One month

Hey everyone,

It has been exactly one month since I returned home from China. The Olympics have come and gone, and all of the blissful, harmonious excitement that went along with them will soon be washed away as "life in America" starts to take over again.

School, work, presidential elections, hurricanes, celebrity scandals, social drama; all of these things will soon occupy our time and the TV stations, and the glory of Beijing will soon fade away into the thick, foggy, humid background of our minds.

I've been really busy lately, which is somewhat bad, because I still have not completely finished unpacking, but also it is very good, because everything in my life since returning has been full and bright and wonderful. I have had a lot to do either way.

But, I know that I will not forget Beijing. I will never forget Sichuan, or the people there, or the people at T.I.P. that I worked with, or my students which I grew close with, or the way that I found God alive and well in both in the big smoggy city of Beijing and also the remote rural farmlands of Shiban village in Sichuan.
Everything I experienced in China was beautiful and unforgettable, and my memories of these places will not diminish as the headlines do.

I am thankful and fortunate because I was asked to speak at my church one Sunday and share about my trip. It was a blessing being able to pass on the things that I was blessed with while I was there.

But also, a large part of me knows that so many stories are still left untold - that there are countless things I must write about, somewhere, here, even, but then so many more that I will be unable to tell.

I still need money to pay off my debt to teachoverseas.org - so I'm going to write letters about my trip and send them out soon.
Hopefully that will be a good way to summarize my thoughts.

Also, I've added more pictures to my older posts, so go back and read them!

Xie xie!

Back in America!

Hey everyone, I'm back at home and all my flights went really well.
:)

It's good to be back, and China was amazing, and I hope you are all watching the Olympics now because they are incredible.

I think I will continue to update this blog from time to time, as my mind is able to sort through everything that happened to me during my time in China.

But for now, thanks for reading and for your prayers and support, I was truly blessed!

Also just keep praying that I get the financial support that I need, because I still owe teach overseas a lot of money!

Xie xie

我爱你 Beijing!

Almost all of the summer staff have left T.I.P. and there are only a few of us left who are not staying until the end of August.
It has really been an amazing time and I love and miss everyone very much!

Two days ago I went to the Summer Palace in Beijing, and also the Bird's nest stadium and the olympic village! It was all really amazing, even though it randomly rained off and on and soaked all of us to the bone.

Since I'm still around the campus I have been helping with the new session that just started. Interviewing new students and things like that. It's nice, but I'm sad I won't get to get to know all of these students as well as my own from last session.

Anyway, today I'm going to meet my dear friend Becca and her "group" at the Airport because she is just arriving in Beijing today!
Woohoo!
I hope we get to do some great work and have some fun before I leave!

I might get one more chance to post before I go back to Americ, but I'm not entirely sure.
If not,I love you all, and thanks for reading!

Speeches and the end of T.I.P

Life back at Beida fen xiao is going well, but sadly, T.I.P. is almost over!

The graduation ceremony is tomorrow morning, and tonight we had a huge party and went into town and had dinner and then KTV!

It was great fun and I wish that time was not running out!
Everything seems like it happened so fast!

In the next few days I plan to travel a little in Beijing and meet up with my dear friend Becca when she arrives here with her church!

I guess I didn't write very much right now... but it's late and that's about all I have to say for now!

Goodnight!

Back in Beijing!

The four of us who went to Sichuan just got back to T.I.P. this morning at around 6 am!

The 27 hour train ride went really well, and I have so many stories to tell I don't even know where to begin!!!

I will have to tell more about the adventures we had there - about the train rides and meeting the children, and living in the village of Shiban, and living in the Camps with the people, and being caught in a lightning storm, and getting to know Jessie, learning Chinese, singing Hokie-Pokie until I lost my voice, meeting the village "butcher", climbing up a mountain to find crazy mountain cows, seeing whole cities destroyed and displaced from the earthquake, meeting Phillip and Bill and Spencer and Louie, seeing the beautiful Sichuan countryside, hiking across a river, celebrating Hannah's birthday in Guangyuan, being in a restaurant during a huge earthquake, playing speed with Connor and "Warm" on the train, riding motorcycles with random Chinese people, sleeping in dirt and showering in cold water with other people, being sick and taking Chinese medicine, eating pig face and chicken feet for lunch, peeing in piles of poop, growing closer to God, learning the stories of the people, crying when we hugged the children goodbye, sharing all the love I know and have with everyone I met, and just all around experiencing every thrilling aspect about the journey.

