November 8, 2008

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One afternoon after a long bus ride to and tour of the ancient water township of Zhouzhang, the driver said he had time to stop and show us one more ancient historic site.  Surprise!  It turned out to be a Buddhist Temple complete with monks and people offering incense to idols.  Since the whole visit was conducted in Mandarin, we blessedly didn’t understand a word but we surreptitiously stood in the background and observed some of the goings-on.  Later in the bus on the way back to our hotel, we listened to our friends explain what had gone on behind the scenes that we opted out of.  It turned out to be a divine opportunity to share our faith all the way back to Suzhou.  And because they realized, after the fact, that they had actually been scammed and pressured into purchasing very expensive incense to wave before the Buddha idol to bring their family "luck", they were really interested in hearing about Christianity.  We opened our mouths and the Holy Spirit filled us with words just for them.

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