Before I left, the man pointed out on a map, a different place that had many churches.  So, the following day I headed there.  At the new location, I met a man who could speak English.  Although he wasn't a believer, he told me his uncle was a little strange because everywhere he goes he tells people about Jesus.  That is a form of "strangeness" that I admire.  I took down the unlce's phone number and proceeded to look for other Christians.  One Christian I came across wrote me this story which I later had interpreted:

Poor Believer Hears from the Holy Spirit

There was a very poor believer who wanted to establish a church but couldn't because he didn't have the money.  One evening the Holy Spirit indicated that he would get the funds and the next day someone sent money to him.

While in Kunming some time afterwards, I gave the uncle a call with the help of some Chinese friends.  The first time we called the uncle wasn't there, but the son who answered the phone told us his personal testimony.

Although his father was a preacher, he didn't believe in Jesus Christ.  The minister promised his son that if he would believe, then he would give him a tape recorder but this didn't get him to believe.  However, during his second grade of middle school something else did.  One night he dreamed there was a narrow way that stretched beyond the horizon.  As he followed it, the way became wider and wider.  In the middle of the way there was a stream, so he took off his shoes and crossed the stream.  He came to a big grapevine with ripe grapes that were out of his reach.  He was hungry and wanted to eat them but he just couldn't get to them.  Just then, he heard a voice say, "Young man, what do you want to do?"  He replied, "I'm very hungry and I want to eat the grapes but I can't reach the ripe ones."  Then he saw an old man with a cane and the old man helped pick some grapes for him.  When he ate them, the old man disappeared.  Then he woke up and from then on believed in Jesus Christ.  He figures that the man must have been Jesus Christ.  Then he joined the church choir and found it very easy to learn the songs.  Now, sometimes he teaches other people how to sing praise songs.

After hearing this, the same Chinese friends told me another story that they had heard recently in church.

A man who is a believer was driving his car to Mengzi County, Yunnan.  On his way to Mengzi, he came across a terrible mud-rock flow.  Behind him, the mountain had already collapsed and so he tried his best to get out of the situation.  However, the car got stuck in the mud and the engine quit working from all the thick mud.  When he opened the car door, the mud flowed right into the vehicle.  Outside, he was up to his waist in mud.  He got stuck and struggled to get out, but couldn't.  It kept getting worse, for after a while the mud reached his neck and he couldn't move.  So, he just sat there stuck in the mud and began to pray, "God if you want me to go, please take care of my wife and sons and I'll go with you with no regret."  At that moment, he saw a local man who also saw him in return.  The men left, but after a while he returned with a branch and extended it for him to reach.  Not only did the man fail to draw him out of the mud, but he himself also fell in.  Fortunately, they both got themselves out of the mud with the help of the branch.  The believer's clothes were stuck in the mud and he was left naked.  Since the pass was very dangerous and seemed as if it might collapse, they kept moving on until he got stuck in the mud a second time.  At the same time, however, a tree fell down right in front of him and so he reached out and grabbed it.  It was a thorn tree and both his hands became bloody.  A few road workers finally came along and helped them to get out of the dangerous situation.  They were safe at last!  His feet and chest were hurt, not to mention that his hands were covered in thorns.  The Christian offered the man who had helped save his life, his watch, but the man refused to accept.  He thinks that Jesus sent this man to save him.

This happened just this past summer and as he told the story to my Chinese friends, he showed them the wounds on his hands and feet.  Before the incident, he was very busy with managing his company and didn't spend enough time worshipping God.  Now because of this, he spends time to worship Him again.  The man is very talented at the drums and with singing.  Every Sunday afternoon he hits the bongos with a group of Christians who play some other instruments (piano, etc.) to praise the Lord.  (next page)