Languages (What other languages can you speak?)

[GrumpysWife]

At our last Theocratic Chinese language class our tutor, a Brother from Carlisle, asked if anyone had any ministry experiences using their new language. A shy brother from Kendal called Graham was asked to relate his experience.At that weekend, Graham spotted 2 Chinese gentlemen eating ice-cream at a well known tourist place in the Lake-District called Bowness, on Lake Windermere. He could see they weren't in any hurry, so he asked them if they spoke Putonghua/Mandarin. They were amazed and asked him why he was learning it. He told them it was because he wanted to share the Bible with Chinese people. They asked him what he had learned at his last Chinese class. He told them he had been learning the Chinese lullaby 'Mama Hao'.Suddenly, the gentlemen put their arms over his shoulders and both started to sing 'Mama Hao' wanting him to join in. So all 3 sang, to the surprise of the street full of tourists. After the song the men wiped their eyes (it's very sentimental) and shook his hand. He gave them 'Showangti he Jinxing' (latest Watchtower and Awake) and one gentleman gave Graham his business card and said that if any time he is in Beijing, to look him up and he would give him any help he needed. The business card said that the man was vice-president of the Beijing Bank of China

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What an awesome experience for him.><