Monday -3 days before Christmas, 8am. I am startled by the sound of my cell phone. Is someone really calling me this early? I tried to ignore it for a few seconds hoping that the caller would give up. Our team had just had one of our Christmas parties the night before and not a [...]
I sat in the orange, inflatable pool positioned on our bathroom floor: jeans, long sleeves, (and, unfortunately) leather belt and all. Shaggy asked me if I confessed the Son as my Lord and Savior, I plugged my nose, and down I went into the lukewarm water… My “baptism” was completely unplanned, but there was enough [...]
“It’s like it was set up by God!” I desperately tried to hide the huge grin that spread across my face. Fifi had just finished explaining the story of how the two of us met and her statement pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. I was amazed at how she put [...]
“Will I be naked?”, my friend said to me with eyes wide open. “Of course not” I said. “It’s a simple process really and will be the best experience of your life! Just make sure to bring extra clothes and a towel because you will be getting all wet“. “Ok, I will be at your [...]
I sat in a Chinese restaurant, singing Cantonese songs I didn’t know, surrounded by over 20 Chinese family members. It was the best New Year’s Eve I’ve ever had!!! For New Year’s this year, we gathered together many of our friends that had come into the family since September, to talk to them about water [...]
Tonight I got the urge to change the curtains. This is not a usual urge that I have…but only in Asia do I have it because every apartment I have lived in has had horrid looking curtains. Today I decided that I had had enough of looking at these curtains in my living room and [...]
There is a strange phenomenon in this city where nice things seem to get destroyed. I can’t really explain it, but it’s impossible to keep anything in good condition. Clothes get ruined, bikes get stolen, everything you own in your apartment is always cold, damp and dirty, and you are constantly sick because of the [...]
Last night I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life.” What a great movie! It’s a story about a discouraged man who gets the blessing of seeing what the world would be like if he hadn’t lived to make an impact on it. It’s made me think of what it would have been like if the Son [...]
Wow, what a series of amazing events. This journey has been one of the most up and down roller coaster of my life. What an amazing experience to watch peoples lives change for his kingdom right in front of your eyes. And even much more than that what an awesome honor it is to get [...]
Things have been going quite swimmingly in our team, seeing as we’ve initiated the pool party into our life here. What’s this pool party you ask? Some of you who’ve been on this mailing list since last trip may know it better as dunking. Still not sure. How about in the context of John the [...]