we just had our third sunday school. last week we did the fall of man and today we covered the prodigal son. the format is pretty simple, we usually start off with a game and then we ask them some questions and then we tell them the story using a small chalkboard and discuss it at the end.

it's challenging because my religious chinese vocabulary is pretty crappy and because i'm not sure how to change the feel of the lesson from impersonal and academic to life-applicable. today we again talked about the similarities and differences between buddhism and chrstianity. if you have any ideas i'm quite open to hearing them.

today we explained the idea of parables to them (kinda) and asked them who they thought the younger son in the story represented; their answers were adam, eve, and satan. that last one kinda threw me off, i asked them why they would think it's satan and they said because he messed up but Gd forgives people who mess up. i didn't really know how to answer that so i kinda glossed over it and told them that the son represents all men. it's interesting though, how come we get a second chance and satan doesn't? i guess the answer has something to do with election.

the nba season finally starts again this week. supposedly they show some games on the sports channel here, though i dunno how they'll find room among all the soccer, tennis, ping pong, and go (the board game...ahem...not the board sport). i'm so desperate for football or basketball footage i've been watching the same basketball preseason highlights on espn motion over and over. lebron definitely sucks at shooting.