Highlights Live

Friends back home – Yesterday we went to the Chengdu Giant Panda Research and Breeding Base. It was very cute to see the pandas playing, eating and sleeping. Your student will have tons of pictures to show you of the pandas so make sure to ask!

After the panda base, we drove to our first concert. When we arrived they had people lining the street in traditional Tibetan clothes waiting for us. As we walked by they sang and gave us red and gold scarfs. Our concert was on the 5th floor, but the building had no elevator so we had to carry all the equipment up the stairs.

The concert when well, about the same as all the others. When we arrive at school they roll out the red carpet for us, sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally. It is so different for the students than doing concerts in America!

Our evening concert was at Sichuan Normal University Film and Technology school. They gave us a tour of their school and their facilities and equipment are so nice! They have so much money because they are supported by the government. This school is one of the most famous in china and prepares many people for work in television, music, and theater. The crowd went nuts from our group and was cheering and screaming constantly. A few girls cried during the song “The Prayer” and on a lighter note some people shouted “Get married” during “This I Promise You” and “Only You”, the love songs we sing to specific Chinese people pulled out from the crowd.

After the the concert the Chinese students swarmed the stage and wanted to take pictures with us. Their were a few marriage proposals even! Which is very strange for us since no one is prepared for that!!

The group is asking for prayers of strength and endurance as were heading into the final stretch of the trip. We back in California in 1 week and a few hours! Pray that the last week of ministry is full of impact and that the group stays strong and focus on ministering in China and doesnt get too lost with stuff going on back home.

We love you!
VSB 2010

Hello all. Today was a VERY long day in china. It started at 4:00 a.m. for most of us as we had to be loaded on the bus to go to the airport by 5:00 a.m. We had difficulties with the equipment cases being over weight at the airport so it took about 2 hours to check in. After getting on the flight, most students when back to sleep for the flight. Once we got to Xi’an we met up with Joanna Bogosian, a 4-year member of VSB who went on 2 trips to China before spending 2 years in Honzhong. After arriving in Xi’an we loaded the bus to go to Honzhong. It was a 4-hour bus ride through the mountains. We arrived at our hotel at 3:00 p.m., and needed to leave the hotel at 4:00 p.m. to make our concert at 5:00 p.m.

The concert was really special as we performed a full concert for thousands of people. The Chinese students were thrilled to have us there to perform and classes were canceled in preparation of our arrival. The spirit of God was moving during the concert. The relationship with Shanxi University was established in 2005 when the Vanguard first performed. They had big banners with pictures of that groups concert. This is one of the stops that we had to cancel on our trip to China last time, in 2008, after the big earthquake.

Please keep praying for us as we spread the word of the Lord.

As His Hands,
Your China Team