Day2 - Sunday worship and youth sharing

We all had good sleep yesterday. This morning most of us woke up on time. After breakfast and prayer meeting, faithful bros Chan Hung and Shu-man came to take us to the church. We were greeted by the early servers including Shu-wa 樹華 and Mrs. Kam 甘姊妹.

Prayer meeting in the morning

Greeted by early servers

The worship hall on the second floor is now ready for Cantonese worship. They even installed an elevator for those who need it. Sunday school and worship started at 8:30am and 9:30am respectively. The sermon was presented by Pastor Stanley. The title was 全民皆兵and the reference Scripture were the first three judges in the book of Judges. When brothers and sisters greeted each other before and after worship, I can feel the warmth and the close bonding between them.

During worship

Singspiration time

Sermon by Pastor Stanley

After worship and lunch with Hiu-fung 曉峰 and Stella 方怡, I had a sharing with youth fellowship (age: around 15-30) at church. We shared with them about the reasons of coming to church, the importance of relationship with the Lord, as well as always putting God in our first priority for everything we encounter. Many of them were grown up in church and they have built up relationship with Him. I praised the Lord for His wonderful work on them, as they will soon be a generation to impact the society. We also got chances to hear some of their stories:

One brother came to Costa Rica from China couple years ago and now he worked for his uncle here. His parents are instead staying in Venezuela. He has been working 6 days a week for the past couple years. Please pray for his adaptation and challenging life here.

Another sister was getting emotional during the hymn singing. We later found out that her mom was beat in the past and became disabled. That sister had to carry a lot of burdens for the family at her very young age. She could not have gone through the difficult time without the Lord being with her, and she always had a thankful heart for Him. We were touched by His love and power to her.

Youth sharing

In the evening, we were invited for another dinner at Yui-man and Lai-guen (銳民、麗娟)’s restaurant. The food was great and we had some casual sharing after dinner. This ends our second day.

Sharing after dinner

• Prayer items:
• Praise the Lord for Roland’s quick recovery. He has been getting much better with medicine. He thanked bros and sis’ prayers on it.
• Praise the Lord for the brothers and sisters’ warmth and love to us.
• Please pray for the brothers and the sisters in the youth group, especially those mentioned above. May the Lord lead them and grant them grace and power to overcome the difficult time; and become a faithful servant as salt and light to their communities.
• Pray for the sharing led by Chow-ling tomorrow (Monday) and our store visits tomorrow in San Jose area.