Many, many, many, more stories (and literally thousands of pictures) to come!

To Sichuan and beyond

Today we went to Haidian church again in Beijing, and tonight was a very wonderful night because all of our classes preformed for the talent show and it was a quite hilarious and happy experience! My class even had a song that mentioned me. I felt really special. :)

But, well, right now I am trying to get things all prepared and settled at TIP because...

I am going to Sichuan!

That's right, tomorrow morning at 8 am I am going to take a 27 hour train ride to the center of China in order to help with the earthquake relief efforts.

Man this trip changes everything...
It will be sad and strange leaving all of the people here at TIP and leaving my students during the second week of their session, the good news though is that I will be back to see them them again, but the weirdest thing will be leaving the structure and environment here on campus.

I won't have internet for about a week so I won't be updating this blog! But everything will be well I think, just keep me in thoughts your prayers!

Also a shout out to my dad - It's his birthday next week but I might not get to wish him happy birthday on the actual day!
So Happy Birthday!

An update and a request for me to work in Sichuan

Things have been going really well here and the students have been working very hard!

Today is Saturday and I did not have to work today, so me and a few other facilitators went into Changping to go shopping and it was a very lovely day!

Earlier this week we rescued a kitten that was stuck in the Ceiling, but, perhaps I will explain more about that later, because for now I wanted to tell you about something that I might do next week, but I am still praying about it.

I was asked this morning if I would be able to travel to the Sichuan province (which is in the southern/central part of China - the area that was devastated by the earthquake) to work at a children's camp there. They need a lot of help there, what with the villages being destroyed and everything, and me being asked to go and work there for about a week was an important and exciting opportunity.
If I went, I would leave on Monday (in two days) and be there for about a week, but we are not sure exactly how much help is needed there so the time may vary.

The only problem is that I am going to need about $250 more in order to travel and stay there, and considering the fact that I still owe TeachOverseas more than $1000, things are not looking good. But the need is great, and my heart is open, and I know that if I am meant to go, I will be able to, but at this very moment I do not have the means!

If you are unsure about the extent of the damage in Sichcuan, or the need for volunteers to go there and work, just google "Sichuan Earthquake" to see.

So, dear friends and family and readers of this blog, If you are interested in supporting me, and not only me but the Chinese people here and God work in this country, please email me at: MorganA.Miller@gmail.com

Thank you a million times over for your support and prayers!

Beijing on a very rainy day.

Today was the second day of teaching, and everything is going wonderfully - the only unfortunate thing was that a torrential downpour occurred out of nowhere during the middle of the day, and small floods occurred and stairs became waterfalls, and while I was wading through a river that was once a street back to class, a huge hole ripped in my umbrella and soaked me to the bone. Dang crazy Chinese Government-controlled weather.

But besides that, things have been great, though at times a little stressful. The students are all wonderful, and my class, class M, is Magnificent!

When the students arrived and went through interviews on Sunday, they were told to chose an English name for the duration of T.I.P. and some of the more interesting named people that I have met so far include: Vinson, Prince, Panda, Gladiator, Snow, Charmian, Swift, and my personal favorite: Future!

Teaching has not been very difficult for me because the goal of the T.I.P. program is to get the students speaking in English, so I don't actually have to spend very much time standing there and talking, I usually just introduce an activity and then they gladly participate in it. In fact, I am not even a "teacher," I am a "facilitator!"

Usually I am not requited to help the students understand the basics of English (besides new vocabulary), because most of them have studied English since middle school, and, surprisingly, almost all of them are English teachers!
"How can this be?" you ask, "If they can barely speak English?"
Well, the thing is, in China, everyone learns and teaches English by speaking in Chinese, so most of the students know more grammar and vocabulary than I do, but they have never spoken in English before, because they have never been required to.
The most important thing in the Chinese school system is passing the test, so whether or not someone can speak a language is not as important as if they get a high grade on the test.

So this immersion program is very different in that regard; we have no grades or tests, but instead we encourage everyone to know their ABC's:

Attack your limitations!
Build your confidence!
Commit yourself!

Ok, goodnight everyone!

Beijing on a sunny day

Things are certainly picking up here at the T.I.P!

