Yes, it was great to watch the opening ceremony with BCSSA people. After our graduate student bible study on the UC Berkeley campus, our people (International Student Ministry) hurriedly joined the gathering at Sun HongKong restaurant where BCSSA people already crowded.
Though I am not a Chinese, when the national anthem of China resounded in the bird-nest stadium, when President Hu JinTao declared the opening of the Olympic games, when the Olympic torch in the main stadium finally received the flame that went around the globe, I could not but think about the difficult history that China went through for the past 100 years, which almost brought me to tears. As president Hu JinTao said, Chinese people have been preparing for this Olympics for a hundred years. A century of sorrow, shame, and confusion has passed. Westerners are no longer people whom they should feel intimidated about. China is truly coming out to the world as a nation of center. I wonder why God put me in Gracepoint Fellowship Church where a majority of the congregation members are ABC (American Born Chinese). May the LORD richly bless this nation and use her for his kingdom’s purpose as a final push!
San Francisco is fun place to be when you get to hang out with friends together. On Saturday, we took some of our new friends, who just came from China, to the City. We took two minivans with 13 people. We hit many tourist areas: Twin Peaks, Golden Gate Park, Legion of Honor, Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, and Fisherman’s Wharf. It was a day of beautiful weather: sunny day, mild temperature, except a little bit windy in the wharf. We ended our trip in the Fisherman’s Wharf by enjoying a bowl of clam chowder in a bread bowl for dinner. Throughout the trip, we got to know one another better by chatting away. Check out the photo album for this event to share a little bit of our fun time together. If you are new to the Bay Area and want to make some new friends in ISM, please 
