The Burning Flame

I did not regret joining the Derbyshire Church camp.

It was a camp that ORTV set up for overseas Chinese based in UK. You could see so many Chinese people gathering together to worship God together in Mandarin.

It was a unique feeling and what amazed me most was that many of them were very new believers, but rooted strongly in the Word and very fervent for the things of God.

While I tried my best to follow the Scripture in Mandarin, I must admit that jet lag got the better of me. It was so embarrassing to be nodding off during service, sermon and benediction.

But I digress. Worshipping with them led me to ask some questions of my own. While Kingsley sees himself as a Chinese and not as a Singaporean and affirms his Chinese identity thoroughly, for me, being a visitor and having always worshipped in an English service, I tend to see myself by my nationality first and foremost.

But truly and surely, Scripture does teach that all tribes of every tongue will worship the Lord God in spirit and in truth, and it is in this spirit that I began to love and respect my fellow brethern from other lands.