As a general rule getting my hair cut comes after weeks and weeks of thought before the final decision. I usually walk very confidently into the salon feeling good about my decision, then an hour later I leave wondering why I did that? Another bit of information I ought to throw in is, Captain ‘A’ [...]
I have a story full of irony! Captain
We were discussing future plans and desires and when we asked our friend Belle where she wanted her life to head and without missing a beat she said “I just want to see Jesus!” Needless to say we are very encouraged at her love for our Savior! We met Belle in the first couple months [...]
“I don’t want my country to be like this. . ” “I’m a party member, I can’t be a part of a religion. .” “Your God…” “I thought the Bible was fairy tales?” Only one child per couple means extra pressure on the child to succeed. In middle school their goals are to work as [...]
Since coming to Asia I’ve realized something, making friends here is easy… All of my life I have always had a small group of friends and have never been one to go out making new ones. When leaving the safety of my close friends and finding myself surrounded by strangers, my voice gets higher, my [...]
Spring Festival has come and gone! I do admit I say that a bit cheerfully; the fireworks late into the night have made me whimper into my pillow… On the flip side everyone is so happy. It’s like all the American holidays building for a week up to one night! The night of fireworks is [...]
I could write pages and pages about our two week excursion, but for now I’ll focus on some of our time with Lei and I’ll keep it as short and sweet as possible:-) We boarded the train with our friend “Lei” and after a surprisingly short 38 hours we arrived in Lei’s home town. We [...]
Something happened this week that I have been expecting ever since my brand new bright orange bike was brought to me. I had had it for months now so it was extra orange from rust, and at some point during its short life with me its front tire and handlebars were bent. A bit of [...]
Hey Everyone, Two days after we got back from our trip, x-mas decorating started in our house. One of our friends took us to a little street that can only be described as a x-mas alley way. There was an over hang of the most random x-mas decorations everywhere, and giant plastic x-mas trees that [...]
Hello! This past week has been thanksgiving week, and it’s been very eventful! We left our home city to come stay with a family in another province. It started out with a few of us visiting a handicapped high school. We went into an English class, and each of us assisted 3-4 “kids” for about [...]
