Chinese Ministry

Well it certainly has been a long time! It is now the fourth year of being a FMA student at IHOPU.  Its been fast paced then slow, then back and forth again.

Chinese Ministry

The Lord has been doing something very interesting in my life. I have been surrounded by asians, and I am loving it. There has been this unique connection and joy as people have come all around the world to IHOP-KC. 

Chinese team:   

At IHOP-KC there is a wonderful place called the All Nations Prayer Room. There are sets led in many different languages- chinese, russian, portuguese, korean, german, farsi and arabic. They pray and sing the Word, and I have been blessed to be a part of the Chinese team as a group singer (the girl in the back). I am currently learning the language (mandarin) and its exciting to hear words and learn words about God and His glory and the love for Him that these ones have. Below is one of the sets we have done. 

Chinese language:

I have been taking mandarin lessons on my own (through Pimsleur) and now I have a conversation friend who actually was a teacher of mandarin before she came to IHOP. Her name is Yehong, and she calls me her daughter. Its been a lot of fun for both of us as we get excited when we are able to communicate! (We are both still learning) Run is our translator.

 There is now a Forerunner School of Ministry International which consists of mostly chinese/korean speaking students. All the classes are in chinese or korean and many of the students are still learning english! What an immersive adventure for them! 

Chinese songs- Nikki and Angela

Classes:

I have just finished Biblical Hermeneutics,  hermeneutic |ˌhərməˈn(y)oōtik|

adjectiveconcerning interpretation, esp. of the Bible or literary texts.It was a very good class to take in learning the ways of interpreting scripture correctly, and the ways of interpreting it incorrectly.  I am still learning the ways of inductive Bible study, but it is exciting see how one can go deeper in the word than I had previous knowledge of.
I also am in an Advanced Theory music class. There are only 4 of us in the class, so we get to decide the direction of where we go. Its nice! Its a class with my friends whom I love and its fun and I'm discovering there is so much to music, there is so much I don't know.