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 [...]

If you ever have the chance to go to southern Asia in the winter you should take it without thinking a second. You know that time of year when the snow is starting to get old, having the [...]

At 6:30 AM I joined my friend yet again for my fifth attempt at buying train tickets. When we arrived at the train station, we couldn't even find the end of the line to buy tickets! We walked [...]

Two nights ago I had dinner with two old local friends, Pang and Chen, in one of the most advanced cities of the world. Old friends means I lived with them in New York State in 2001-2002. Being [...]

“Will you tell your family that you are now a Christian when you go home? What do you think your parents will say?” I asked my friend Maria, who was excited to go home for Spring [...]

I stood up to thunderous applause from our workers. (They were even more excited than normal this morning.) I unfurled several large maps as the 29 young adults climbed out of their chairs and [...]

The time has been flying over here. I just looked to see when the last time i sent one of these out was and i was thinking two or three weeks. Turns out it was longer than that. The weeks have [...]

Right now I’m sitting in a packed, smoky internet cafe scratching my head. It’s not that I’m confused, it’s that it itches. I haven’t had a shower in at least five [...]

“Come, look at this!” My friend called to me from inside her family’s home. My teammate and I had just arrived in her hometown by bus, had set down our luggage, and were meeting [...]

“Enough! Enough!” I tried to tell her, but she kept cooking more dishes. Pinky and I had joined our apartment guard in her little hut to celebrate Spring Festival. The small dinner we had planned [...]