hey everyone, I'm doing pretty good here. I'm at the netcafe again. oNe thing I've been learning is that I'm here to serve and not to be served. Most of my team speaks fluent cantonese, so they just speak cantonese with each other, and I'm left out. I kinda sit there at meetings and don't say anything because they're all speaking in cantonese. I can't understand a word. Once in awhile they'll realize it and speak and english, but it always goes back to cantonese. So they treat me like a kid because I can't keep up with their conversations. I was feeling really left out and dumb because of this. I was getting pissed off actually. On top of the fact that I am kinda weird/eccentric and people don't like making a fool of themselves over here. A lot of the group games we do that have to do with making fun of yourself don't work over here. But I act strange a lot... so they basically just think Im weird. So I was getting mad about this, but I realized that i am here to love and give love and accept others, not to receive it for myself. So that was really good to realize. Peace

The beggars here are all really old ladies. Its sad. There are no like young beggars. There are no male beggars.. or at least none that I've seen. The beggars I've seen are all old ladies. Kinda sad. THere is no way they could work. YOu look at them and you know they're beyond being able to work. This morning I went to a church service. It was a pastor from korea. He is chinese but born in korea. He spoke in mandarin and it was translated into cantonese. He was talking about how everyone in korea united in prayer because of soccer and everything and he was saying how all chinese all over the world should unite for the gospel in china. We should overcome the barriers of civl war, all the different dialects, and just go for the gospel in china. So many Christians in china don't have bibles and stuff like that. So many don't even have the chance to hear the gospel. He talked about this white missionary who said that if he could have it his way, he woulda made himself with black hair and yellow skin so he could work more closely with the chinese. The speaker talked about how there are so many missionaries with a heart for china all over the world. WE chinese should unite in prayer and go into china and preach gospel. Bobby, my roomate was talking about how he would like to work closely with the underground church and train up pastors and stuff. But he as a white person couldn't because it would be so suspicious. He told me that I could probably much more easily work with them just because of the way I look. He spent a year in Beijing teaching english. Probably the same year David was in Beijing. HK is a really busy city and there are a ton of distractions, so pray that I would keep focused on God. Thanks! write me email guys. danthedart@yahoo.com