I have lived in Asia for over three years now, so I am used to the attention I get while doing the most mundane, average of activities such as walking down the street, or buying a cup of coffee. I can’t tell you how many times an Asian stranger has asked to take their picture with me…I mean, I do [...]
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The church was already worshipping when my friend and I arrived. We were ushered to our seats and even before I began to sing I could tell this was a church that loved the Lord. As this was one of my last opportunities to attend a church inAmericabefore I return toAsia, I didn’t want to [...]
Life has a funny way of surprising you sometimes. When I first came to H-town nearly a year ago, I knew that my purpose was language-study. I planned to go to class, study hard and move on to whatever God had for me next. I never thought that I would become friends with my [...]
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This weekend three of my teammates and myself utilized some well-needed vacation time to travel to a city 3 hours to the northwest. In addition to getting out of HB for a few days, we also journeyed with the intention of meeting another worker and his family on the recommendation of the leader of [...]
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Remember when going back to school meant a new lunchbox and 3-ring binder? Wow, I wish life were still like that! It was the first day of school. Part of me was like “McDoogle, don’t worry, you got this. You’ve done this before, it’s just like last semester. No worries.” The other part of me [...]
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I have learned a lot about life these past few weeks, and I would feel selfish if I kept it all to myself. So allow me to share with you three of my recent observations. 1) Speaking all in Chinese all the time is more tiring than I thought it would be. This past week [...]
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“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 [...]
As you know, I spent most of my life in Maine where winter is really winter. However, the previous two years I spent in Asia were passed in a warm climate. I haven’t actually seen snow since the winter of 2007. But this past week, all that changed. Sunday November 6th was the official first [...]
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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In HB you have to get out and see the sites before the temperature dips. That is exactly what my team and I did a few weeks ago during our 10-day vacation from school. Unlike most visitors to HB, we didn’t go to the walking street, St. Sophia’s Cathedral, or even the Amusement Park. Instead [...]
