Church and First Scooter Ride

Time: 11:29 pm - September 02, 2007
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

So Moryam and I decided that we wanted to try to find a church. We've had an amazing number of Christian contacts so far, be it teachers at the schools we work at, or Taiwanese on the plane trip here. Anyone who doesn't believe in God might label these coincidences, by my sneaky suspicion is that there is something else. The common theme in the conversations I've thus far had with the Christians here has centered around finding a church. When we first arrived in Kaohsiung, the director at school 1( we work at school 3) a Taiwanese lady, told me she was Christian. I asked her what church she went to, and she said she didn't go to church. However, she directed me to a man named Glenn, who gave me a card with directions to his church. It just so happens that a girl named Frankie, who is from England, goes to the same church, and she works in our school. She had a map, and helped us figure out how we could get there. Then it was up to the Taxi, or our New found Taiwanese Legs, to get us there.

As we had never been in that area before, we decided to leg it. It took nearly an hour. We left at about 4:40 pm (they have English service in the evening) and were in sight of the Church by 5:35. We grabbed some food and drink, I made a quick supper at the nearest pastry store, and we went in.

The service was great. The Pastor's name was Steve, who was born a MK in Hongkong but moved to England at nine, and studied at Cambridge. The sermon was very meaningful and convicting. Afterwards, they offered to take us to an American restaurant where they serve Mountain dew and Dr Pepper. YES!!!! We rode scooters.

It was my first Scooter experience, and I cannot wait to get one. I don't know what it is about the Taiwanese scooter traffic that makes it so insane. Maybe its that most of them are driving without licences. Maybe its the relationship first, laws second mentality. All I know is that it's a rush flying along the road with scooters on the left and right of you, with little room to move.

we eventually got to the restaurant, and it was nice. The DR Pepper was GREAT!!! They don't have it here, but the restaurant imports it. Then the pastor and his wife gave us both a ride to our apartment on their scooters. It was great, and saved us about an hour walking.

I would write more, but its late and I want to take a shower. Its now 1:30 in the morning. My blog got deleted once. This is the second attempt. Until next time.