Team Hong Kong

Team Hong Kong Newsletter #17
Friday Lunch
March 31, 2008
by Ben Herr

Hello, all

This will probably be my most informal newsletter as I'm writing it quickly during a break in the busy schedule. Joshua's and my parents are here and we've been busy taking advantage of them arriving simulateously with a bit of a lull in our schedule. We've had fun showing them some of the different places around here and introducing them to people we've been working with. So far, we've gone hiking, walked around different streets of Hong Kong, and visited a small island in eastern Hong Kong. So as not to bore you with small details, however, I'll talk briefly about things you are really interested in.

On Friday, we had our first "over lunch Bible study" at the school where we did the Easter production. We will be meeting with a group of students over their lunch break on Fridays (if you couldn't deduce that from the previous sentence) and the first one went really well. The kids were a bit quiet at first, but as the hour went by, and we started the discussion on the Bible passage (parable of the lost son), they opened up a bit and talked more. We're all excited about the upcoming times with them and there will be about twice as many students next time as there were this week. We've really liked the kids we've met so far, and we look forward to getting to know them better.

Prayer requests:
-Friday lunches. We hope to get to know the students and eventually invite them to church.
-At the end of April, we will be in charge of the children/youth (ages 2-17) at the EMM retreat. We have a lot of planning to do and want to be able to make it beneficial for both the young kids and the older kids.

Praises:
-The afore mentioned visit from the Blanks and the Herrs and being able to see them again.