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Monday, July 27, 2009

We have one more week left before we head our separate ways/vacation. This has been an eye opening experience. I feel like I have gotten closer to everyone. We have had our frustrated moments but that is going to happen. I feel like norman and isaac are now my brothers, and we can confide in each other. I feel a little bit more confident in my chinese even though I need to work on my vocabulary.

Like I said before, we have one week left. It consists of street evangelism in the morning and VBS in the afternoon. Yesterday we went to a stream of praise concert. They were so legit. I would even say as legit as Hillsong. You can't compare the two because they are different styles of worship reaching out to a different styles of people.

I haven't been sleeping well the last couple of days, I always wake up super groggy and tired and sore. I guess I need to pray against that

Other than that. I'm almost ready to be done with this trip and get home to my computer and bed that isn't a floor.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

It’s the second day and I’m already attached. There is this girl in my class that is named Joline and she is basically awesome. She is one of the smartest kids in the class and she knows all the answers but she is soft spoken. We (Isaac, Jacqueline and I) are very fond of her. So Jacqueline will ask questions for the class and she’ll answer the question softly to herself, but when we ask her to say it out loud she’ll shake her head no and put her book to her face. I hate to say it, but it’s kind of cute. She’s so smart.
Today I asked her in my limited Chinese if she was a Christian and she answered no. I left it at that, because I know that I wouldn’t be able to continue the conversation with my limited knowledge of Chinese.
After class was over, I found out that she has three other siblings, two sisters and a brother. She is the oldest of them all, and she’s only 10! They all take care and look out for each other. Their parents own a mantou shop. (their mantou is pretty legit.) Anyways, all of them are really smart and they know their material.
Tonight I had such a strong desire to pray for that family. I have never experienced this things before. I want them to know who Jesus is. I want them to grow up knowing God and his love. They are so smart but it’s nothing if they don’t know God. My feel like my heart aches for them.
It’s weird, when I go to Haiti and go to the orphanages or meet the street kids. I latch myself to a kid and spoil them like crazy for the duration, but when it’s time to leave, I don’t really feel that ache like I did today. I don’t know if it’s the language barrier or what. Maybe it’s because I know the kids in the orphanages will get taken care of because it’s a Christian orphanages and we are doing VBS there. Here it is different. Most of these kids don’t know who Jesus is. Who’s going to teach them about God once we leave? They don’t go to church here. I feel so inadequately equipped. I wish I could just tell her about who Jesus is. She’s so smart, and I know that she will go far in life. (now I’m just ranting).
Anyways, I know the best thing I can do is pray pray pray and trust God but for me it's hard.
It’s interesting what one little girl can do to you.


Sunday, July 12, 2009

I’ve been in Taiwan for 2 days now…and to my surprise it’s not bad. People kept telling me this and that, how hot it was going to be, etc. But I don’t think they remember that I’ve been under these conditions before many many times.
I hate comparing Haiti to Taiwan, but I guess I kind of want to. Mind you, both place are awesome. So this is just for me.
Weather wise, I will have to say that Haiti is just as hot as Taiwan, but Taiwan is more humid. You sweat either way so it’s whatever. The only difference is that in Haiti, there is no AC. In Taiwan, even though it’s hot, There is an air-conditioned room some where. The place where we are staying at is air-conditioned, so I will say that the only time we “sweat” is when we travel…which isn’t even that bad. The classes that we are teaching in also have AC so we are super blessed to have those things. We sleep on the floor with mats. I'm a side sleeper so I think I already have a bruise on my hip.


We eat like kings here, and we constantly eat. Food is cheap and good, I have only eaten one bad meal here. I love the breakfasts here and the boba is soooo good.


So far we have been preparing for the teaching. We have had a lot of down time to get over jet lag, and to prepare ourselves mentally. The first time mission trippers seem exhausted already. This will be interesting for them. Tomorrow is the first day of teaching so there will be no more afternoon naps and lazy afternoons. It’s crunch time.
Exhaustion, sickness, dreams, unforeseen circumstances; we have been under constant spiritual attack so pray for us! Pray that we don’t get lazy and that we don’t get sick of each other since we are around each other 24/7.
I’ve been getting to know Norman, Josh, and Isaac even more. It’s a good group of guys and we have our share of fun and mischief.

Photography wise, I've been looking for shots, but I haven't got much, it's been more documenting than anything. Literally everyone has a camera, so I don't even know why I pull mine out. I think i'm just going to pull out my camera if I see "the shot" something that is more meaningful than just "this is what I did" (I'm still going to document my food though). I'm just going to let all the girls do the documenting. This is the only photograph I'm really proud of. This was grabbed the first morning at about 7? This was before everyone woke up. Deacon Katy was just sitting there by herself praying and meditating. The light fell on her perfectly. I was in a groggy sleep state but I managed to snap a shot of it.


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

I'm going to taiwan in the matter of 6 hours. I haven't packed yet, but I have gathered all my stuff together. I will not be posting on this blog but on the STM Blog which is....

http://cccctaiwanstm.blogspot.com/


We also have a flikr which is

http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorhuang20/



Anyways, off to pack...
No picture this post...sorry! If you want to see some pictures, go to the flikr!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

I have not updated in awhile. You'd think that summer is a time of relaxing but it has been more busy than ever. With work? nope, sadly I'm still that poor college student with no work.

Anyways, I've been too busy with prepping for the Taiwan mission trip. Everything is happening so fast. We are leaving next thursday...wtf?! It sneaked up to me. so tricky, like isaac....
I will be bringing a camera there so expect a whole bunch of pictures. oh yes, which reminds me, our mission team has a blog. check it out http://cccctaiwanstm.blogspot.com/
all the pictures from the mission trip will be located on my flikr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorhuang20/
There are some already up there. I decided that we should compile everyone's pictures to there so it's easier for people to access so all the pictures will be from everyone's cameras! yay!

Lately I have been letting people take pictures with my camera, yeah, it's dangerous because they could drop it or something, but hey! who gets to use a pro camera ever? so I thought I would post some of the pictures I liked.

First up is Elean Yang! She has an artistic eye for things! she could become a great photographer! Look at that first picture she took! The way the light is only highlighting the subject, wow! that really impressed me!
This is Anna's shot. I like it because i'm in it...haha! no, it's good because you get the two photographers in one shot. which you usually never get. AND ALSO wtheck, none of those two have cameras with them...how rare is that!? Nice...
This is Paul's shot. He's already a great photographer, just look at his work! http://www.flickr.com/photos/saygan1017/
I like this picture because he manages to include himself in the picture, see if you can find him! tricky...like isaac. Good pose anna...haha

Last but not least! Johnny's shot. The reason I like this shot is because it basically tells the story of Jeff and Anna's relationship! haha! The picture itself technically is ok, but because of the story it tells, it elevates everything and makes it a awesome picture!

Wow, what awesome photographers! You learn something new everyday. I def learned from each of them.

Victor