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Chinese fellowship =D

Although I didn't realise it at the time, i had a ripper of a night last night:D I went to a local youth fellowship comprised entirely of Asians -a first for me- and had a corkin' good time singing, discussing and praying about God in chinese.. I have simultaneously, never felt as big a loser yet as comfortable about it as i did last night. My chinese was probably as painful to listen to as it was for me to verbalise:P but the spirit of unity kept discomfort at bay. It's important for me to record this event because I'm so grateful it happened ..my own fellowship, which i've been to for the past 5 years -as much as i love it- is made up of the extremes on the age scale.. people are either very old or waay young and hence sharing has its limits which suck . But now God has enabled a way for me to make the best of both worlds!~or should i say bridge the worlds together? either way it feels great:D

I've long wanted to meet with christians of a similar age. It was heartwarming to know that there weren't many limits on sharing.. in fact the more drastic the experiences the better!! I loved most aspects of the night (now if i were to have said "every" i wouldn't be a realist:).. the songs.. the food.. & in particular, the stories of people who've embraced God, each with a different (tho sometimes ordinary) yet never boring account of how he transformed their lives. I felt warm and elated. The fellowship went on for a while -got home @ 11- but it felt relatively short. Still that's not to say my comfort zone wasn't stretched. Indeed i had to step out of it to consider going in the first place. Throughout the night i was self-conscious about my slowness in grasping the content of stuff said. But i'm open to learning so hopefully as most of them are international students, i can help their english while they help my chinese and we can all help each other grow in fellowship!! So that's my happy little chirp for the evenin'.. night!

posted by "/umin @ 12:52 PM