The Tabernacle in China

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Hillside Missions February 2010 Update

Hello Everyone!

Attached is the Hillside Update for February 2010. Thanks for taking a minute to check out what's going on!

Inside you will find out more about how you can:

*Apply for our internship

*Join us on our trips this summer to Mexico, China, North Africa, India, and Turkey

and

*Pray for us

Thank you for your continued prayers and encouragement!

Blessings,

Kati Willems

Logistics Coordinator

Hillside Missions Organization

1004 N Thompson St Suite 302

Richmond, VA 23230

Friday, June 5, 2009

A photo from the airport before we left china.

Showing off new bling.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

We're home!

The flight home went very well. Everyone is tired, but happy.

The trip to China was a great success and we thank God for that.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support as we, as a community, answered the call to take the gospel to unreached people of China. We have all felt encouraged and energized by your attention and responses to these updates.
We'll be posting some reports and testimonies from the trip here later.
The team will be presenting some stories from their trip on Sunday morning. Don't miss it!

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

We're on the way to the airport in Beijing

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We're at tiananmen square

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We're in the airport. Getting ready to leave for Beijing.

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Darren loves it!

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Sue Ann and Joann enjoy the smelliest fruit on earth. Durian fruit.

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Relaxed

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Foot massage

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Claudia gets a foot massage

Claudia is enjoying the free day!

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Our last day in the southwest part of china

We enjoyed a great time of reflection and discussion during devotion this morning, and now we're spending some time shopping and relaxing before we fly out tonight for Beijing.

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Our last day in the southwest part of china

We enjoyed a great time of reflection and discussion during devotion this morning, and now we're spending some time shopping and relaxing before we fly out tonight for Beijing.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Angela cuts hair in china

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Mark does "the godfather"

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Sally and Bob say, hi everyone

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Susie says, hi mom!

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Mark and Claudia say, hi Ashley!

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Janice says Hi Kaitee

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Heading back to the big city

After a good night's sleep, we're leaving the rural areas where the villages are and we're heading back to the city now.
We had to leave the village early last night because it began to rain and the dirt roads become impassable when wet. We had planned to be in that village for another few hours and potentially sleep there. Unfortunately, our schedule has no room for being stuck in one village for an extra day or two.

We just got breakfast to-go. Glutenous rice with potatoes, peanuts and green onions, noodles, and fried dumplings.

We then made a quick shopping stop for some handicraft stuff made by one tribal group, and we're on the road.
Tonight, we'll attend a bible study in a church, and we'll spend some time encouraging local believers.

Last night we spent some time talking about our trip so far and encouraging each other.

Tomorrow night we'll fly back into Beijing.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Village trip

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Village trip

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Cooking lunch

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Pam helping to cook lunch

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Claudia brings fuel for the fire

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Lunch

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Lunch

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Village trip

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Bringing the Message

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Telling Stories

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Telling Stories

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Its Children's Day here in China

Hi everyone!

Susie here. We're traveling down a mountain on a windy dirt road. The 'Rainbow' kids wave to us. The group (which has grown from 17 to 30 people-interpreters, new Chinese friends, and bus drivers) spent the entire day in a village. It was a great visit. Some of us set up camp in a family's courtyard and told stories, helped cook, sang songs with the kids and distributed the food/chalk/and candy we'd brought with us. The rest of o the group went to a lower part of the village near what looked like a joint elemantary/middle school. More than a hundred kids ran out to see us. Most of them filled their pockets with candy, and a handful stuck around to listen to Darren and Sue ann tell bible stories outside a small store. Between the interpreting, candy consumption, and a continual stream of curious onlookers, it was a lively group. And it was a lot of fun.

15 minutes later and we're still bumping along on the road-passing rice fields and people working on them. Not sure how long it will take, but we're headed to have dinner with some friends in a slightly bigger city. Thanks for reading and praying (hi mom!) Stay tuned!

-Susie

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The roads are narrow and high

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Some messages from the team.

We have just left the market and we're heading out to villages for more storytelling. Depending on the conditions of the road, we'll be staying overnight in a village.

The team is doing very well. Morale is high and people are excited for the work being done.

Pastor Mark says "ni hao".

Claudia says "wo mai zhege" (ill buy this)

Angela says "squatting is great"

Sally says "arduously wonderful"

Sue Ann says "the landscaping and rice paddies are. Absolutely beautiful"

Darren says "xie xie" (thank you)

Joann says "I love the children!"

Dorothy says "we're gonna eat what?"

Pam says "oh no!"

Bob says "don't look down"

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