This is a school that’s taken sanctuary under the wing of a church that operates out in the open in Wenzhou, China. The pastor of the church acts as the principal. The students you see– mostly undergraduate students, with six Masters students– compose the entire student body. Wenzhou is different than any other place in China. It is called the Jerusalem of China. Liberties and religious freedom for Christians exist here but Beijing refuses to interfere. They like what is going on in Wenzhou economically. Somewhere along the way, Beijing lost the battle to control culture here.  In their minds (Beijing’s communist leaders) traditional Chinese culture excludes China becoming Christian but in some places, especially Wenzhou they lost their culture battle and surrendered. There are flourishing churches all over Wenzhou and some of these harbor schools for students that have come from other provinces in China where such endeavors are forbidden. This class especially endeared themselves to me. I came down with a virus of some kind and it was working havoc with me – chills, fever and a chest inflammation. I worked through it but on the 4thday of lecturing it became apparent to them I was struggling. They asked me to stop the class and began to sing and pray for me. It was so powerful. Listening to these 40 students sing felt like Joshua’s trumpets that brought the walls of Jericho down. Later they kept telling me how cold it was in Beijing and how I needed to get a real coat. On the last day behind my back they took up an offering and went out and bought me a very warm coat. I went off to Beijing with a “warm baby” an electric hot water bottle, polar bear bedroom slippers and a very warm coat. Later in Beijing they texted me and told me they had a prayer session for me and that I should be getting better within the hour! They also assured me I was their favorite teacher and waited for me to return.