Memorial Weekend Work

This year the Chinese-speaking saints at the Church in Cleveland held their annual Memorial Day Conference, inviting people from neighboring churches. People came to Cleveland from Indiana to Pittsburg. While my parents and other saints were listening to the various messages given I was helping out with children's service. My daily schedule for these past three days was helping out from 9 a.m. to noon and then from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Although it was hard watching over seventy kids ranging from middle school to high school I had fun and was able to meet a lot of my friends from different localities.

The two meetings were broken down differently. In the morning, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. was free time as we waited for all the kids to be dropped off. Then, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. there was a little meeting consisting of singing for the first half hour and then an hour of lecture: the first lecture was on unselfishness, the second on relationships, and the third one on giving. After the message there was a light snack, lunch, and relax time until the afternoon. In the afternoon, starting at 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. we waited again for all the kids to be dropped off again. Then from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. there was another lecture. After the lecture was another free time with snacks as we waited for all the children to be picked up.