China was only 6 years removed from the cultural revolution in 1982 when Dayna and I ended a mission trip with a one week visit. There weren’t many cars, but thousands of bicycles. We were restricted on where we could go, who we could talk to, were warned to be careful about what we said, and were isolated in a tourist hotel. That trip was at the beginning what God was doing in China. I found some pictures Dayna took of our time in Guangzhou and Beijing.
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| A children's choir in Guangzhou |
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| Tiananmen Square |
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| Tour guides who were always with us. |
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| A guard on the Great Wall |
Over our years with Cru, we have seen the ministry across East Asia grow. In fact, one of the best things we’ve had a part of was sending thousands of students and staff to serve in East Asia in the late 90’s. We helped open campus ministries in about 50 new locations by sending summer projects, one year stints, and long term staff. The church in China has grown exponentially during the last 35 years.
It all came full circle here in Orlando this summer.
During June and July we had two Chinese students serve as accounting interns in Cru’s finance office. When they arrived, they shared their testimonies of how they came to Christ in China, and how they got involved with Cru as they studied at U.S. universities.
I was honestly amazed that we had two Chinese missionaries serving at Cru’s World Headquarters! From our experience 34 years ago to now, it is just awesome to see God raising up laborers to send into the harvest from all countries!
Isn’t that cool? Thanks for being a part of reaching the whole world with the gospel of Jesus.
