I adjusted the Indian feather on my head, and looked around the room at the blend of 2 cultures – Asians and Americans sitting in a circle together sharing the special day. Half the group wore ridiculously small black paper “pilgrim” hats, while the rest of us wore bright orange hippie-like bands around our foreheads [...]
I’m sorry to start this one off so sadly, but I was trying to organize my pictures and videos from college, visiting my sister, and snowboarding and all the folders got viruses and everything was deleted. I was pretty upset, but then i remember my views on photos before all of them were taken, which [...]
The elaborately flower covered cars, lined the streets of this small remote village up at the top of the mountain side. This is the first time that this small village has ever seen a wedding party so elaborate in their farming community. The bride and groom get out of their head car and ask everyone [...]
As I was thinking of the title for this blog, the words of our Chinese friend, Jerry came to me. “Persist! Persist!” Now mind you, he was yelling these words because we had kind of faded into the background of dancing to the Macarana, but the words worked their magic and echoed in our hearts [...]
The Spirit is on the move like a rushing wind right now. We have been praying every time we get together for the Spirit to move not only in our friends lives, but also our own. God is so faithful to His Word!!! As of late every time we get together to eat we are [...]
It was 5:00 pm Saturday afternoon and needless to say I was more than frustrated. We had been planning a party for our friends at KU Medical for nearly a month and a half, and now that the day was finally here, the celebration would have to be canceled because electrical maintenance meant our apartment [...]
Things are moving along here at a steady pace and it is pretty awesome. As of now, our city has seen nineteen new members come into our family! Young as they may be in this family, they are growing up fast, being taught more from the Word and pouring out into their classmates. It’s terrific. [...]
Eighteen young foreigners packed into a living room, sitting on couch arms, entertainment centers, plastic stools, and the hard tile floor. This is what every Monday morning looks for me as I meet with our teams in each city for their weekly church service. As much as I love worship and the Bible, my favorite [...]
Did you know that we are celebrities here? For example, we spent one day as a family to relax and we went to a park and saw the famous 5-goat statue (famous for our city). However, the “paparazzi” was with us the whole time. Everywhere we went people wanted to touch the kids’ hair, pinch [...]
It is quite difficult to put everything that has been going on into words. Here is a summary! • 3 new sisters, 3 new brothers • 7 water baptized • 3 churches established (There was only one when we got here! The goal of the year is 4) • Thanksgiving party a success with over [...]