2012 Updates

January 2012
* January 1, Sun, took PA students from Vision 2012 conference to metro
* January 1, Sun, visited Nathan to church
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February 2012
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2011 Updates

2011 纪事

2011

January, 2011
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February, 2011
* February 07, ski at Whitetail Resort, Mercersburg, PA; 6 students attended
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March, 2011
* March 12, Sat, GWCBS prayer meeting, Tom attended
* March 26, Sat, square dance at Cherrydale Baptist Church
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April, 2011
* April 11, Mon, GWCBS meeting in telecon; Priscilla attended
* April 24, Sun, baptism, 3 students (Hu, Tu, Yu)
* April 25-29, Mon-Fri, Priscilla attended COM training at Philadelphia
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May, 2011
* May 12, Thu, GWCBS meeting in telecon format
* May 15, Sun, graduate farewell party at Cherrydale Baptist Church;
     about 50 attended including about 15 graduates
* May 27-30, Fri-Mon, gospel camp at Eastern University, St. Davis, PA
     22 attended, including 6 students and 6 unbelievers
     “生之追尋”福音營
     Quest for Life Gospel Camp
     http://www.rccc.org/gcamp/

June, 2011
* June 11, Sat, GWCBS prayer meeting
* June 11, Sat, we visited Sister Lu, who will join Haiti Medical Mission on July 8-16;
* June 25, Sat, we had Bible study with Sister Tang, who will relocate on July 10;

July, 2011
* July 9, Sat, GWCBS had monthly prayer meeting and coworker meeting;
* July 16, Sat, Tom started the River House ministry in River House Apartments;
* July 23, Sat, Priscilla had Bible study with Sister Li, and visited Brother Tao;
* July 30, Sat, GWCBS had hiking in Catoctin Mountain Park, Turmont, MD; around 50 joined;
* July 30, Sat, we had Ren and Zhang as guests to our house; later Tom visited Zeng and Hu in River House;

August, 2011
* August 2-23, Tom was out of town.  
* August, picked up new students at airports
* August 26, Sat, welcome party, around 90 attended; 
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September, 2011
* September 2-5, Fri-Mon, we took 7 students to COM Labor Day Retreat;
* September 11, Sun, baptism of Pan, Chai, Hu, Li, and Dong at CFC (Christian Fellowship Church, Ashburn, VA);
* September 15, Sun, Priscilla had Bible study with Lu;
* September 17-19, Fri-Mon, Tom resumed the River House Ministry, visited Huang, Li, Zeng, and Luo;

* September 24, Sat, Tom visited Min, Jiang, Ren

* September 25, Sun, five students attended Cherrydale service with Tom;

October, 2011
* October 1, Sat, Tom visited Fu;
* October 8, Sat, Priscilla and Tom Visited Zhuang, Zhang; Tom shared the gospel with three students at Zhang's place;
* October 9, Sun, two students attended Cheerydale service with Tom;

* October 9, Sun, Tom visited Zhang and Chow in the evening;

* October 15, Sat, Priscilla had Bible study with Li, Hu; Tom visited Zeng;

* October 16, Sun, four students attended Cherrydale service with Tom; 

* October 27, Sun, two students attended Cherrydale service with Tom; 

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November, 2011
* November 22, Thu, seven students joined to Thanksgiving diner hosted by church families
* November 23, Fri, Zhou visited us, who is a GWU graduate and works in OH
* November 28, Mon, minivan was broken down due to transmission failure
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December, 2011

* December 11, Sun, visited Alice, and shared gospel with her mom and boyfriend
* December 30, Fri, visited Nathan at the Vision 2012 conference site
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2010 Updates

2010 纪事

2010

January, 2010

* 01/02 Sat, Tai-li invited 26 students to home, and trip to shopping center, i-max, and outlet
* 01/03 Sun, Tom invited 2 students to home, as follow-up of the Vision 09 Conference
* 01/09 Sat, ski at Liberty Mountain Resort, PA; 13 GWU students joined to Chinese Grace Fellowship (UMd) activity.
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February, 2010

* 02/13 Sat, Chinese New Year event at North Virginia Chinese Baptist Church, Fairfax, VA; about 20 students joined;
* 02/20 Sat, Joint Campus Chinese New Year Event at Chinese Bible Church of Maryland; about 25 students joined;
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March, 2010

* 03/18 Thu, Tom took 6 students to KTV
* 03/19-21 Fri-Sun, evangelistic meetings at Chinese Bible Church of Maryland, Rockville, MD; about 15 students joined separately;
* 03/28 Sun, Easter Play at Emmanuel Bible Church, Springfield, VA; 21 students joined;
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April, 2010

* 04/04 Sun, four students were baptized, three in Christian Fellowship Church; they are Luo, Cheng, Yu, and Deng;
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May, 2010

* 05/28-31 Fri-Mon, ISI Buffalo International Conference, NY; 10 students joined;
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June, 2010

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July, 2010

* 07/25-08/28, pick up new students at airports
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August, 2010

* 08/14 Sat, evangelistic meeting of Rockville Evangelical Mission, MD; about 10 students joined;
* 08/29 Sun, Christian Fellowship Church, baptism at pond in Camp Highroad, VA; 6 baptized students Dai, Zheng, Lu, Tang, Wang, and Zeng; about 50 students observed;
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September, 2010

* 09/03-09/06 Fri-Mon, COM Labor Day Retreat at Summer's Best Two Weeks, Boswell, PA; 9 students joined
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October, 2010