I got to meet all of my new students in class M, which is a higher level class, so all of them speak English really well!

Today was a gloriously sunny day unlike any I have seen in Beijing. The air was completely clear and as we drove into the city, I could see for kilometers and kilometers!
It almost made me miss sunny southern California.

This morning at church I sat next to a young Chinese man, and he asked me how long I had been attending Hiadian Church, and I told him, "This is only my third time here, because I have only been in China for two and a half weeks." And he replied, "I have been coming here for about sree months, but I am not a Christian."
I thought that that was a strange bit of information for someone to share with me the first time I met them in church, so after a moment i inquired: "Why?"
And he said, "Well, it seems difficult to be a Christian because there are many things that I still want to figure out. But also I really like coming here because my sister comes here, and I think that it is really a very, very nice place."

And I would agree.

But that is all I have to say for now because I am going to get some sleep - I need to wake up at 6 to have breakfast with the students!

Student Interviews

Happy July 4th!

Today was quite a day!
I woke up this morning to my roommate Laura packing all of her bags, and it was a very sad sight to see her go, but we all knew that it was for the best, and we had a peace about her leaving, although we will miss her dearly!

But there wasn't much time for grief, because the students arrived today!

But before they could get settled into their dorm buildings, there was a need for us (the T.I.P. staff) to move around a hundred beds from the 5th floor of one building to the second floor of another, and it was quite a task!
We set up another assembly line on 10 flights of stairs and passed mattresses down them until we all were soaked with sweat. It hasn't rained the last few days so it's be HOT! The greatest thing though, about working as a team in this fashion is the feeling of purpose that comes with it. Standing on the 4th story of a huge building endlessly passing mattress pad after blanket after mattress pad can start to seem tedious, especially when you aren't able to see the big picture of what you are doing. But knowing that what are you doing has a great purpose, and that without you there, things will won't function as well, is encouraging. I hope that everyone can find their place, even if it is seems small and sweaty and insignificant at the time.

After that we did the student interviews, which were very exciting!
We were dressed very professionally, and the students came into a class and we talked to them to determine their English speaking level. I had a few students from every level that I interviewed, but I knew that all of them would grow immensely throughout their time at T.I.P., whether they were able to fluently converse with me or if when I asked, "How are you?" they responded, "Yes."

I'm eager to start working in the classroom with these students!

We were all pretty tired after the long day, but we ended the night by having a crazy 4th of July party in our dorm!
It was probably one of the most fun and interesting independence days that I have ever celebrated. There was ice cream and Chinese "fireworks". Which were quite a blast!

And big news about tomorrow, it is orientation day for the students, and also me and the 4 other girls in our gross old dorm get to move into the really, really nice dorms! I'm so excited, you have no idea.

And here is a picture of the facilitator team here, who are all amazing!

T.I.P. assembly line

We are almost ready for the students to arrive; they all come tomorrow!

Tonight we spent a few hours in the Library assembly-line-passing a few hundred chairs and desks up and down 3 flights of stairs in preparation for the opening ceremony.
It was tiring work, but we make quite a team!

All is going well here! The sunshine even came out for today for the third time since I've been in China. We are eager to see what will occur in the next few days.

The only bad news is that my roommate Laura that was really sick is going home so she can get some testing done. I'm really sad about it!
But we all prayed with her and have a peace about her going home, though we will miss her greatly.

Pray that all goes well with the students!

Oh! And my address here is:
TIP Teacher Morgan Miller
Peking University, Changping Campus
Changping District, Beijing
P.R China 102249

Happy July

It's hard to believe that it's already July!

This is a random picture of some of the things my roommate and I have been drinking since I got here. We collected them all on a gross shelf in our room for this picture. :)

Things have been progressing quite well here at the T.I.P program and we are finally almost done with our training. The students arrive this week!

I received the roll of the games facilitator and also the facilitator for the Travel Club!
Woohoo!

It's going to take a lot of preparation to get ready for the new classes, and we are all busy and eager preparing for it.

On a not so wonderful note, my roommate Laura got really sick this morning and has been sick and in bed all day, please pray that she'll get better and that our other teammates won't fall ill.

God has a lot to do here!

I love Beijing more than ever!

We went to the Haidian Church in Beijing again this morning and it was amazing.

