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Positive Expressions Vancouver Toastmasters Speaking Club

It’s not easy to make up an adventurous story without any preparation. That is what I did at my first time in Toastmaster. The president gave a story starting with two passengers negligently exchanging their luggage at the airport, and then called up each name to continue the story from last person. Increasingly, the story turned into a gangster movie after finding 1 million dollars of drug money in one of the bags. I was the person supposed to close the story by giving an impressive ending. But forgive me anyhow, the ending is ugly.

At least, I took a significant step towards public speaking and learned a lot from other speakers. Communication is not just about the language. To grasp audiences’ attention immediately and constantly is an art. To become a competent public speaker is by deliberate practice. I started to enjoy it ~

Nature Art Walk in Stanley Park

What a lovely day it was in Stanley Park with a group of artists, known from Meetup. It is a good time to pick up my drawing skills and an opportunity to meet local artists. We gathered at 9 am at Terminal of No.19, then split up into two groups. The group I joined headed towards Beaver Lake, where it was nearly dried up in the summer. The leader of our group, a naturalist of Stanley Park, interpreted how human’s living habits interrelate with ecological. I was fascinated by the topic of self defense against wild animal attacks. We should certainly react differently when encountering different animals; for example, we can play dead when coming across a bear but scare away a coyote by shrieking.

All in all, I had a great time talking with people from various fields and picking up plein-air sketching. I may do the same thing with my art students one day~

Sunday School and Service @ Antioch Church

It was our great pleasure to have Eden Bliss Singers as our guest speakers on Sunday Service. Their singing was amazing and touching. Although they are blind, God can use their limitation to make them productive in His kingdom. God makes His people weak in order to strengthen them by power.

In the same way, God’s work has transformed my life and I hope that it will transform other people through me. It is a privilege to serve other people by using the gift God gives; it becomes my desire, passion and goal to glorify God and honor Him in my life.

I have taught kids art and Bible stories in Sunday School for 10 years. Seeing them growing in grace and in knowledge of God is really rewarding and well worth the effort.

Another experience I gained is collaboration and teamwork. All departments worked together as one and helped each other when there was a need.