At an Asian restaurant yesterday, I was relieved to be speaking the language I’ve been learning for the past few months with the workers. After being back in the States for two weeks of debriefing and a leadership conference, I was feeling afraid that I might lose my language skills. I thank Jesus for my [...]
With a happy, childlike grin of contentment on his face, my friend Peter thanked me for praying for him. From what I understand, there had been some kind of offense between him and a friend. Peter recently forgave this friend, and they were able to spend time together. Also, Peter’s relationship with God has [...]
I needed a new visa, or at least a 30 day extension. When I went to the Public Security Bureau, they told me to come back with a “guarantee” person. This person had to be an official citizen of China, and would be responsible for me leaving the nation on time. Also, if I read [...]
After three text messages within ten minutes, I knew that my friend really wanted to meet with me. While eating lunch with him the next day, he invited me to come speak about science at his campus English corner. The topic on my heart was the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. It states that [...]
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After I had finished drawing my picture, I noticed the professor’s painting. We were at a new creative arts club on our campus. My picture had a Jewish star with a cross through the center of it. His had these and many more “religious” symbols. I looked at him and before I could speak, he [...]
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Though feeling a little nervous and insecure about my new language abilities, I decided to call some friends from last year. I happened to be in K-town, the city where I lived last year, for some teaching on Asian history. Here is a brief summary of who I’ll name as “Prophet” and “Kept.” Prophet is [...]
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I went to dinner with a friend. I asked him, “So what do you think about Jesus?” His reply was along the lines of “He’s a great guy, but I can’t follow Him. Science disagrees.” When I told him that I was a science teacher for four years, and that I followed Christ, he lit [...]
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The first person to respond was a girl who didn’t conceal her love for Jesus.
As I sat eating my lamb noodles at the Muslim restaurant, I heard the familiar sound of a Asian person talking about me. I heard, “…waiguoren (foreigner)…is he Russian?….is he American?…” His next question was very unfamiliar, and he decided to ask me personally. Not only that, he said it nice and loud for the whole [...]
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So I was in class last week. Because I told the teacher that I liked to play guitar during my free time, a classmate went to get hers during a break. I played a little, and then I gave it to her to play. The chords she played reminded me of a familiar song, and [...]
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