Church in China

I love going to church in our little branch in Guangzhou. It's always interesting to see who shows up in the little hotel room. The Branch Presidency consists of the President from the United Kingdom, the first counselor from America, the second counselor from China.

Each week, we hear some amazing stories of strength and faith. Today the speakers came from America, Africa (actually 2 from Africa), China. One talked about trying to find the church in Beijing last Sunday. It was so interesting as he told about trying to locate the building, which, of course, is never really a church at all, and that is what makes it challenging.

Two young brothers from China spoke. One told of how cheating is so prevalent among his peers at a private high school here. Joshua was so pressured for time to write up his science experiemnt. He wanted to surf the Internet to find the explanation. As he began to do this, he wondered if googling his science project would be considered cheating. So, he looked in the Bible dictionary and nothing was listed there about googling for answers. He was so cute in telling this story. He totally made me laugh out loud.

He is Chinese - age 14 - and has a very strong accent. He pondered about if there was a scripture that would help him in knowing what to do. The 13th article of faith came to his mind. ".....if there is anything praiseworthy...we seek after these things." He decided that copying from the Internet was definitely NOT praiseworthy, so he did the work himself.

Lucky me - I get to teach Joshua and his older brother in Sunday School.

Yes, it's always an adventure...going there and getting home.

And, the meetings themselves are powerful and humbling. Thanks again, Heavenly Father, for this unique blessing/opporutnity.