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Hello Everyone!

It has been a very emotionally charged past few days.

Friday was the last day of the VGM camp so the energy levels of the students were high and there was just a vibrant buzz in the camp (not that there hasn't been everyday!). We led them in song and games and had the chance to do a cultural presentation about Australian culture. We taught them the "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, Oi, Oi!" chant which was lots of fun. As the day started to draw to a close, the realisation that the camp was ending took its effect on the students. A lot of them were balling their eyes out, most evidently in Adam and Fonge's small group where 14 out of 15 students were crying. It made me realise what this camp meant to them: a place where they felt loved and cared for, something which a lot of them probably don't experience. God has worked amazingly in helping the team build relationships with the students in such a short space of time even though there have been obvious communication barriers.

Here is a photo of my wonderful small group!

The entire team has had the opportunity to do house visits of some of the students who attended the camp and this has been very eye opening experience. However, after our official house visit, Elliot and I had the opportunity to visit the homes of two disabled men. One had been severely beaten and the other who had been in a car accident twenty years ago. Both men were unable to talk, unable to walk, unable to eat properly, unable to go to the toilet properly, unable to feel; really just unable to live. To witness their suffering as well as the suffering of their family members who had to take care of them firsthand 很痛苦. We prayed for these men and for their families and left in tears. It was tough to watch and it was a confronting example of the brokenness of our world. But through the devotions that we have been doing each morning, God has reminded me that He is a just God, that in the new creation pain and suffering like this will be no more and we can only trust his judgement and that His mercy would overflow to disabled men such as these.

The gospel presentation on Saturday morning was absolutely amazing. Seventy out of the ninety students who attended the VGM camp turned up to hear the gospel presented clearly and it had a clear affect on the students. Adam and Eva (one of the Taiwanese uni students) shared their testimonies. The affect this all had on the students was indescribable. Just like Friday afternoon, students were crying, crying and crying after hearing about the love of Jesus and how this was evident in the lives of people like Adam, Eva and all the other leaders who all got to share their testimonies in small groups soon after. Saying goodbye and leaving the students has been hard for the entire team because we naturally want to see the fruit of God's work through us. But as a team we have been and constantly need to be reminded that this short-term mission is seed ministry and we praise God for the work that he has done through us so far and that so many students have heard about Jesus. It has been a huge privilege to serve Him in this way. Please pray that these kids would come to know and accept Jesus and that their lives would be transformed because of Him.

Here is a photo of the team posing in front of the gospel presentation visual stimulus which we created the night before!

So to kind of sum up I'll give a bit of a random team pulse check update. We're all alive and having fun serving God in Taiwan. Some of us are less alive than others with approximately 50% of the team still currently sick to some degree. Praise God that the team has experienced minimal internal conflict (you would kind of expect it with 8 people living with each other for a month!). Please pray that we get good rest. We all need it, even our fearless team leader :)