Day 8 Part 2 - Chongqing

Well this was an interesting day, great food, cool shopping, great show, witnessed, twisted my ankle, broke my guitar, got Starbucks.

Food; The breakfast left much to be desired but the lunch and dinner was awesome! For lunch we had Dim Sum at a restaurant near our theatre. For dinner we had Hot Pot, a Chinese fondue, which is one of my favorites!

Shopping; The theatre is located on the side of a mountain in the Hongya Cave Cultural Center. The theatre was almost full and the crowd was very responsive.

In the same complex as the theatre, there was also a flea market with several local artists along with the same stuff you'd see in US flea markets.

After the show I was heading back to the ressing room when my left foot went right and my right foot went left and right and I fell to the floor along with my guitar. Twisted my ankle pretty good it's extremely painful at the moment but I think it will be okay come Sunday for our last performance. My guitar, on the other hand, didn't fair so well. Somehow the battery compartment busted when I fell and now the battery won't stay in place. Going to have to Rube Goldberg it tomorrow.

During the performance there is a section of music that the dancers dance to Wade in the Water and Balm of Gilead, two old negro spirituals. I introduce the dances by talking about the attrocities of slavery and how these songs of hope came out of tragedy. I then sing, accapella, Children Go Where I Send Thee. After I was done with the song I went back stage and Yong, the stage hand came up to me and said, "I can feel your God in this room. How can He hear my prayers." Folks, this is what these trips are all about. I then proceeded to tell him about God and Christ. We went into a small back room and Christ came into Yong's heart. Angles are rejoicing tonight.

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Thanks for your prayers,
Daniel