As it was my first ever mission trip, all I have thought of mission trip was very tough and lots of experiences. Plus I have no any teaching experiences, I thought it will be a hard for me.
 

After the first briefing for the trip, questions just popped up in my head. How can I teach those kids English (their third language), when they only know little about Chinese (their second language)? How are we letting those kids know about God when we are in a place that we have to pray with our eyes open? Everything just seemed even more difficult from then.

Finally, the first day of teaching came. Having all the little eyes looking at me gave me huge pressure and made my heartbeat race faster and faster. Had a little prayer in my heart to calm me down, then I saw more than those eyes staring at me, I saw theeager

in their face to know more about us and to learn English. That became my motivation to have myself be very well prepared every day in order to let those kids to learn more.

However, of course, in any class in the world, there would be students that don't really care about learning. Yet, already the second week, even trying our best to make the whole teaching program as interesting as possible, still were kids sleeping in class. When I almost wanted to yell at them to wake them up and tell them how hard we prepared those teaching materials for them, and it's not for them to sleep through them, teaching topics just taught last week, 'forgive' and 'patience', went in my mind. 'Wasn't I the same when I was a kid like them?' I thought. The thought just made me forgive them all at once, I went to the group that most kids slept, and patiently teach them one by one.

Three days until the last day, I start to think what did I really experienced in this whole trip. By then I realized that I just experienced a lot in terms of teaching, such as how to catch students attention, or change difficulties accordingly to students reactions. However, I couldn't really think of an experience within God, that night I started praying to God for giving me the chance to see God's strength. The next day, which is the last day of teaching, I sat in a group that those kids are normally very inattentive in class. Miraculously, either they're being scolded very bad,or

its God's work, although they didn't understand much in class, they tried hard to listen and asked me when they have anything they don't understand. Even though it's sometimes frustrating seeing them not understanding such easy words and concepts, it's just very touching how much they had changed. One of the naughtiest kid in the class was chosen to be the MC just because he's the most talkative, but the break on the next day he was assigned the job, he dragged me out of the classroom and recited his part when weonly needed him to read it smoothly on stage. Although I don't know a word he said (as he spoke in his own language), I could really feel the sincerity in his eyes and tone.
 

In conclusion, this trip really has been a tough and full of experiences as I expected. Moreover, I've learnt that sometimes in life when you can't straightly talk about God, first let them feel the love from God, through forgiving with patience. Furthermore, all things are in God's hand, just pray sincerely and he will look after you.

（中譯本）

今次是我第一次參加短宣。短宣給我的印象是很艱苦和會有很多經歷。加上我沒有教學經驗，我覺得這次短宣將會很困難。

第一次短宣簡介會後，我有很多疑問。如何教這些用中文作第二語言的小孩子第三語言——英語呢？如何在這祈禱也要睜開眼的地方，讓小孩認識神呢？這些更讓我覺得這趟短宣很困難。

終於來到第一天的上課日。在眾多小孩的目光下，我感到很大壓力，亦心跳加速。當我在心裏禱告，要平下來時，頓時我看到的不只是小孩的眼睛，而是他們那顆渴求認識我們和學習英語的心。這成為我之後每天努力預備課堂的動力，盼望小孩可以學懂更多。

可惜，世上每一個課室總有些輕看學習的學生。來到第二個星期，我們盡可能把教學內容變得更有趣味，但始終有學生在課堂上睡覺。當我正想大聲叫醒他們，並跟他們說出我們是多麼用功為他們預備課堂，要他們不要再睡時，我腦海就出現了上星期的教學題目──「寬恕和忍耐」。又想到當我還是他們這年紀時，我可曾不是這樣呢？這念頭令我完全寬恕了他們。我走到那群睡了覺的學生中，有耐性地逐一教導他們。

在離開前的三天，我開始思想我今次短宣的經歷。我發現我學到的大多都是教學技巧，例如，如何讓學生專注在自己身上和如何因材施教等，卻想不到一樣在神裏面的經歷。那晚，我禱告神，求祂讓我可以經歷祂的大能。之後那日，亦是最後一天的教學日，我如常坐在那班較不留心的學生當中。奇妙地，不知是他們被罵得太厲害，還是神的工作，他們即使不太明白課堂所教的，亦很用心領聽和提問不明白的地方。縱然當看到他們不明白一些簡單的詞彙和概念時，我會感到洩氣，但同時因着他們的改變倍受感動。在那群頑皮的學生當中，有一位較健談的被選做主持人。原先我們只要求他順暢地讀出一段稿，但他竟然在第二天把我拉出課室，然後把稿背了出來。雖然因他用自己的本土語言背頌，所以我不明白他在說甚麼，但我從他的眼神和聲線感受到他的真誠。

總括而言，這次短宣和我預期一樣充滿着困難和有很多經歷。我學會了若不能直接傳福音，我們可以透過對人的寬恕和忍耐，讓他們感受到神的愛。神是掌權的，只要你誠心禱告，祂必定會看顧你。