Interview Video

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00:00:02.420 | - Describe why you decided to start English Corner

00:00:20.200 | and how is it building towards the church of Bible?

00:00:22.320 | - So we started the English Corner

00:00:23.800 | as a means to meet people.

00:00:25.600 | It's really hard to start a friendship cold,

00:00:30.600 | just trying to randomly talk to people.

00:00:32.960 | And so we felt that starting an English Corner

00:00:36.360 | would give us a better opportunity

00:00:38.400 | to meet people who know English

00:00:41.560 | and we're able to build a friendship that way.

00:00:43.920 | It's through these friendships and relationships

00:00:45.720 | where the gospel could be shared.

00:00:47.640 | And eventually we hope that as time progresses

00:00:50.540 | and as more time is invested into the relationship

00:00:52.880 | that if they're interested in knowing more

00:00:55.140 | about the Bible, knowing more about Jesus Christ,

00:00:58.440 | that we would as a team bring them to our Bible study.

00:01:02.000 | - Can you describe the format of the English Corner?

00:01:04.600 | - So we have our MC start off, which is typically me.

00:01:09.120 | We'll just do introductions,

00:01:10.600 | explaining what the English Corner is about.

00:01:13.080 | And then we follow that with about a 15, 20 minute

00:01:17.360 | break, icebreaker.

00:01:18.700 | And then we have one of our team members present on a topic.

00:01:24.760 | We have different topics all set throughout the year

00:01:27.640 | and then we rotate between our members.

00:01:30.200 | And then after that, we have discussion questions.

00:01:34.000 | - What are the difficulties in building relationships

00:01:36.480 | in the city?

00:01:37.760 | - Meeting new people is not difficult,

00:01:40.200 | but building relationships are,

00:01:42.420 | just because when locals meet foreigners,

00:01:45.440 | they immediately want to improve their English

00:01:47.600 | and that's kind of their own primary goal.

00:01:50.440 | So I found it very difficult not making friends,

00:01:54.200 | but building a friendship with Chinese locals.

00:01:58.120 | - I think definitely finding ways to relate to them

00:02:04.120 | because even saying foreigners,

00:02:05.840 | sometimes it's easier to get to know them.

00:02:08.400 | We already have a lot in common in moving

00:02:11.680 | to a different country.

00:02:13.720 | But I mean, even with the locals,

00:02:16.280 | the ones that are believers,

00:02:18.760 | I think it's been difficult to remind myself that

00:02:23.900 | as long as you have Christ, that should be enough.

00:02:26.760 | - In order for the work to continue

00:02:28.120 | and for the church plant to be established,

00:02:29.880 | what specific needs do you have?

00:02:31.880 | - I think once this current team leaves,

00:02:34.520 | we need a lot of help with English Corner.

00:02:37.420 | Since English Corner is the main avenue for outreach,

00:02:40.440 | we need people to be plugged in to help lead it.

00:02:44.280 | I won't be able to just because of the marriage

00:02:46.640 | responsibilities I have.

00:02:48.040 | So that's why we need people to come and to help out

00:02:51.120 | with this specific English Corner.

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00:02:55.420 | - Who has the strongest selfie game?

00:02:57.100 | - Tony.

00:02:57.940 | - Yeah.

00:03:00.060 | - What the?

00:03:00.900 | - I'll tell you, you're so good at this.

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