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>3046 Edition

>July 12~July 18, 2010

City kids experience Aborigine life, learn life lessons at  reservations

>Reported by Chen Wei-chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

This summer, Liu-Yuan Presbyterian Church in Taichung helped its  children 
overcome cultural

barriers by taking them to Aborigine reservations to experience  Aborigine 
culture and life in

the mountains. Children on this camping trip also learned how to  live together 
and receive love from others.

The camp took place from July 5~10 at Liu-Yuan Church and Atayal  Presbytery’s 
Knazi

Church. Participating students ranged from kindergarteners to  students in 
their first year of

junior high school. They were divided into two groups after  spending 3 days at 
Liu-Yuan Church.

According to camp coordinator Elder Cho Meng-you, the purpose of  this summer 
camp was

to break down children’s stereotypes about life in Aborigine  reservations. The 
camp included

activities such as hunting, farming, and Aborigine arts and  crafts.

To make the experience more authentic, Knazi Church had even given  unique 
Aborigine

names to every child taking part in the camp. Church staff  explained the 
meaning of each

name to the children after they arrived to the reservation.

Cho added that besides experiencing life as an Aborigine far away  from cities, 
children also

received lots of love and attention from gracious hosts. He had  hoped that 
such an encounter

would open their hearts to receive the gospel because a few  children were new 
and weren’t Christians yet.

Two kids who weren’t Christians and attended this camp were  indeed touched by 
this

experience and expressed their desire to be baptized. The church  has since 
invited them to

join its weekend day camp and the kids’ parents have also  become interested 
and positively

>inclined toward church.

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