Sandi was calling me on the phone. We had just sent a few text messages back and forth, but we had so much to talk about; a phone call was necessary! Sandi is one of my really good friends from last year (her name is changed for this blog), but we really hadn’t stayed in [...]
“My parents are very traditional parents. You know how everyone wants a boy instead of a girl? My father is very disappointed that I am a boy, and he never talks to me. My mother loves me very much, but my father doesn’t. I used to be very angry at him and think that I [...]
She had picked up my journal! I couldn’t believe it, but then again I knew better. Of course this would happen. I had left my journal on a small table next to one of the sections of our couch because I had been using it during my quiet time with God that morning, but I [...]
I was trying not to stare, but it was so bizarre. I looked around to see if anyone else noticed it, and then I realized I didn’t really want to bring attention to it anyway. While walking around on campus, I happened to meet a girl, and she was so nervous that as we were [...]
“Gou-bu-gou le?” My new landlord was pointing at the thin blanket-pad she had put on the bed as a mattress, asking if it was going to be enough. “Bu gou le,” I answered, telling her it was not good enough. My two house mates would need real mattresses. We bargained for a while, me trying [...]
“Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God?” “Have you asked Him to be your Lord and Savior?” “Why do you want to be baptized?” We were standing in the large bathroom of one of my friends, many people gathered around a tub to witness the baptisms. We had just baptized four believers, 3 [...]
Singing could be heard all the way at the bottom of the stairwell, even thought the meeting was on the 4th floor. The family party was a little loud, but they sang unhindered and unashamed. We Americans had been traveling for a week to do some preparation work for next year in another city, and [...]
Jessica walked with my teammate and me around our campus. Sophia joined us, and then we headed over to the stadium track near the basketball courts and pingpong tables. Even though it was about 7:30 in the evening and almost dark, waves and waves of people were walking laps around the track. The weather has [...]
The toufu bubbled in the pot of water with lettuce leaves, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumbers and meatballs. Using a ladel with holes to drain the water from the food items, we scooped tasty pieces into our bowls of oil and spicy pepper to wait for it to cool enough to eat. Oh, yeah, it was good!!! [...]
The basketball ball was caught on top of the rim. Stuck right there. Everyone just looked at it, and then I burst out laughing. I was at a university in another nearby city, hanging out with some teammates and local friends. One of the friends, Bob, is from the city where we live and is [...]
