New best line ever:
Supernice: [da ge ni shi ji du tu ma]?
Translation: Big bro, are you a Christian?
(yes)
S: [wo ye shi]
(awesome, that makes me so happy)
S: [shi a wo de ming zi jio jiao ma dou]
(not sure what that means, maybe his name is biblical)
S: [ye su de men tu zhi yi]
(Jesus' something something..)
S: [wo hen gan dao qing xing a]
(I am very... argh I wish I knew what this meant!)
S: [wo de jia ren quan dou shi ji du tu]
(My whole family are all Christians)
Well, that's just a summary of our conversation today. I am totally happy about this.. it's just amazing how and where God is working. It almost makes me want to quit my job so I can chat with this kid all day long. Anyway, I'm going to work.
S: wo ren shi da ge zhen de hen gao xing. zhe jiu shi shang zhu an pai de a
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6 comments:
i was just thinking yesterday that you could use WoW as a ministry, and today, i read about this! seems like the last line really confirmed that.
i couldn't quite follow some of the pinyin but i think the "Jesus' something something" says "Jesus' disciples something" and maybe "I am very touched something" for the other one - LOL, i'm not much better :P
I got it.. Ma Dou, that's Matthew.
You're pretty good, I didn't even know you knew any mandarin.
this is so exciting! your conversation may be what starts to redeem the gaming sub-culture. There's a whole theology about "redemption to" a fallen lifestyle. wo ye shang xin zhe shi shen an pai de.
Redeem?! What's that supposed to mean?
Haha.. I think the "shi a wo de ming zi jio jiao ma dou" should be parsed as: shi a [yes!] wo de ming zi jio jiao ma dou [my name is (therefore) matthew] as you already figured out! It's great! Do you know where they are from though?
redeem... uhm, I mean... I haven't tended to think very highly of gaming! :} this is NOT anything like the misguided peeps who try to witness in bars and stuff. sorry, doesn't mean I think poorly of you, Brian! (best that I stop writing now, eh?)
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