QQ Status

Chinese people use QQ. QQ is an instant messaging program on steroids. It's created by Chinese people and EVERYONE uses it. They dont do email, they use QQ. Everyone, everyone's mom, everyone's grandma, and probably their 6 year old little cousin uses it too. (No joke or exaggeration.) In the office each computer has someone's QQ logged in and they will chat on it as well as send important official documents as we would use email.  (Anyways, this is a snippet of Chinese culture.)

Last night, I got on QQ to talk to a student when I saw one of our guys from our study online. He mentioned earlier in our study that when he puts something about Believing in his status his parents will criticize him and tell him not to take it to seriously - that it will distract him from his study. One of the other guys laughed because his parents did the same thing. He gave him some advice "write it in English...your parent's won't be able to follow along." The whole group laughed - but you kind of see the problem. So last night I checked his status and was filled with joy as I read his message (after translating it with google translate).

"让我明白一生只为见证与荣耀" – "I understand that life is only to witness and honor."

How legit is that? This is what I'm talking about. I know he is completely sincere too. It's so cool to see his growth. You know it's not a nice or polite thing he says just to get attention because well... people don't do that here with this stuff. It's not something that people will pat you on the back for like in the States and say you're a good kid. I'm super proud of him and so thankful to see the Spirits work. Thanks for letting me see this. It makes it easier to leave knowing you've got things taken care of.