Soirée chinoise

Last night there was a soirée chinoise at the student centre, bilingual in Mandarin and French.

The student from ETCW who has been with us over the past three weeks spoke about his time in China studying Mandarin, and it was great to hear him talking about the things he had seen and done, in Mandarin, with lots of banter from the Chinese students and translation into French.

Then another Chinese student interviewed me, asking questions like, "If God exists, what is he like" in French, with translation into Mandarin.

A few songs in Chinese or French, then lots of hot spicy Chinese food and then lots of hanging round and talking.

Again we had a capacity crowd - over twenty in total - and several people want to come back for introductory Bible studies. There was a nice atmosphere in the evening, with lots of laughter and fun, but lots of good conversations and good contacts.

I caught the evening bus 5 home, 23h15 from just down the road from the student centre to just round the corner from us, and again was so thankful to have moved to within reach of the night-time bus routes.

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Anonymous said…
Wow, that sounds fantastic. The small detail in there that also impressed me was that you were there until 11pm. Thank the Lord for late night buses.I really hope the Bible studies take off, or will you include them in what's already in place?
9:59 am
Alan said…
We do the introductory Bible studies either individually or in small groups, and they happen whenever people are available.
10:02 am
Alan said…
The Chinese are met in the next room for their monthly meeting in Mandarin, and two guys who came last night and who are going to start basic bible studies have just arrived. I, meanwhile, am getting my notes ready for tomorrow (Psalm 48) and will soon start setting up for the English Class)
2:57 pm
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