wfn.org | Pastors cycle from Changhua to Tainan to attend PCT General Assembly

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>3033 Edition

>April 12~18, 2010

Pastors cycle from Changhua to Tainan to attend PCT General  Assembly

>Reported by Chen Wei-Chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

Every year’s General Assembly Meeting attracts pastors from  all over Taiwan and

sometimes Aborigine pastors will even wear Aborigine clothing  reflecting their

>heritage when they attend meetings.

But that is not the only thing that caught people’s eyes  during this year’s 
General

Assembly. Two PCT pastors had sports wear and sports gear on when  they first

arrived to the venue in Tainan because they had biked all the way  from Changhua

(Central Taiwan) to Tainan (Southern Taiwan) to attend this  year’s conference.

According to reports, Rev. Tseng Chao-ruei from Seven Stars  Presbytery and

Rev. Huang Hsin-han from Changhua Presbytery got up very early on  April 5 and

set out from Changhua at 6:30 a.m. Riding along Highway 19, both  arrived to

Chang Jung Senior Girls’ High School, in Tainan, around 4:00  p.m. that same 
day.

According to Rev. Tseng, he loved biking since he was in senior  high school and

he had cycled across Taiwan with Rev. Huang soon after they both  graduated

from seminary. However, he gave up cycling when he began his  ministry ten years

ago and it wasn’t until two years ago that he picked up his  bike once again.

Rev. Tseng originally planned to cycle straight from Taipei to  Tainan without

stopping, but later decided to make a stopover in Changhua after  biking 9 hours

>so he wouldn’t be too tired.

He remarked that cycling across the country is not difficult once  people get a 
little

bit of training, and added that mapping the right route actually  took more 
time and

effort. “Riding is an excellent way to know your country  better and see things 
that

aren’t written in school textbooks,” he said.

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