Today we had our first opportunity to attend church in China. The experience was quite awesome. According to the bulletin, over 50 nationalities were represented, all praising God, with different accents in China. Unfortunately only "foreign passport holders" were allowed in the service as it is considered a church service for expats only. Its against Chinese law to allow local citizens to attend and passports had to be shown. The service was very westernized in the English language with familiar songs such as "How Great is our God."
The experience was wonderful to see so many cultures come together to worship our Father, yet sad because of the inaccessibility of the Gospel for Chinese nationals. The service was held at the Hilton and even had children's church.
After church the younger children rested while I explored the city with a wonderful Lifeline mama. We hailed a cab and visited a 10 story wholesale Chinese market. It was quite an experience. I loved haggling over prices.
Tonight we had dinner and dessert with two families from our same adoption agency. Esther is improving everyday. She ate wonderfully today and even tried her first dessert. She has not liked sweets up until this point because she never received them in the orphanage. It doesn't take long to get a sweet tooth at the Ausbun household! Tomorrow is the zoo, and a riverboat cruise.
The experience was wonderful to see so many cultures come together to worship our Father, yet sad because of the inaccessibility of the Gospel for Chinese nationals. The service was held at the Hilton and even had children's church.
After church the younger children rested while I explored the city with a wonderful Lifeline mama. We hailed a cab and visited a 10 story wholesale Chinese market. It was quite an experience. I loved haggling over prices.
Tonight we had dinner and dessert with two families from our same adoption agency. Esther is improving everyday. She ate wonderfully today and even tried her first dessert. She has not liked sweets up until this point because she never received them in the orphanage. It doesn't take long to get a sweet tooth at the Ausbun household! Tomorrow is the zoo, and a riverboat cruise.
Esther's first church service in Guangzhou
Guangzhou International Christian Fellowship
Shopping at wholesale market with little D
Fresh juice anyone?
Esther eating her first dessert and liking it!
Dinner at Tekila's with the Fickens and Knights!
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