Written by Evelyn
We have been organizing an online hangout, "We Practice English," for about a year. On the first and third Thursday evenings each month, we meet on Zoom for about 1 hour to practice English conversation with English learners worldwide. Here is a brief report about our last meeting.
On Thursday, September 16, we began a new series, "Journey Through Time using FriendSpeak sessions in the book of Luke to practice speaking, reading, and comprehending the English language. We had 12 guests from around the world: New was Jing from China lives in Canada, Naoko – Japan, Sammie – Japan, Eugenia resided in Danville, CA for 30 years now lives in Taiwan, Luis – Peru. Other regular guests were Elmer – Singapore, Omid – Iran, Javier, Pablo, Gabriel – Argentina, Kathy _ Singapore, and Carlos – Honduras.
We all had a good time reading and discussing the Bible lessons, although we have different backgrounds and religious faith. Young adults from around the world are very open to using the Bible to practice English. They also are interested in what the scriptures mean. We treat each other with respect.
We remind ourselves that for I know His Word will never return to Him void, Is 55:10-11.
From now on, we will blog about our meeting. So feel free to join us.
I am still amazed as to how open all these young adults are to the Bible. They truly enjoyed reading the verses, practicing the words, comprehending and answering the few questions. So very exciting for me. God just keeps bringing great blessings to us and our guests.
Wish I could join you on Thursday evenings. Steve teaches a class on each Thursday evening but perhaps I will pop in someday! I am enjoying my time with Kathy every Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning for her). Sharon