conversation group

Last night I went to this conversation group which is organized by NLC, the Chinese ministry and some people from another church. This was my third time there.

I was glad that I was helpful to them. Being here long enough, I understand most of the contents in both English and Chinese. So when there was real communication obstacle between a native speaker and a new Chinese student, I was able to translate for both sides.

I was also supprised (and delighed) to see a former student of mine there. It turned out that she was actually one of the organizers now. I didn't know she was Christian. Back when I was her instructor, I wasn't a Christian. So much has changed.

advantages?

Last Friday night Jinli and I went to the Chinese church. They prepared dinner, then a choir performed, followed by a talk about the true meaning of Christmas.

Everything was fine, except that before dinner a guy handed out some pamphets. One of them was titled "what are the advantages of believing in God". Instantly I had this sick feeling in my stomache.

I know they do that out of good intention, but I hate it when they try to drag others into church by this kind of advertisement. Maybe they will succeed at first. But what about later? What will happen when people find out the promises in that little pamphlet are only false promises? Why can't we just tell the plain truth?

Jesus said, "he who has ears to hear, let him hear". So be it.