Highlights Live

This morning our first concert was at Union Grace Fellowship in Guangzhou. This is an offspring of the Guangzhou International Christina Fellowship. We preformed most of the service excluding prayer and a baby dedication. Dr. Melton gave the message on ‘Worship as an act of Service”.

After the morning service, we headed to The Fountains. It is run by some members of Grace Fellowship as a place where international believers can come and spend time together. They fed us lunch before letting us play around. This place had ping-pong tables, air hockey tables, board games, a soccer field, basketball hoop, woods for hiking with a creek, and a library with internet. The students really enjoyed a time of relaxation in the midst of our final day of ministry.

Next, we headed back to the hotel for about an hour of free time which most students spent taking a short nap. After we headed to Dongshong Church, which is the largest 3 self-church in Guangzhou. They gave out tickets to the church service tonight and all 2,000 were gone without hours.

The final concert really hit home for a lot of members of the trip, mostly seniors. This will be their last time performing with this group, maybe their last time performing ever. Be sure to pray for our seniors as they depart into the “real world” with all its uncertainty and the fear that come along with that.

As a whole, the mood of the team is excitement to come home to loved ones and some American amenities, but they also will miss China in some ways. Whether it is the close bonds developed over the last few weeks, the ministry being done here, or just the performances and worship in general, many life lessons have been learned on this trip. These memories will follow all of us for the rest of our lives and I feel like you cannot come on a 3-week ministry trip like this to China and not leave a changed person.

Tomorrow we depart back to America, but prior to heading to the airport at 2:00 p.m. (China time/ 11:00 p.m. Sunday night in America) we will do some last minutes shopping for souvenirs for all of you back home! Our flight leaves at 11:00 p.m. in china (8:00 a.m. in California) and we are supposed to land at LAX Monday May 31st at around 9:00 p.m. California time, before heading to Vanguard.

Thanks for all your love, prayers, and support. Please pray that everything goes well including the border crossing between China and Hong Kong and the check in at the airport because of the hassles we have had with the sound equipment and weight issues. It is much appreciated and felt thousands of miles away!