Word of God speak

Today I went to distribute Bibles at a popular tourist site in Macau, the ruins of St. Paul's. I included pictures today since I decided my blog needed some sprucing up :)

First is a picture of the front of the remains of the cathedral. This is a very popular site for Chinese tourists (from the Mainland) to come see and take pictures of, so it is a perfect place to go and distribute Bibles. To explain more (if I haven't already) Macau is owned by China, but was owned by the Portuguese until 99. Because of this, Macau is still considered it's own country and it has religious freedom. So, it is allowed to openly discuss any religion and hand out materials in Macau. The people from Mainland China are also permitted to carry one Bible per person across the border.

This was such an amazing experience to see these people come excited to receive the Bible...many for the first time ever. Some people came running to us, others crowded. It was somewhat humorous doing this as a "white person" because a lot of people wanted to get their picture taken with me, or just to get a picture of me...this was somewhat awkward as well. The bottom picture is a picture of me and one of the girls I gave a Bible to, who asked if she could take a picture with me. As you can see, the humidity has been getting the best of me so I look kind of disgusting. I hope those pictures that were taken of me will end up deleted...but I somehow doubt that judging by their excitement to see a white person.

The 2nd picture is a picture of one of the tour groups sitting on the side of the street, many of them actually reading the Bible they just had gotten. I think what hit me the most was just the joy these people had to receive a Bible and also their excitement to immediately start reading it. The only thing I see that is somewhat good about the communism in China is that God is using it to bring about a generation of people who cherish the Word of God in a way that seems to have been lost in Americans.

The final count of Bibles that were distributed today were 760. This sort of distribution happens at least once every week.


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Random thought: Chinese graffiti is pretty neat...as in tidy. Chinese people have to have good handwriting because of the complexity of the characters...so Chinese graffiti isn't messy like it is in the US....strange.

Shout out: Happy Birthday to Miss Hannah-Rose who turned 5 today :) (mom, please read this to her)

Exciting moment: I at Shri-Lankan food this weekend and I got to eat with my hands (that is the traditional Shri-Lankan way)...it is fun in a messy sort of way. I recommend it.

Cultural note: Apparently New Zealanders (aka "Kiwi's") need translations from "American" English to New Zealand English. Weird. Also, the population of New Zealand is only like 5 million. How small. (If you can't tell there are a lot of New Zealanders here).