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The Greatest Gift

Monday, January 25th, 2010 by Acorn

You ever wonder what life is all about? What the meaning of it is? Why we’re here? Why YOU’RE here?” I asked.
In the middle of my asking, Li Yang perked up and leaned forward. “Yes! I always ask myself these questions!”

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The Human Tree

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by Acorn

Sometimes it’s hard to steal some moments like that that actually feel like Christmas while being so far away from home in a country that recognizes Christmas as that western holiday with the chubby guy in the red suit.

The Sprint

Monday, November 9th, 2009 by Acorn

Standing on a busy street corner an ominous feeling began to creep over me. . .

Gary’s “Paga”

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 by Acorn

“As I was reading I felt so peaceful. The more I read the more I believed the stories in the Bible.”

He Speaketh the Truth

Monday, September 28th, 2009 by Acorn

Resting his elbow on his knee and leaning forward, King listened
intently as Hans shared with him about forgiveness and …

Just Feed Them

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 by Acorn

We’re starting about an hour and a half later than planned, but that’s fine. You kind of learn to roll with that over here. So in the meantime Jayzer, Rocky, and I just sat and chatted with ourĀ  friend Gary and his friend Alan as we waited for Jack to arrive. Lo and behold at [...]

Halfway Already?

Sunday, January 25th, 2009 by Acorn

Christmas Wrap Up: We had an amazing Christmas season with our friends! This is always such a fruitful season for our ministry over here and proved to be so again this year. Gathering our friends on several occasions throughout December, hosting such events as apartment decorating parties and cookie decorating parties, we invited our friends [...]

Greatest Gift of All – Jesus

Saturday, December 20th, 2008 by Acorn

“Dude! You just kinda gotta drape them around the outside of the tree. Here, lemme show you..” As I stepped around our artificial tree (no tree farms here :/ ) I reached into it in order to retrieve the strand of lights within. In his laps around the tree with the lights, Bruce had been [...]

A Blog from the Du!

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 by Acorn

Mmmhmm…

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Who is hungry?

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 by Acorn

The sidewalk glistened of fresh rain under the orange glow of the streetlights that lined our path. Stepping over and around glassy puddles, Rocky and I made our way through the campus. Our destination? Dozens of English speakingĀ  college students, all conveniently clumped and pooled together, eager to practice the language they’re learning on real [...]