Exploring London - Part 3

Did the tourist round of visiting famous landmarks, but with Kingsley's help, it was an insider's view of London.

Greenwich is quite interesting really, with a nice park, Cutty Sark and the Observatory for measuring time zones. Did my rounds at Big Ben, House of Parliament, Embankment, Covent Garden (the market is a disappointment), Soho, Westminster Abbey and paid my respects at Buckingham Palace.

I'm amazed at how involved Kingsley is with the Chinese church. It's a fledgling church near his home and due to the smallness of the congregation, many of them have to double up as church advisors, elders etcetra. At the opening ceremony of his previous church, it was really sad to hear about how churches have to close down due to lack of support from a dwindling congregation. But God instead made something good out of it - the English church which perviously owned the building decided to sell the building below valuation to the growing Chinese church. It boasts of an excellent location (right opposite Chinatown) and many Chinese speakers could now worship God right in the heart of town.

Passed by a church whom I will not name here and am shocked to discover that a market place has been set up to earn income for the parish. Worse, the market place is selling religious trinkets and other items that certainly have no place in a Christian house of worship.

So dead tired after a weekend of walks, poor Kingsley fared worse as he had a hectic work schedule.