One giant leap for chinaconnect

By the Rev. Steve Ray, executive director, chinaconnect

Recently, our nation honored the life of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.   

I was 12 years old when Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Neil made their historic flight and moon landing. I still remember sitting in front of the television with my family watching this event. I remember a proud nation watched as Armstrong jumped from the lunar landing module on to the moon’s surface uttering the words, “That’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.”

This past summer small steps were made as chinaconnect volunteer teachers taught English and shared their lives with many students, young and old, in Nanchang.  chinaconnect continues to make small steps as we build relationships in China and serve others in the areas of nursing care and support for children who find themselves alone while parents are seeking employment in other parts of China.
 
Have there been giant leaps? Yes! Deb and Steve Holm continue to serve at the Nanchang Institute of Technology (NIT) and support the work of a newly established nursing program.   David Du, chinaconnect’s China director, reports that relationships with new friends and officials will be of great benefit to chinaconnect’s future development. One giant leap and hope will be the establishment of a Youth Cultural and Exchange Center at NIT and possible cooperation to establish a coffee shop and English conversation club. 

As we continue to pray faithfully for these and other future projects, the good news is that God has promised that there are many more small steps and giant leaps to come. chinaconnect invites you and congregation also to pray and become involved in the lives of the Chinese people, through teaching English, bringing a youth servant group, or bringing a group to serve in an orphanage in the summer of 2013.