“CT celebrates its first-ever H-Town Thanksgiving. Participants cut class to enjoy a homemade meal complete with 3 different kinds of fowl, stuffing, sweet-potato pie, green bean salad, and hot cocoa from home.” The feasting lasted well into the evening as over-stuffed Americans coupled the digestion process with a football game and Charlie Brown.” “Winter has [...]
Work here is like being a cook. The fantastic thing about this type of cooking is that the food is always good! (I live in the perfect city for a food analogy, ’cause the C-town has some of the best in the world!) Our food is the Bread of Life—Jesus—and it’s seasoned with the word of God. Whether they know it or not, everyone is hungry for it and everybody needs it! It’s free, it’s in abundance, gives life and liberty, and is the only source of true satisfaction! I’m in the right business!
So I was in class last week. Because I told the teacher that I liked to play guitar during my free time, a classmate went to get hers during a break. I played a little, and then I gave it to her to play. The chords she played reminded me of a familiar song, and [...]
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As soon as I walked through security, I burst into tears. I’d hugged my mom and brother, took off my shoes and emptied my pockets while an uncontrollable surge of emotion flooded my heart. I was really going to miss them. The security guards felt noticeably uncomfortable; wanting and not wanting to look at me [...]
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Cultural Exchange: Food Edition Not sure what to expect, some American friends and I decided to invite some of our closest friends over for dinner. We made some American food, and they made some Asian food. The highlight for me was when one of my friends, who happens to be a teacher, asked to see my [...]
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Chocolate pudding. Sweet, creamy, smooth, and excellent skin softening treatment, but more importantly, an amazing form of distraction.
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How many of us hate being inconvenienced? I know I do. Sometimes I don’t mind so much, but there are other days when even the slightest inconvenience can turn a good day into a bad day. Like, for example, today. Next to my apartment building the city is constructing a new complex of high-rise and [...]
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While we were there, we had a ‘foreign fellowship’, a sort of church service for us missionaries. I was asked to lead worship for the meeting. As I didn’t have a guitar, I led with just my voice. Can I just say, that was terrifying, lol. I’m glad I was so tired, I didn’t have the energy to get super nervous, though I was still pretty scared. But I did it. And the Lord was there, and it went just fine.
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You may have guessed it by the subject – Yes, it happened again. Because of our distance from campus (30-40min walk), and just because I love riding bike, I asked the Lord and felt Him give me the go ahead to buy a bike last week. It was a slick blue “GINT” (as opposed to [...]
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After praying, Peter straightened up and lifted his head revealing a pair of watery eyes. I know God touched Peter’s heart that night. No matter where he was prior, I feel like Peter is turning in a fresh way towards God and his heart is hungering for a deeper relationship with Jesus.
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