Then Sarah and I went across the City, which required a taxi cab ride (my first one!) and then three subway rides, and then a long walk after that.
It was pretty amazing.

I'm actually really tired out right now because Beijing is such a fast-paced and chaotic city.

But I just wanted to let y'all know that everything is going well and I am loving China more and more and more everyday! And the title of this post is what is says on a t-shirt that they are selling everywhere, I'm thinking I might get one. :)

The Forbidden City!

Today was Saturday so we didn't do any of the normal T.I.P. activities, and so we went into downtown Beijing!

First we went to the Temple of Heaven, which was absolutely gorgeous.

And then we went to Tiananmen Square and then on through to the Forbidden City. It was amazing! I'm glad that it is no longer forbidden. :)

After that we went to Wangfujing Street and walked all around and then had dinner from some of the street vendor people, and I ate fried scorpions!! They tasted pretty good actually, but it was kinda gross feeling the legs all crunching around in my mouth.

Beijing is such a busy, incredible, crazy, and fast-paced city! I really think that I would like to stay here for much longer, especially considering that everything is so inexpensive and I am starting to learn some Chinese!

OK, it's getting really late. Tomorrow morning we go again to the Haidian Church, which I am very excited about.
I have much more to say and about 800 more pictures to upload, but for now, I'm going to bed!

Goodnight and I love you all!

Cross-culture

It has gotten cooler during the day because of the continued G.I. rain, but not much has changed in the daily flow of life at T.I.P.

Today in devotions we learned more about the Chinese culture, and things like Guanxi and "Saving Face" which are still difficult for me to understand at times.

It is hard sometimes to transition in this new culture, what with the squatty potties, the huge crowds, the odd table manners, and the fact that as a "foreigner" I am constantly stared at no matter where I go.

But then we were presented with the life of Christ: How much more difficult would it have been for the God of the universe to transition to life on Earth? That must have been quite a culture shock!
It was a comforting thing to think about, and it is always good to know that God can more than empathize with any cultural trouble that I am having while I am here in China.

I am reminded of the lyric from the Jon Foreman song: "This world is where I breathe, but let it never be called home!"

As of this moment, I still owe $1340 to the TeachOverseas company who has graciously allowed me to come to China despite the fact that I have not fully paid them.

If you feel called to further God's work through this ministry, I would encourage you to visit: http://teachoverseas.org/contribute.php

Make sure that if you do want to donate, type in my name so it goes toward my account.

Thank you very much!

To make a difference

All is still well here in China, but the "fake" rain continues...

I'd say overall I have not been "shocked" by the culture here, I mean, I expected it to be a different culture, but I tried not to come with a lot of expectations other than that. So it has been good.
The things that I find unusual are typically very subtle and hard to explain. Maybe I will attempt to explain them at another time. :)

We spent more time training today and we got to make our first lesson plan and teach our first English class. It was really exciting!

But as much as I like the teaching part of this program, it's even better to talk to the Chinese students during lunch and in between sessions, where I can really get to know them and hear about their lives and where they are from and all of that. It's really pretty amazing.

Today when I was having lunch with one of the students, she asked me: "What is mean by 'To make a difference?' What are those words meaning?"

And so I tried to explain to her as best as I could, "to make a difference" means to bring about a change, etc. And then that is when I realized that this is the very reason that I am here in China.
To make a difference.
I may not be able to cause a huge change here, and clearly, there is no way that I, as one person, would be able to impact the more than 1 billion people that live in China, but I have come to realize that one small change will make all the difference.
If I seek to connect with one Chinese student, and encourage them to be courageous and positive in their life and in their thinking, then hopefully they will be able to pass that one.

One small change can cause many more small changes, and in turn, that can make all the difference.

Pray that I can impact, even in a small way, the people that I meet here through the love that I have been provided with through God.
And that this love will make a difference in their lives.

T.I.P. and fake rain?

So we have been training pretty extensively for the past few days and learning about the T.I.P. program and everything is going really well.

The Chinese students come to the campus for an intense 3 week Total Immersion Program where they are only allowed to speak English and get cited for speaking Chinese.
This is the program we get to facilitate and it is really exciting to see what the new students will be like and how they will progress in their English!

