Of the first and foremost importance, Vic is in the fam! Our friend, language tutor and fellow believer, Shawn, has become quite close with us along with four of his roommates, none of them believers. We’ve been seeking the Father on their behalf and they have been periodically been attending the house group. Well, last [...]
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My first evening in Asia I was overwhelmed by the pollution, the strange smells, and the crowded streets. In my jet-lagged state, I thought I would never be able to call this place home. But after a good night’s sleep on my very firm mattress (in America, I think we call them boxsprings!), I had [...]
Hello! This past week has been thanksgiving week, and it’s been very eventful! We left our home city to come stay with a family in another province. It started out with a few of us visiting a handicapped high school. We went into an English class, and each of us assisted 3-4 “kids” for about [...]
Happy Turkey Day! God has opened up the way for our team to actually have an American Thanksgiving. He’s pretty sweet! So this morning, my team won our football game (Yes, American Football) and right now I’m awaiting our Thanksgiving feast. Boy, God truly blesses. But of course- On this day I would rather be [...]
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I can’t quite put the significance of this day’s events into words. It is too big. Shawn and I step out of our taxi and into the morning sunlight. It’s 9:18am. We stretch our legs and look across the street to the gas station. We’re early. The voice on the phone said to arrive at [...]
Ok, so I just realized something. The underlying theme of all my emails has been LOVE. Here I thought I was just expressing the many different aspects of life here. But it is more than I thought. I was talking with two of my students the other day and they asked why I came to [...]
What a week! I don’t know what to say to describe it. I had such sweet experiences with my friends, and I would love to write you a detailed description of each one. Unfortunately, I am leaving on a plane with a ticket with my name on it in just two short hours. I feel [...]
One morning last week, Katherine and I woke up at 6:00 to make it to a specific bus stop by 8:00. We sleepily rode for about an hour with frequent stops to let more children on, but it was about an hour after we arrived at our destination that I finally stopped to think how [...]
Tennis, anyone? Well actually it was ping-pong on Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon it was badminton. Good times all around. Jibbly! Ping pong on Tuesday was a true chance to see and learn how ping pong is really played. I have always loved to play ping pong when in the Continent, but here it is [...]
Things here have been crazy and busy and awesome and busy all at the same time. I’ve had an extremely packed week so I’ll try to give you a rundown. Monday I went ice skating with my Japanese friend Satoshi and his Korean friend. Later in the evening, Alex, Matt and I took our friend [...]