June13~14* On the way to Taizé...

In mid of April 2010, Revd. Wong invited me to consider for the 3 months stay in Taize.

In mid of May 2010, I had an "interview" with Revd. Lam. He told me something about Taize. 

And finally, after a month I have applied the application, he confirmed I could visit Taize for 3 months!!! How excited I was but followed with the anxiety...

Because of this stay, I got to know Annie, who helped me a lot for the arrangements before I went to Taize. She is a very nice person! After she told me what should I prepared, I asked her to pray for me, and I felt more peaceful to make the decision.  :)

I knew that it must be God's plan and I'm so grateful that I could be one of the lucky person, it's just like a dream... I couldn't believe I was the lucky one!

It like an adventure for me : with the very poor English skill, 1 st time to go out Asia; 1 st time to travel alone; 1 st time to leave home for 3 months! WOW! 

God choose the foolishness!

But I really give thanks to God, HE gave me such an precious experience, HE love me sooooo much!

Also, thanks so much for my family and friends, gave me a lot of Love and encouragement before I left HK.

Lovely Hoyee and CC :)

Special thanks to Hoyee, the permanent in Taize of 2009, she helped me a lot esp. for my  mind's preparation! :D

I finished the exam on 8 June, and I only have 5 days to prepare my trip because I need to come back HK in early of September for my beginning of school of my final year!!!

I was really really really nervous!!!!!!!!!! I still don't know what's exactly I was nervous about... it seems like toooooooooooooo rush!!! everything not prepared well... the bills, the school fees, the stuffs in my home......etc....

These 5 days before I left, I bought many stuffs to Taize, like souvenirs of HK, cloths, daily commodities...etc. 

The most important thing --> had a hair cut! :D

Also I had farewell dinnersssss with my family and friends every night... hahaha... it's just too exaggerated :P

Farewell dinnersssss :)

A thing begun is half done... 萬事起頭難！

Dear all my friends esp. my Taize friends:

Finally, I got some time to establish this blog!

The main reason for me to establish this website is I would like to have a sharing of my stay in Taize last year...

right... it's already a year! I felt a bit guilty that it was such a long time but I still couldn't find out some time to begin!

And now, in my summer holiday, I would like to update it everyday, like the time is going back to last summer!

I'll add some pictures and videos day-by-day! :D

To begin, I would like to share the article I wrote for selection before I was confirmed to go to Taize in May 2010.

One more thing, I know my English is really horrible, but I still wish all of my friends around the world can understand what I am writing about. So, please be patient when you read it :P and sometime maybe I'll write Chinese if the meaning is not easy to translate :D

My article for Taizé

My name is Pang Wai Sze, CC. I am a Christian of the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal). I am now 21 years old and I believed in God since I was 12, and I got baptised when I was 18.

I was not grown up in a Christian family, I believed in God because I studied in a Christian secondary school and was influenced by the religious atmosphere. God’s work had great impact to me when my father passed away when I was 17. Bible said: “Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.” This is true. My father got baptised just one week before he passed away. I believe that it must be God’s work. This sudden change made me grow up and also started to affect my family to believe in God. Although my mother and sister are not ready to be a Christian, I still believe God is leading us and now we can look forward to meet dad in heaven in one day.

I enjoy my church life very much. Since God first loved us, we establish a very close relationship among brothers and sisters. In my teenage, church mates led me to explore myself from activities and functions. And then I started to participate actively in those church functions. Such as being a member of church choir; joining the music worship team of the diocesan; helping to organize a joint-church fellowship in the diocesan; to be the organizer of a revival camp in church. These activities helped me to be more committed in church and learn to how to have proper attitude towards serving God. These are the gifts that God gave me. I enjoy to serve God because I really hope more people can hear his gospel, know the good news of God, especially my family, my relatives and many friends that are still confused in the world.

I believe it would be enjoyable and comfortable experience in the common prayer of Taizé. The reason that I wish to come to Taizé is I feel the need of revival for my spirit. I know Taizé is a pure paradise, people need to have quiet mind to be there. The daily living in Hong Kong is rush, everyone is under high pressure. Although I am a student, it is hard for me to find just a little silent moment in a day. I hope I can be there to learn how to be with God in silence; to learn how to listen from the others; to learn how we live out our faith in God. I hope I can find out another ways to enjoy life or to find a deeper meaning of God of their lives after staying in Taizé. If I can be there, it would be a chance to revive my life, to help me grow, and to give me something that still lives with me. After I go back from Taizé, I will share this to everyone. I think the most important thing is to live out my faith, live like Jesus Christ.