Tim. 4:12.

Next Stop

We're headed to Punto Fijo tomorrow which is 8 hours from Caracas. We'll keep you posted on our eventful journey.

Your participation: Please pray for us to have safe trip to Punto Fijo; our safety there; wisdom to say the right things at the right time to people there; courage to share with them the gospel and our testimony; physical strength; unity among team members.

Something funny for you: It's 1:10 AM right now (we're just 30 min ahead of the US, yea, that's right, it's 30 min) and one of our teammates just got up and was going to get ready for the Punto Fijo bus ride. She was puzzling why the night felt so short and I just put her to bed again, LOL :D (Don't ask me who she is :P)