20 more minutes - he would have been in.

There 3 weeks left in the country and no sign of slowing down. One of our guys, we'll call him the Terminator, has been talking to one of his friends who has noticed the changed in him. Josh (other foreign teacher) got to talk and share with the new guy. He was open to it and taking it in. He came in tonight to join our study where we were just going to talk and hang out.

Throughout the evening as we talked he asked a few questions and our guys jumped in sharing stories and lessons.  The new guy, "Bob", discussed how he just felt like He had done too many things.  Then the confessions started. Going around the circle guy after guy became admitting things they used to do and how they had changed. What's cool is guys were bragging on other guys!  One guy bragged on another that he had stopped playing video games (a huge addiction and time waster of Chinese students). He hung his head a little bit. "I cancelled it (deleted it) once, but then downloaded it again. Then I cancelled it again, but downloaded it again. Now I cancelled it... but when I dare to go back in the evenings to the dorm... I just sit there. I don't know what to do anymore." As we shared there was everything from smoking, to video games, to pornography, to masturbation, and on.

At another point he asked how long it took the other guys to believe. As our Boy G shared it took him like a year and half, Bob asked if he still did bad things during that time. We explained we now still make mistakes, but we're forgiven.

Long and the short of it - Bob had more info inserted in him tonight than he had time to process. I'm thinking once he gets to process and realize it, it will be soon. He realizes he needs forgiveness and is searching for truth and for love and acceptance. Please Lift up for his protection and against distraction from the enemy.

The other cool thing was to see how the guys jumped in and shared their stories and their lessons they learned. They are sharing what they think, but to get to see it in person is awesome. They were all in on it and playing off each other (and it was all in English). I feel so blessed by it. It was awesome.

(Other fun times too, including teaching them how to throw a fly plate (frisbee), making vanilla pudding and giving them crushed up oreo's and some m&m's and chex mix (thank you to those of you who passed it on) and showed them how to put it all together for "MeiGuo de Magic" (American Magic). I think we're slowly plumping them up or creating sugar addicts based on the amount of sweets we go through on Thursday nights, but they dig it each time.)