Catch a vision, meet a need, make a friend!

What can God do in two weeks?

I was doubtful that God could do much in such a short amount of time, but after having spent two weeks in China on the vision trip, I was delightfully surprised at how much God showed me, spoke to me, used me and everyone else on my team as well!  As one of my teammates commented on the plane ride home, “I would describe the trip as opening eyes and opening hearts.” I think we both witnessed more God-movements than either of us expected. 
                               -- Mary Ann, Age 25

Catch a Vision

On this trip, you will have a taste of China's urban culture, prayer-walk at historical and cultural sites, meet bivocational professionals (i.e. tentmakers), hear their testimonies, and learn how Christianity has impacted China's past and continues to do so in the present.  Come catch a vision for what possibilities God might have for you in China.

Meet a Need, Make a Friend

Also, this trip will take you to a remote inland region, where you will see the other face of modern China - the poor rural region of the far west.  Here you will be a part of a greatly appreciated week-long English conversation program for local English teachers of junior high and high school students.  These teachers are eager to practice their English with native speakers to find out if they can actually be understood!  You can share your life and build friendships that will last long after the trip is over.

I have never felt close to China…a land and a nation so distant and alien, (but) the day we prayer walked in Tiananmen Square, it dawned on me that this is precisely how God personalized China for me. He stirred in me a need to pray for China through the people and the places I have come to love on this trip – the faces of the local leaders and teachers, the conference center staff, the fu wu yuans (service staff) and shi fu’s (chauffeurs), the streets we roamed through, the stores we bargained in, the restaurants we ate at. In fond memories of the experience, God is stretching my heart to intercede for the people of China. I know for sure I want to go back in the very near future for another mission trip.

-- Lucy, Age 49.