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This was my favorite day of our trip to Taiwan. We arose early and headed out on a 45-minute drive to Chao Chou to attend church services. Chao Chou was where I spend most of my missionary time and there were still a couple of members there that I knew as a missionary. I had a lot of anticipation as we drove to the meeting. Luckily we were able to find the meeting house easily and arrive only a minute or two after services started. I was immediately surprised by how many people were in attendance and the only available seats were front-and-center.
The meeting was a little boring for Davis, Thane, and Natalie as the only indication of what was being said came from me as I did some sketchy translating. As the speakers concluded the branch president stood and made mention that many missionaries over the years had served in Chao Chou and that they had one in attendance that day… he proceeded to ask me to come forward and share my thoughts with the congregation. It was a humbling experience to stand and try to express my feelings with my rusty language skills.
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This post was written by Paul Pearson on July 30, 2006
