After a week of mission, most of the team members are physically and emotionally drained. We arrived in Shalu late afternoon yesterday. Originally we had planned to attend the SOP event in Taichun. However, due to the long travel from Mei-Nong to Shalu, we had to cancel the trip and stayed at home to rest.
We are staying at EFC Shalu Afar this week. The church here has a great facility where they can host up to 40 some missionaries. It is a stopping point for many mission teams. Because of it, there are also lots of policies that we have to follow. One of which is that we have to cook for ourselves. Being a team lead, Andrea quickly stepped up the plate and took on the task of being our cook. She did such a wonderful job today and we were all full from the delicious dishes.
During this week we have two different camps that we are running. First we are teaching a English camp at a local high school in the afternoon. There are about 110 to 140 high school students attending this camp. While some were forced by school to take this camp, some volunteered and are eagerly await for the camp to start.
Each day we would be running a 3-hour camp at the school. First day went well for us. We were able to have a large group with all the students first, then after the first session, we divide the students into three different classes. All the teachers did a great job to capture the attention of the students.
Starting tomorrow we will be running an English workshop at the church during the night time. Please continue to pray for us as we prepare for another busy week of mission.
Did students responded during gathering time? I was worried that high schoolers usually don't participate much. I miss Shalu church already.
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