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November, 2010

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December, 2010

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2009 Updates

2009 纪事

2009

January, 2009

* 01/02 Sat, GWCBS invited Pastor Jonathan Chiu as special speaker; three students accepted Jesus.
* 01/24 Sat, around 10 students from GWCBS attended the Chinese New Year program of NVCBC.
* 01/30 Fri, GWCBS held the Chinese New Year special program; Pastor David Chen was invited as the special speaker.
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February, 2009

* 02/01 Sun, Sister Xiao and Zhao from GWCBS were baptized in CFC.
* 02/14 Sat, a special activity for Valentine's Day at Tai-li's house; group games in the afternoon, outdoor pool in the evening
* 02/21 Sat, skip at Whitetail resort, a group of 11
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March, 2009

* 03/14 Sat, trip to Philly, a group of 15 from GWCBS joined to Grace Fellowship of UM
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April, 2009

* 04/05 Sun, Brother Zhuang and Sister Liu from GWCBS were baptized in CFC.
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May, 2009

* 05/22 Fri - 05/25 Mon, ISI Conference at Buffalo, NY; 18 people including 13 scholars and students
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June, 2009

* 06/06 Sat, Tom invited 7 GWU students for dumpling and songing
* 06/13 Sat, Tom invited 6 GWU students for dumpling and sharing
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July, 2009

* 07/04 Sat - 07/05 Sun, Chantilly Bible Church retreat at Falling Waters, WV
* 07/26 Sun - 4 students baptized at lake, Camp Highroad near Middleburg, VA; Zhu, Wang, Wang, Tao
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August, 2009

* 08/10 Mon, more new students coming; since 07/15 we started to pick up students, after 08/10 it turned busy to help students to settle down
* 08/14 Fri - 08/16 Sun, camping at Pint Lookout State Park, MD; 30 people including 14 students
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September, 2009

* 09/04 Fri -09/07 Mon, COM retreat at Summer's Best Two Weeks in Boswell, PA; 18 people including 11 students
* 09/11 Fri, Welcome party of GWCBS; 170* people including 100* students (* the estimate numbers)
* 09/20 Sun, James Chen (GWU) and Yvonne Huang were baptized at Calvery Lutheran Church, Arlington, VA
* 09/27 Sun, Dang and Qing (GU) were baptized at Northern Virginia Chinese Baptist Church (NVCBC), Fairfax, VA
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October, 2009

* 10/03 Sat, NVCBC Moon Festival event; about 35 students came.
* 10/04 Sun, Gu, Yang, and Sun three students were baptized at Christian Fellowship Church, Ashburn, VA; 20 students attended
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* 10/11 Sun, apple pick at Home-Stead Farm, MD; three students and one scholar joined.
* 10/25 Sun, fall outing at regional parks (Northern Virginia, and Algonkian); three scholars and 11 students joined.
* 10/26-30 Mon-Fri, Priscilla attended COM training conference.
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November, 2009

* 11/7 Sat, fall outing at Prince William Forest Park, VA; one scholar and 24 students joined.
* 11/15 Sun, Priscilla attended COM colleague Simon's ordination.
* 11/26 Thu, Thanksgiving dinner, Tom invited 5 students to home
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December, 2009

* 12/26 Sat, trip to Longwood Gardens, PA; 7 students joined
* 12/28 Mon--01/01 Friday, Bridges Vision 09 Conference, New Brunswick, NJ; 4 students joined
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2008 Updates

2008 纪事

2008

January, 2008

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February, 2008

* 02/09 Sat, ski, 19 people joined including 11 students.
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March, 2008

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April, 2008

* 04/22 , Priscilla attended COM training.
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May, 2008

* 05-30 Fri - 06/01 Sun, Camping with CBC Chinese congregation, Lake Anna State Park
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June, 2008

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July, 2008

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August, 2008

* 08-29 Fri - 09/01 Mon, COM Retreat, Summer's Best Two Weeks, Poswell, PA
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September, 2008

* 09/05 Fri, new students welcome gathering
* 09/06 Sat, home dinner at Tai-li and James' house
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October, 2008

* 10/04 Sat, Apple Pick at Larriland Farm, Woodbine, MD
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November, 2008

* 11/1-2 Sun-, Priscilla attended COM training conference.
* 11/29 Sat, baptism of Chen
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December, 2008

* 12/24-25 Tue-Wed, Trip to New York City with six students; we attended the Christmas Eve gathering of New Life Chinese Alliance Church;
* 12/26-27 Fri-Sat, Two trips to Mount Vernon, the estate and gardens of George Washington
* 12/28-01/01 Sun-Thu, Vision 08 Conference sponsored by Bridges International, , and book sale
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2007 Updates

2007 纪事

2007

June, 2007

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July, 2007

* 07-28 Sat -- Georgetown University, two-month program students outting at Great Falls, VA


August, 2007

* 08-04 Sat -- George Mason University, Students Fellowship, the second preparation meeting
* 08-09 Thu -- Georgetown University, Thursday night gathering;
* 08-15 Wed -- pick up 3 students at airport
** 08-26 Sun -- George Mason University, BBQ party at Van Dyck Park, after Sunday service; The main program will start from 3:30PM and BBQ from 5:00PM.
* 08-23 Thu -- Georgetown University, Bible study
* 08-30 Thu -- Georgetown University, Welcome Party

September, 2007

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December, 2007

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