A Festive Time
The Dragonboat Festival on Monday, June 10. Traditional sticky rice dumplings, like the one above, are commonly eaten on this holiday.
Because the name of our town is a homonym (sounds similar) for the phrase for wrapping this kind of dumpling, Baozhong uses the day as an annual day of celebration. This year;s event was on the Saturday of the long weekend. After three years of Covid-cancellations, people were excited to gather again. There was a festive atmosphere.
Afternoon activities included DIY handcrafts, booths selling premade handcrafts and foods, educational displays by the health and fire departments, and a place to sign up for the raffle draw at the evening program.
The evening included FuHsing Elementary School students performing a flower-drum dance, the local middle school presenting a lion-dance, acrobatics, music, speeches by politicians, and the draws for a large number of prizes. (We admit that we did not endure to the end, so may have missed mentioning something.)
It was a good time to meet people and see some friends.
Praise and Prayer
- Praise the Lord that Rev. Wilson Tran went visiting with Lorne this past Monday, and was able to lead an elderly neighbour in a prayer to accept Christ as Saviour.
- Praise the Lord that two additional people joined the Friday afternoon Bible reading session at the local coffee shop. One person was a baptized believer and the other is a seeker. They mentioned they want to join us and read next time (Friday, June 14).
- There are 32 elementary students registered for the July 1-5 Camp. The theme is “Who Am I?” and will include five lessons about who God is. Please pray for the 14 leaders and 3 helpers as they make preparations. Pray that God will help us to serve well, demonstrating His love in the way we serve.