China

 

China

 

I have loved thee with an everlasting love... Jeremiah 31: 3

Nĭ hăo, hello, today we are going to talk a little bit about China.

China is the third largest country and has the largest population, with over 1.4 billion people living there. The capital and largest city of China is Beijing. 

* The yuan is the Chinese currency .

* China has only one time zone.

* Chopsticks were originally used just for cooking.

* All the pandas in the world belong to China.

* The great wall of China is 13,170.70 mi. long(21,296 km.)

*If they were stretched out the railway lines in China would reach around the world twice.

It is estimated that Christianity is the fastest growing religion in China despite the fact that it is a communist country. But no one knows exactly how many Christians there are because many of them are secret believers who have to have secret church and meet in houses or places other than the church.

Hudson Taylor is a well-known missionary. He went to China as a young man and eventually started China Inland Mission. It was in reading about him and the work he did in China, as well as learning about China in general that sparked the interest in me as a second grader to go to China. I probably sound like a girl with a lot of imagination, which is true, wanting to go to so many different countries. 😀

China Inland Mission worked in China for many years until many of the missionaries were forced to leave when communism began in 1949 and in 1950 all the missionaries were told to leave. But instead of being discouraged and quitting they decided to do what they could for the surrounding countries. In 1964 CIM changed their name to OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship). For the whole story Click Here. Or if you're interested in reading more about what they do, ways you can get involved, and prayer needs, check out OMF International.

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Now I have two books I'd like to introduce to you.

 

The one on the left A Greater Call is about the life of a man from China. It tells of his growing up years, how he came to know the Lord and some of the many ways he has responded to God's call to tell other people about Jesus. It gives a glimpse at what it is like for the Christians in China and can give us ideas of things to pray for. 

 

The second book No More a Stranger is the life story of Jacob Eckert a man who's parents fled to China from Russia when he was very small.  He grew up in China and eventually moved to Canada after communism took over. In this book he tells about life in China as a stranger; the good things, and bad things, the happy and sad and it gives a picture of how life is more in the little villages of China. Unfortunately I couldn't find any where that you can buy this book online, so why am I sharing this with you? because if you ever do find it and if you enjoy true stories, it is a good book, showing how God takes care of His people no matter where they are and He is always drawing us to Himself. We aren't strangers with Him.

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And last of all, our project for the day: Dry-erase activity book-markers.

 

What you'll need:

paper cutter

colored paper

pen, pencil, sharpie, or other writing utensil

scissors

hole punch (opt.)

Laminate or contact paper 

I know I showed how to make book marks before, but these are different as you will soon see.

Choose a size for your bookmark.  It can be however big or small you want.  I made mine 5"x 2 3/4".

 

 

I've had children sit with me in church before and they don't always like to just hold still.  A good way to keep them entertained is by making them matching activities or dots to trace. But who wants to be making activities for a child in church? So, you can make these bookmarks to entertain them. The above picture is a matching one. 

 

For this one the child will cross off the odd picture in each row. You can also do dot-to-dots, tracing, or whatever other brainy idea you have.

 

Once you have an activity on both the front and back of your book mark cut two pieces of laminate or contact paper that are about 1/2" wider and taller than your bookmark. Pull the paper off the first piece of laminate and center the bookmark on it. Next peel the paper off the second piece of laminate and lay it on top or figure out what works best for lining it up.  Try to keep it straight and not get bubbles in it.  By laminating your bookmark it will last longer and to write on it all you need is a dry-erase marker. Do the activity, erase it, and do it again!

 

Did you know that you can also get Dry-erase crayons? They work the same as the markers and you don't have to always make sure they have a lid.

 

This is my finished product. (sorry the picture isn't the best) I did punch a hole in the top, but then I decided I don't want a ribbon in the top so I'll just let it like that.

 

 

Here are two more that I made.

Have a blessed day.  Good-bye, Zià jiàn

 

Sources: World book Encyclopedia, 1985

www.china-admissions.com

OMF International