I sat down with the intention of praying solely for Mae – I knew that she was at a Bible study with sisters from our family party and that she wasn’t feeling well. I asked God for Mae’s healing and began to pray that nothing would interfere with the work of God. I praised God [...]
One of the many problems I’ve had in trying to relate to my friends here is that so many of them are engineers, and I’m not. A lot of them study some type of computer or electronic engineering, which is completely beyond me. When I ask what their majors are I usually don’t even understand [...]
“I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river……” The singing continued as we cheered on our Chinese friends who were waiting in line to be water baptized. Two weeks ago, we witnessed the water baptizing of a few friends who have made the commitment to follow Him. It was a really [...]
This evening Lily and I met with two friends, Char and Kellie. The longer we talked to them, the lower my heart sank. You see, just four days after our first fellowship meeting, they wanted to call it quits. We asked them why. Too much time, one more thing to add to the schedule, too [...]
Right now I am lounging in sweats, drinking Gatorade, and trying to get up the courage to eat toast. Why must I get up the courage to eat toast you may ask? Well let me tell you about my day yesterday. It all started out pretty typical I had Chinese language lessons in the morning [...]
“Have you ever met any other Christians before?” I was standing at the bus stop with Candy and Jane, 2 friends with whom I had just spent the evening. We had eaten dinner with our friend Sarah’s family. Sarah’s brother David studied in America at the same school as me, and now that I was [...]
“It is good for me to lay it down at your feet. It is good for me, yeaah. It is good for me to lay the good and bad in Your hands…When the shadow of sorrow comes, I will follow the only One I know is the rock that can’t be shaken.” Singing along with [...]
Clink, clink goes the sound of Mahjong tiles as I sit in a wicker chair sipping green tea. I feel like I really am getting in touch with the culture here and I was still marveling at the conversation I just had. We where just starting to play Mahjong again after taking a break to [...]
Obedience is not always a strong point for me. When I hear something from God I often like to wait and see if I heard correctly then do the thing if everything else says I can go for it. This is such a backwards way to go about it. One of the many things I [...]
“Man man chi,” ZB’s father was saying to me. I’ve heard this phrase countless times. It literally means “eat slowly,” but it’s a hospitable, polite way of telling people to keep eating. Eat more! Recently I was visiting my really good friend, ZB. The very first time we hung out together, she invited me to [...]