I was practically swept away as the massive mob rushed towards the brides doorway. Silly string cans and money in hand, they rushed at the door as the groom stood back and cheered. He was there to get his woman…..along with his entire entourage of friends and family. The war was on. After about a [...]
I sat in silence as my roommates and six Chinese friends discussed the story of Jesus healing the son of a nobleman. My head was pounding and my eyes were desperately protesting the lack of even a minute’s sleep the night before. I had tried to lay down earlier before our friends had arrived in [...]
I felt like we were about to rub a magic lamp and make a wish. We had just finished our Bible study and I thought it would be a good idea to go around and ask each person if they had a prayer request. Vince wanted his video game skills to improve. Paul wanted warmer [...]
Three friends- each with a story, each with a response: Alice shared hers first. As we shared some local food, she poured out her heart about what the Lord has been doing in her life over the last several months and how He has healed her. I should explain a little bit about Alice. I [...]
Things have been going terrifically here. We’re making our final preparations to begin our new fellowship and have even set a date for the first meeting! Between then and now we will be holding a boot camp for all our friends in the family, in which we will cover many aspects that they will need [...]
It started about February of this year I was praying about what He has in store for me after I get home. We just had a week break and people were gathering for our three weeks of classes that happens every year around this time. In the past month God’s been starting to speak vision [...]
10 weeks left in Asia. I can’t believe the year is almost over! There has been so much going on here and it has just flown by so fast! As I think about the rest of my year here, many things go through my mind. First, we want to get a church started with brothers [...]
Some were gigantically bigger and some fantastically faster. Yet, some were shrimp-like smaller and some snail-like slower. Either way, the competition was intense as the rounds went on and on. Not knowing how many more games I could take, I kept going as I sensed God’s pleasure. After much basketball, I told my teammates “Wo [...]
Well Chinese New Year is over and all of our friends are finally back in town! I am very excited to get back into a regular schedule. Although I must admit things haven’t been going very well with our friends… One of my best friends Chelsea came back last week and I was so excited [...]
As a foreigner in Asia I get a lot of attention, especially on my street where white people are about as rare as a solar eclipse. Sometimes this quasi-celebrity status can wear on me, especially when random people run up and want to take 1…or 10 pictures with them. However, it also has its advantages, [...]