Day 5

Bread of Life

On Sunday morning we hopped on the MRT hoping to make the 11 o'clock church service at Taipei Bread of Life English Ministry. (breadoflife.com.tw)

Our GPS only led us to the main Chinese church, so we had to hurry down a few more blocks to get to the English service.  We turned into an alley and didn't notice anything that looked like a church.  If it weren't for the smiling Latina lady greeting visitors at the door, I don't know if we would have found it. Later I learned that many South Americans are coming to study Chinese in Taiwan, they even started a fellowship group at church called Viva La Vida.   So upon seeing the greeter, we entered the building and headed down to the basement and joined the 200+ Chinese and expats gathered together for a two-hour vibrant, spirit-filled service.  The lights were dimmed, the music was ON, it was seriously like a rock concert.

As Caedmon caught a glimpse of the pastor, he asked excitedly, "Mom, is that Francis Chan?"  The young Taiwanese pastor shared stories and slides from their latest mission trip to Mozambique and preached a powerful sermon on taming the tongue from the book of James chapter 3:1-12.   At end of the service he did an altar call for anyone who wanted to receive the gift of speaking in tongues.  Many young folks came forward and when the chorus of prayers began, Jenna's eyes just about popped out.  It was a good experience though and we felt blessed by the fellowship time afterwards.