Fresh Air For A Day

On Saturday our Torch Church "foreigners" cell group tagged along with some others for a day trip out to Hsinchu. The itinerary was full of great plans, unfortunately it rained in the afternoon and since rain plus a tired toddler isn't a good mix our carload headed home a bit earlier than scheduled. Regardless, it was great to get out of the city and mingle with some of our church family.

The first stop was a SPA...

Tony & Hunter enjoyed some time together in the fresh pools despite the rain.

Helena needed to eat so we stayed inside. She got passed around by the aunties and seemed to enjoy the attention.

UNO - the international, intergenerational way to pass time.

Next stop - LUNCH...

Our lunch was provided by an Aboriginal Association that had also invited our pastor to preach for the day. What a delicious meal - home-grown green beans (Hunter's favorite), salty fish, and a freshly butchered wild pig - we were stuffed by the end of it!!!

What a wonderful sight - a bucket full of rice!!! Anna is our cellgroup leader and one of the pastors at our church... she's doing a great job connecting people.

We were supposed to go fruit picking, but the rain put a halt to that... instead we enjoyed the pre-picked persimmon harvest.

Hunter and his buddies...

These older girls take such good care of him when we attend the mother's small group on Tuesdays... it's good for him to have a few older sisters.

Our somewhat newly formed "foreigners" cell group

Hunter with Pastor Yang