I stood in the front of the conference room while the faces of 19 new potential CT recruits stared back at me. They had come to take part in CT’s annual April Mini Camp and they had absolutely no idea what they were in for. Less than 10 minutes after the weekend officially started I [...]
I sit here alone in my living room, surround by suitcases and empty white walls, still in disbelief that this is my last night in an apartment I have lived in for a year and half. As I look back and take stock of the past 16 months or so that I have spent in [...]
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 [...]
Feature: Best of
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 [...]
Feature: Gospel presentation
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 [...]
