New Meeting Places

God was faithful to answer our prayer for a Sunday meeting place. We were eating dinner with ChongChong’s family. GaoYan mentioned that our Sunday group is looking for a new place to worship. Jane spoke up, “You can use my husband’s office space.” And her husband thought, “That would probably be ok.” Jane was baptized about a year ago in Elaine’s home. Jane’s husband, in the past, donated a lot for building a new church in his mom’s hometown, which happens to be Tongling, GaoYan’s hometown.
We met in the new office space for the first time Sunday. There is a carpet and lots of soft couches where we circle up for worship. Extra rooms are available if we are able to get a children’s Bible class started. The office is not too far from the Hardin’s apartment complex. Some people were out of town for the October holiday, but the new place feels exciting filled with possibility. Our church family volunteered many different ways to serve in our new meeting place. We are really amazed to see how God answers our prayers.

Also for our neighborhood ladies and children study we were praying for a more suitable place to meet. We had been meeting in Grace’s home. Every time Grace went out of town or her little boy got sick we had to cancel or reschedule.
Caleb has taken some art classes at the Happy Fish after school center. GaoYan talked with the Happy Fish owner about renting her space for 600 yuan/month to month basis on Saturday nights. It is really great. There is a room for the ladies to study. There is a big room for the children to have a Bible story and play. The Happy Fish owner is a friend and neighbor to most of the group, so we were grateful to encourage her business.
The first meeting Grace led a Bible study with Linda, XiLe MaMa, XiaoChuan MaMa, and CoCo MaMa. GaoYan and I taught XiLe, XiaoChuan, Caleb, and Joy the days of creation.