On Sunday we went to a Christian Church in Beijing and it was incredible hearing the message from Pastor Wu; I was really surprised how excited and open he was about his faith and his thoughts about missions, especially considering that being a Christian and working as a missionary is rather frowned upon in this nation. But things are definitely looking up!

We also got to explore Beijing and the Peking University Campus, and I must say that this is a really hot, crowded, fast-paced, and amazing city!

Akso, over last few days it has been raining off and on, and Hee Sung told me that the government was making it rain because they didn't want rain to happen during the Olympics... I really thought that he was joking until I heard this same thing from a few other people!
I guess that planes fly over Beijing carrying dust and water and it makes the clouds want to rain?
I don't really know, but it's really kind of freaking me out...

Well, the ONLY other thing I don't like about it here is that the bottled green tea tastes like soap.

But myself, the food, the people, and the cheap Chinese goods are all wonderful!

I'm going to go get some sleep now!
Adios!

The Great Wall!

Today we climbed the Great Wall.

It was pretty great.
Amazing actually.



It was a very long and steep climb! Much harder than I thought it would be.

But now that I have climbed the Great Wall, I am a true man!

At the bottom of the mountain we got to bargain with the people selling goods, and that was pretty fun, although they can be insanely relentless about you buying their stuff.

I don't really have much else to say today, all is going well and the people and the food are still incredible.

My first day in China!

Today has been quite a day.

Everything about China is amazing, and the TIP (Total Immersion Program) is incredible!
I landed at around 11 PM local time, and didn't get to sleep until around 1 am, but I have adjusted to the time change really well.
In the morning we started training overcast and early and we spent time talking about God, and some other things I probably should wait and mention later. ;)

Also today we ate the BEST food I’ve ever had before; some dishes that I can't even remember or pronounce, and some which were strange, such as fried eel or seaweed and egg soup or cold chicken and very noodles, also just rice and eggs and tomatoes fried together, which was incredible.

The air here is so thick that you can't ever see all the way down the street, and it's humid as heck; definitely a weird experience for me, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

We also learned today some Chinese phrases like how to count to 10 and how to say please and thank you. And I also learned the "proper" technique for using a squatty potty... quite fun actually.

Some more fun facts:
- My pillow is a bag of rice.
- Lots of little kids and babies don’t have butts on their pants because they don’t wear or can’t afford to wear diapers.
- It's not really legal to be a missionary.
- It's OK to stare at strangers.
- Jay walking is not at all illegal (In fact people were walking across the freeway!)
- People drive like crazy but they don't get in very many accidents.
- All of the people in this TIP group are amazing.


It's hard to believe that I have only been here for one day!

And tomorrow we see the great wall! My heart is open, my mind is ready and I can't want to see all that there is to see.

I'm in Japan!

Hey all!

Right now I'm in the Narita Airport in Japan and it's pretty amazing.
My flight from Los Angeles went really really well, and it didn't even feel like 12 hours. :)

I started to type this while I was on the airplane, but sadly couldn’t publish it yet because for some reason there is not a wi-fi connection at 30,000 feet.... strange.

But no worries! I love flying more than anything, even though I woke up from a nap to find that my feet were swollen like crazy. Aah.

But the Airline food is really really delicious! (or should I say dericious?) and I made friends with the boy sitting next to me who was an exchange student from Korea who had been living in LA and studying art. He was cool.

And the plane I was on was GIGANTIC! I’ve never seen anything so big, it’s probably more than 30 feet across, has over 70 rows in the economy section alone, and has two stories!!! Crazy stuff.

Alright! I have to board my flight to Beijing soon, so I'd best be off to see if I can find some Engrish before I leave this wonderful island nation.
(Can you believe that not ALL the signs are in engrish? I'm a little dissapointed I must say.)

Thanks again to David and Eric and Courtney and Kenny and Abbey for driving to LA with me and dropping me off at LAX!

I love you all and am very thankful for your thoughts and prayers!

On packing lightly...

From what I hear, China is going to be quite a culture shock.

I've been given lots of information on the differences between the cultures here and there, and one thing I find interesting is that it is more than perfectly acceptable to wear the same outfit several times a week.
Therefore, I guess I don't actually have to pack very many clothes for the two months I will be spending there.
In fact, everyone is recommending that people pack light because, well, airlines can be lame these days.

