Selaen jalan jalan melihat daerah turis disana, saya sempat mampir di gereja Katholik yang di downtown juga sorenya lewat night food market yang tersohor di jalan Donganmen.
Luar biasa orang-orang Beijing ini. Kalajengking, kelabang, jangkrik dan ular juga dimakan. Mungkin ini bisa membuat orang lebih berani mengambil resiko kalau lagi bisnis ... :-)
My wife and I had the opportunity to visit our friends Awi and Emmy Wilianto in Beijing this week. The family was very kind to invite us to stay with them during our visit and took us to know Beijing and touristic places including of course the Great Wall.
The last time we met was 14 years ago when we worked together in the ministry at GKKD Medan. So we were so happy to be able to meet again and fellowship a lot during this visit. I had the chance to sing (representing Raffa of course) and preached at Beijing GANG (God Anointed New Generation) Church, an energic church of Indonesian students while JM ministered at GISI Beijing. It was really great service.
Last Sunday, I was invited to preach at Pastor Rittar "Rio" Sibarani's church in Kebayoran Baru. My wife JM also shared and sang a song which was awesome. In the picture I stood with Pastor Rio and his wife, Renata Simanjuntak, the songwriter who wrote the well-known song "Slamatkan Indonesia".
Kemarin kami merayakan Ulang Tahun gereja kami GBI Cikini Raya yang ke-5. So much fun celebrating God's love dengan Praise & Worship service dilayani oleh Harry Idol, Bobby OW dan juga tentunya Julita Manik.
Untuk temen-temen yang dari ITB mungkin ingat Bhay dari Tambang '86. Kemarin Sabtu kami dateng ke kebaktian pertunangan atau orang sono bilang Martupol he he he.. di HKBP Sunter. Akhirnya si Bhay mengakhiri masa bujangan nya yang lama pisan. Bhay ini sepupu saya dari pihak ibu.
