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Now that I can take a breath, there are two recurring voice chats I would like to set up:

— Bible study in Corny Chat. 
Start in the New Testament and focus on Jesus; frequently refer back to the Old Testament for context. Informal and lots of audience participation. Bring whatever translation you like and we’ll be comparing. 
Probably weekly. 
I am thinking Tuesday evenings New York time. Depending on time of day, there may be one meeting a week I can’t attend (because of a conflicting computer meeting 7-8 pm); if there is a conflict, I’d encourage everyone to meet anyway and pray during that time. 
A 24/7 prayer room where someone is always in is a stretch goal of mine, one I feel strongly about 😊

— Mandarin-English conversation space.  The point is to be able to stop anyone at any time to explain a word, grammatical structure, idiom, etc. for the sake of language improvement. 
Space TBD, possibly nests.  
How often and when:  also TBD. Mondays (New York time zone) at various times work great for me. 
It might be tricky to find a good time for everyone with the half-planetary time difference, but I know it can be done!

#Bible #Biblestudy #nostrbiblestudy #prayerchain

#English #Chinese #Mandarin #languageexchange #中文 #汉语 #普通话 #英文 #英语 #双语对话 
 @Sherry @Moss @Jerry @hes ⚡️ 
 ☺️can not wait to know how your voice sounds 
 I hope to not disappoint 😂 
 Let’s get it! 
 @BRB‽  @The Beave  @BitcoinBelle   @The Callnote 
 Thank you darling 🛐🫂 
 I can make most Tuesday evenings work.  
 @Alt-Ark @dworis @Nobody @c3a676db @The Bird 
 That would be cool for both. I haven't used corny chat yet. I think this would be epic for other languages too 
 @Johano @PresidentElectTheRupertDamnit @Vic @Derek Ross 
 Thanks for thinking of me! My #putonghua is super super rudimentary though  
 This is so awesome!! I’m definitely in! 
 A Bible study would be awesome. I'm available Fri - Sun for that.  
 Unfortunately my worst times 😅 but there doesn’t have to be just one Nostr Bible study … 
 Brilliant! 🧡 
 Come do mandarin chat on #hivetalk! 
 Possibly at some point! 
 Would you do the bible study in english? 
 Haha yes 😂 these are two completely separate events. 
 Oh good the chinese part confused me hahah, let me know i am interested for sure! 
 Tuesdays 8:30 pm New York time starting September 10! 
 真要参加语言交换。谢谢你的注意 
 I should brush up on my ZhongWen 
 Anyone want to study Chinese?
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 I’d be interested in the Bible study. 
 You should join us then!  It’s the very first one. And even if it weren’t you’d be welcome. 
 Thanks. Gotta figure out corny chat. Never used it before. Already have plans this evening, but next week. Kudos for doing this. 
 Tonight at 8:30 EST Cornychat