The Kings

We met with the King family on Saturday to talk about important things and read important material they were interested in. We met them at 8:30 AM and they said they had planned out the day. First, we were going to hike up a mountain and then go to a tea house. Well, hiking a mountain, we didn't think was going to be that big of a deal... we've done it many times since we have been in China. Bob King was showing me a map he had of the mountain we were going to climb. He was telling me "We will be going up and down this mountain and around to this one over here and then we will go up and down two more mountains..." Really? I started laughing because I thought he was kidding. He said it should take 3 days. I think he meant 3 hours, because that's about how much time it took! We were hurtin' by the end of it and ready to sit down! Bob thought it was easy, "no problem" he said. So, we got to the Tea house down at the bottom of the mountain and we began to play cards. This is Angel, getting the cards ready.



After we played for a little bit, Stan said, "Do you remember what we talked about last time we saw you? Do you want to study that?" To which Bob answered, "Yes!" Stan said, "Is now ok?" Bob said, "Yes! We would like to!" So...Stan got out his ITouch. It has a Good Book application on it that you can read. He also has it in Chinese, so we tried to use that. Bob said he liked using the English better, because it was easier to understand. So we read a verse and Bob and Linda would translate it in their own words to Chinese. It was so cool, because this helped them to dissect it and understand it better. This was a slow process, but much learning was involved!



We since have met with them this past Monday. We decided to have Monday nights be our "Night's with the Kings." I think something was lost in the translation, because Bob asked us if we were free any other night to study. We said we were free on Friday's too! So for right now we are meeting with them on Monday and Friday nights! It may change, or stay the same...never know! We are so excited about this opportunity, but there is always a concern at the beginning, in this culture. We have to access the situation and make sure they are not just looking for someone to study English with. We want to be their friends, and that is the way it looks right now with them! We still need to be careful and thoughtful about the Kings hearts. Think about this please. Think for their hearts, because if it's not in the right place, it just won't work.

Well, this semester is about coming to an end! We will only be here for a little less than 2 months and it will fly by!! Please think about us being productive in the little time we have left this year. Thanks for reading! I love you all!!