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another chapter in the 'find a long lost friend' saga.... visit cienne's site. she's a funny girl. sister of hon sing, a funny guy. i only met her for a short time in the summer of 2001, but it's cool to connect with her again. i love when stuff like this happens. :)
the shanghai dream is becoming reality. i will be picked up in tst at 10:30am on monday, for a 2:50pm flight!! well i guess it would take a long time to check in an entire film crew... the hong kong wrap party is tomorrow night. should be fun!
God is really so good. i've been praying this week to be able to develop more relationships with the crew, because it's been quite difficult so far. everyone just sort of keeps to themselves, and because i'm not on set all the time, i don't know all their names... just random faces. i've started placing people with their jobs, but everyone is also mad busy on set (or so they appear) that i'm never sure whether i'm bothering them. anyway, i guess God (being omniscient and all) knew how i felt, and my desire to get to know people more, and lo and behold! just today i've had so many people come up to me and start conversations! this is just a small taste of what is to come. i'm praying for God to keep doing his thing.
i'm especially praying for sophia, a production assistant (meaning she does whatever needs done around the set: move chairs, get cameron more candy, stock the bathrooms...). she's one of the few that i got to know from the beginning, and i know she's got a soft spot for the holy spirit. we talked about 'the passion', and she really wanted to see the premiere, but she thought she had to work late. of course, they ended up wrapping early that night, but she didn't call me. and unfortunately, she's one of the few who are not going to shanghai, so i gotta do something quick! i'm going to invite her to church/alpha. please pray that she will!
another person i met this week is duc (pronounced duke), who plays one of the bad guys in the movie. a few of us were casually sitting around just after lunch, chatting about australia. he had a perfect american accent, and so i asked if he was from america. he immediately said very definitively, "we've met before!" i was like, "uhhh... where?" and he said, "ing." oh. i all of a sudden recognized him. he was one of the regulars at club ing, where i used to work a few years ago, moonlighting as a bar waitress while maintaining my day job as a kindergarten teacher. yes, i was quite the oxymoron then. in the few short conversations we've had since, he's mentioned that he's over that party phase, that he's trying to figure out what to do with his life, etc. the usual early mid-life crisis. and he seems a perfect candidate for a transformation by the Master Potter.
there are so many others, too many to list. but rest assured my trip to shanghai will be more than teaching french and math!
while i'm there, i also have another mission. i met cliff's coworker last monday at alpha. he was in hk for business, and happens to be from shanghai! how convenient... he was definately intrigued with the whole jesus-is-God thing, and cliff got him 'the case for christ' by lee strobel. so, i have a delivery to make. :)
yippeee yay, shanghai, here i come!!
another chapter in the 'find a long lost friend' saga.... visit cienne's site. she's a funny girl. sister of hon sing, a funny guy. i only met her for a short time in the summer of 2001, but it's cool to connect with her again. i love when stuff like this happens. :)
the shanghai dream is becoming reality. i will be picked up in tst at 10:30am on monday, for a 2:50pm flight!! well i guess it would take a long time to check in an entire film crew... the hong kong wrap party is tomorrow night. should be fun!
God is really so good. i've been praying this week to be able to develop more relationships with the crew, because it's been quite difficult so far. everyone just sort of keeps to themselves, and because i'm not on set all the time, i don't know all their names... just random faces. i've started placing people with their jobs, but everyone is also mad busy on set (or so they appear) that i'm never sure whether i'm bothering them. anyway, i guess God (being omniscient and all) knew how i felt, and my desire to get to know people more, and lo and behold! just today i've had so many people come up to me and start conversations! this is just a small taste of what is to come. i'm praying for God to keep doing his thing.
i'm especially praying for sophia, a production assistant (meaning she does whatever needs done around the set: move chairs, get cameron more candy, stock the bathrooms...). she's one of the few that i got to know from the beginning, and i know she's got a soft spot for the holy spirit. we talked about 'the passion', and she really wanted to see the premiere, but she thought she had to work late. of course, they ended up wrapping early that night, but she didn't call me. and unfortunately, she's one of the few who are not going to shanghai, so i gotta do something quick! i'm going to invite her to church/alpha. please pray that she will!
another person i met this week is duc (pronounced duke), who plays one of the bad guys in the movie. a few of us were casually sitting around just after lunch, chatting about australia. he had a perfect american accent, and so i asked if he was from america. he immediately said very definitively, "we've met before!" i was like, "uhhh... where?" and he said, "ing." oh. i all of a sudden recognized him. he was one of the regulars at club ing, where i used to work a few years ago, moonlighting as a bar waitress while maintaining my day job as a kindergarten teacher. yes, i was quite the oxymoron then. in the few short conversations we've had since, he's mentioned that he's over that party phase, that he's trying to figure out what to do with his life, etc. the usual early mid-life crisis. and he seems a perfect candidate for a transformation by the Master Potter.
there are so many others, too many to list. but rest assured my trip to shanghai will be more than teaching french and math!
while i'm there, i also have another mission. i met cliff's coworker last monday at alpha. he was in hk for business, and happens to be from shanghai! how convenient... he was definately intrigued with the whole jesus-is-God thing, and cliff got him 'the case for christ' by lee strobel. so, i have a delivery to make. :)
yippeee yay, shanghai, here i come!!
posted by jana* at 10:24 PM
