wfn.org | Girl experiences God during “priceless” hitchhiking tour of Taiwan

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>3038 Edition

>May 17~23, 2010

Girl experiences God during “priceless” hitchhiking tour  of Taiwan

>Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

>Written by Lydia Ma

25-year-old Chiou Tzu-yun from Chung-Hsin Presbyterian Church in  Taipei had 
always

dreamed of touring the world since she was in high school.  Recently, she 
embarked on a tour

of Taiwan that took her merely 12 days to complete and, more  astoundingly, 
didn’t even cost

>her a penny.

When Chiou was interviewed by Taiwan Church News on May 17, she  admitted she 
was

extremely surprised that she was able to hitchhike across Taiwan  without 
spending a penny. “I

met angels everywhere I went. Taiwanese people’s kindness is  astounding,” she 
said.

Chiou carried a backpack with a sign that read “My NT$0  hitch-hiking trip 
across Taiwan” on

it. She started out from Taipei and headed south to Pingtung  before traveling 
north along

Taiwan’s east coast, and she traveled along main roads.

She originally planned to get some temporary jobs as she traveled  to pay for 
her food and

lodging, but was surprised to meet many kindhearted people who  treated her to 
meals. Some

even invited her to spend a few nights at their houses. In the  end, she only 
slept in a park once

>during her journey.

What Chiou remembered the most about this trip was the first  people who 
offered her a lift.

Not only were they a Christian couple, they even made a detour to  a local 
church so that a

pastor could pray for God’s blessing over her journey. She  also stayed at a 
few PCT churches

>overnight during her hitchhiking tour.

Chiou confessed that fulfilling her dreams involved taking some  risks, but she 
was most

surprised to meet so many angels who helped her along the way.  These 
encounters touched

her heart and made her realize God was with her every step of the  way. This 
realization was

perhaps the most valuable and unexpected lesson she learned during  her 
hitchhiking tour.

“I’d brought along a little booklet on this tour.  Whenever a person offered me 
a ride or invited

me to stay overnight, I’d ask them to sign their names in  this booklet as a 
keepsake for

>myself,” she said.

She added that she had gathered 58 signatures on this tour of  Taiwan and 
planned to collect

more signatures during a working holiday in Australia. She  traveled to 
Melbourne on May 19

and plans to spend one year touring Australia.

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