Aside from airlines,
today was an absolutely amazing day that further confirmed how incredible God is and how he has been preparing my heart to go to China.
Tim and Dale prayed for me during church, and it was such a blessing to know that this trip will be considered in the hearts and minds of my fellow believers.
My family also prayed for me, and it was wonderful to know how much they are supporting me.

So, at this point, I am more than ready to get on that plane and go to China... except for one thing... I have not even started packing!
Ah!
I'd better get to work.

Happy Fathers day everyone! :)

Realizations to prepare my heart

So last night I was hanging out with a group of my best friends, and I was enjoying how much fun they were to be around and how much I loved them, and I was thinking how much I am going to miss them when I am gone for two months.

I also came to realize that God has rather recently brought me to a place where I could more fully understand his incredible love through the love of and from other people. I guess in some subtle way I have always been hiding from that love, or, unable to accept it, because of the fear that it might not be realized. You know? Like I have never allowed my heart to get too attached to anyone because something might happen and their love might go away for some reason. Which I see now, is a silly reason not to love anyone.

Well now, as I prepare to leave for a far off land, my heart is ready to love these new people that I am about to meet.
I want to show them God's love in any way possible, and clearly the best way to show this love that I know is to love others in return.

I also want to thank Heather for sharing this incredible verse with me: "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of Righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God" (Phil 1:9-11)

I still have a lot I need to prepare for, and I leave next Wednesday (!) but I am more excited than anything.
If you are one of the wonderful people supporting this trip in your thoughts and prayers, pray that all goes well in my preperations, that I don't forget to pack anything, that I don't pack too much, and that I am provided with enough money!

Again, check out: TeachOverseas.Org

Thanks again!

A little more than a week to go...

Hello again everyone!

I'm leaving for China on the 18th, so there isn't a whole lot of time left before I go.
I've been having a lot of fun so far this summer, but I think right now I need to start focusing more on my trip and what I need to do in preparation for it.

I still need over $1000 at this point, but I'm sure that God will provide it for me if he desires me to embark upon this journey, which I really believe that he does.

I am inviting anyone and everyone to pray for me and for this trip. I'm sure that it will be used to do amazing things.

I will keep you updated via this blog, and also through my email: MorganA.Miller@gmail.com

So if you want to be on my email list, just let me know!

And if you know anyone who would like to financially support me on this journey, this is the way to do it: http://teachoverseas.org/contribute.php

Thank for reading and God bless!

Preparing this blog (for China!)

Hey friends!

I am now beginning my blog about China!

In a few short weeks I am going to embark on a great adventure.

I am traveling with TeachOverseas to The People’s Republic of China from June 18th until August 9.
I will be teaching English as part of an immersion program at Peking University.

I can hardly wait for this journey to begin!
Pray that God gives me strength, direction, and also the financial means, to go and serve him in this way.

I will keep you updated as things progress.

For now, be well.

Promise by Pedro the Lion

i'll take something to believe
something with long sleeves, cuz it's unpredictable
that Jesus said he'd fill my needs, but my heart still bleeds
he's just not physical
why can't i see?
if i look up and the sky's not there,
is there any reason i should be scared?
but a promise, is a promise, i know

now we've established a lack of sight
maybe vision's the right word
and what i need, cuz i can't see with human eyes
Lord knows i've tried to follow where he leads me

why can't i see?
if i look up and the sky's not there,
is there any reason i should be scared
but a promise, is a promise, i know

from what i've seen so far, i can't believe my eyes
and what a nice surprise
if i look up and the sky's not there,
is there any reason i should be scared
but a promise, is a promise, i know

"Your Love is Strong" by Jon Foreman

Heavenly Father, you always amaze me
Let your kingdom come in my world and in my life
Give me the food I need to live through today
And forgive me as I forgive the people that wrong me
Lead me far from temptation
Deliver me from the evil one

I look out the window the birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune or out of place
I walk to the meadow and stare at the flowers
Better dressed than any girl on her wedding day

So why do I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need
You know what I need

Your love is
Your love is strong
Your love is
Your love is strong

The kingdom of the heavens is now advancing
Invade my heart, invade this broken town
The kingdom of the Heavens is buried treasure
Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?

Two things you told me
That you are strong
And you love me
Yes, you love me

Your love is strong
Your love is strong

Our God in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Above all names
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive us weary sinners
Keep us far away from our vices
And deliver us from these prisons