Archive for September, 2007

A new gift

Friday, September 28th, 2007 by Skittles

“What does it sound like to pray in a new language?” the girls asked after the meeting. “Will you pray for us too?” One of the new family members had asked a question about baptism in the Holy Spirit when he was sharing, and people were curious about it. We shared with the girls a [...]

Thoughts of the week

Friday, September 28th, 2007 by Malachi

My roommate and I were talking to a new friend about God and when we talked about living forever with God he said, “but what if I don't want to live forever, what if I just want to die?” I told him how when you know and live with God that living forever with Him [...]

Heaven’s 9-day Party

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 by Sonny & Cher

“That was a pretty dramatic answer to prayer, “ I told my wife, Cher. Several days earlier I had been praying with the CT director about 2 important issues for the future of our work. First, do we want to regularly include short-term trips in what we are doing? They take a lot of work, [...]

Poster boy

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 by Knight

“I’m looking for the meaning of life.” I was at an English corner (a meeting where people get together and practice English), standing in a circle of 10-15 people, and one young man named Broddy spoke these words. He had a big grin, happened to be from the province I taught English in last time [...]

Storytime

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 by Chicka

“So who wants to tell me a story?” My new friend, Mary, busts out with this line in the middle of dinner and all I could think was, “All right God way to swing that door wide open.” I met Mary at an English Corner for those of you who don't know what that is, [...]

A Mosquito in the Night

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 by Dove

I was exhausted, but sleep was not coming easily. The last time I had looked at the clock before finally drifting off it was almost 1:00 AM…soon I was awakened by a whining sound that made it seem as if the mosquito was right in my ear. In vain I swung my hand through the [...]

I like turtles

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by the meister

Last week, the roomies and I each bought pet turtles … there’s nip, rico (he’s mine) and lastly, brian- the big lazy one who most of the time is in a coma. No offense to anyone named Brian, we named him before we knew of his leisurely lifestyle. Last week there was a short term [...]

A Fresh Wind Pt.2

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by Jay-z and Beyonce

As if things counldn’t get any better last week; they did! The short-term team had a couple amazing first days working with CT, and they were looking forward to finishing strong! I said last week that 3 came into the family. Everyone was excited in the group, and they still expected more to come in. [...]

So there I was in front of 100 Chinese people…

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by Grey

So my friends and I planned on having an early morning meeting the other day. They all came to my house and we started talking and enjoying each other's company when my phone rang. It was my work saying that the lecture I signed up for at the beginning of the year was in an [...]

Hopeful beginning

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by Priend

Eight. Eight is a good even number. Four plus four equals eight. Drink Eight cups of water a day. Eight friends solve the odd number problem when going to Disneyland; no one has to ride alone. Eight encourages a losing team to feel appreciated despite the hard work that didn't pay off. “Two, four, six, [...]