The Journy of Paul

August 2, 2008 Saturday, today was the youth outreach event. There are many sides to this coin, the opinionated side, which states that this puts the kids and the counselors through too much emotional turmoil because they have to say goodbye twice. By the end of the event it was a crying fest. Counselors, and students, boys and girls hugging and crying as the supervisor tried to pry everyone apart so we could go. This was the second time, since they had already gone through this the day before. On the other hand, it was a God fest. Students from seven schools that seven teams worked at came to this event. The event consisted of songs, both worship and Chinese folk songs, a few games, laughs and fun, and then a testimony followed by a short meaningful sermon, and closing in a prayer. For some of these kids it was the first time that anyone told them that God loves them, and they cried at this news. After the prayer, a bunch of students stood up as a symbol that t...