Planning a Christmas party is easy. Executing it with success is where it gets tricky. The day had arrived for us to hold a Christmas party for all of our Chinese friends. The apartment had been clean and the snacks were set out on the table for people to nibble on at their leisure. We [...]
Imagine….. Someone knocks on your door and wants to bless you with a gift of great value. You think “Great! I love gifts!” But then they tell you that you need to have certain qualities in order to receive it. “Bummer,” you say to yourself. Never the less, you pass the questions with flying colors [...]
As I was getting ready for bed, I heard a squeal from the other room and I knew exactly what the cause was. Most likely some sort of creature that didn’t belong in our home was in fact in our home and needed to be dealt with. So I ran to the rescue hoping to [...]
Five a.m. comes way to early on any day, let alone a day that leaves you feeling like you can‘t function as a human being. I stumbled out of bed and grabbed the clothes I picked out the previous night. Jumping around the room, I slipped them on one sleeve at a time as I [...]
I dis-embarked the subway and made my way out of the crowded station. It was a busy afternoon with merchants lining the streets hoping to make a buck selling staplers, shoe glue, and other odds and ends things. As the seas of people parted, Sierra, our friend Cathy and I came upon our destination. With [...]
It was a Saturday night when I received a text from my friend Apple that said, “Are you free tomorrow? I have been reading the Bible and I have many questions. Can we get together to talk about it?” Even though our schedule for the next day was tight, Sierra and I both knew we [...]
Sierra and I were on our way to meet our friends for lunch. As far as having a plan of what to do with them, we had no idea. All I knew is that we were getting together at our home to hang out and spend time together. We soon found out it was our [...]
One of the things I like best sometimes in life is getting surprises. All of a sudden when you least expect it something wonderful drops into your lap. This particular surprise came at a precise moment of desperation in my feeling discouraged about being so far away from my Chinese friends I made last year. [...]
Drip.drip..drip…I can feel the oil from my food leak onto my face. “How gross” I thought to myself. I was surprised considering this food never behaved in such a way. I was even more mortified to find that it had also oozed onto my shirt. There was no sink in sight and no soap to [...]
My alarm buzzed startling me to alertness. Still dark outside, I slowly lifted my exhausted body from my bed. I've never felt four hours go by so fast. My roommates seemed to be moving at a quicker pace, packing their things and getting ready for the beastly task that was set before us. As 4:15 [...]
