Sunday, March 04, 2007

Report by: Teo Bee Hsia
Date: 8/6/00

“ My twelve days in China”.
I continue to learn and walk in God’s ways. His unfailing love is miraculously tremendous and wonderful throughout this trip. God is so good to me J. I commit all my 12 days to Him, and He has indeed opened my heart and mind to many lessons which strengthened my own personal walk with God. All thanks to God and the rest of the team members who have helped and took care of me during the whole trip.J

“The trip”
I like the trip very much because it is very “prayerful”, the whole team pray for almost everything that needs prayers. As China is a “closed country”, I feel that it is a great pity that the team cannot do any evangelism work.L Before going, I really hope to anticipate a much “tougher” mission trip where I can face a lot of “unexpected difficulties”, however, it is a much “relax” mission trip. The trip was well-planned, and God helps us to get all our plans on time. I thank God for each new day, and especially the good health and energy that I have. I learnt a lot from the rest of the team members during prayers, devotion and sharing times, and I feel that there should more sharing every night for reflection, learning and in building unity and support in the team.

“The mission”
It has always been my wish to talk to a “real missionary on the field”. During this trip, God blessed me with so many opportunities to interact with them personally. It is both exciting and challenging to see the different types of work that they are doing now. All of them work with different groups of people in different parts of China. I learnt a lot from the local tentmakers, ranging from teaching, computer business, community work to even humanitarian work. Mission work defines no limits and no boundaries to what you can do, it is all about creativity. I can say, “mission work is very difficult yet very easy for both the most extraordinary and ordinary people.” I learnt from the missionaries the spirit of trusting wholely in the One and Only Unfailing God and their passion for touching the lives of other people. No doubts, prayers, encouragements, supports and fellowships are equally very important but the Lord badly needs labourers in the land of China as well.L

“The people”
I love people, that’s why God makes all of us to live together on this earth, so as to love one another.J.Luckily, I am a Chinese and is blessed with the knowledge of speaking Chinese. I get a chance to meet students in Lanzhou University, different minority groups of people, mainly the Huis and the Tibetians. The “cross cultural” experience is extraordinary, I get a chance to interact with some of them and learnt about their lives, work, passion and goal in life. Their simple lifestyle and soul touches me most. It is amazing how God works in everybody’s lives, and how He plans and provide for different people, whom each of us leads different lives.
“The great challenge”.
I never fully understood why the Lord has given me another year to study social work . But during this trip, I realised His wonderful plan for me to learn and study more is for a purpose, so as to use the knowledge that I have learnt to serve Him in His greater calling in mission work. If He ever calls me to.J During this trip, God has indeed shown me His purpose and plan for me. As I have always wanted to do humanitarian work for the less fortunate people, all thanks to the Lord, that during this trip He has shown me the possibility of doing humanitarian work to serve Him. I feel so joyful and am looking forward to His leading in the future.

“Reflection”
Lessons and experiences are plentiful, all I can say is that my God is an awesome God whom I can never fully come to understand, he surprises me with the most wonderful things that I can ever imagine. And even so, I will not be lost anymore, all thanks and glory to Him in my life.

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