During part of our time in China
we worked with college students as part of a cultural exchange program. We attended classes in the mornings, just
like real students, only without homework and tests!! We took classes like “Paper Cutting”,
“Calligraphy”, “Folk Music”, “Tea Making”, etc.
Yeah, it was a tough schedule!
Our part of the “exchange” was to man English Corners every
afternoon. English Corner is just a big
two hour time to mingle with Foreign Language (English) students so they can
practice conversational English with native speakers (us).
It just so happened that the University we were attending is
close to one of China’s
many National Forest Parks. For those of
you that know me well, you know there’s no other geographical place I’d rather
be than in the mountains, preferably with trees and rocks and clear mountain
streams. Our Chinese student friends
graciously agreed to be our guides to a Park about an hour away from where we were
living.
I have listened often to Ben Stuart’s podcasts this
year. Ben is the weekly worship speaker
at Breakaway- a college student ministry at Texas A & M. Earlier this year, in relation to Genesis and
the creation narrative he stated that if we want to know about an Artist, then
we look at the Art. Wow! Our God is a Great Artist. He is Majestic and Awesome. Just look and see.
me and my friend “cindy”. 
