The Gospel in China

Spent most of the day yesterday walking all over town looking for a building for the new location for the church we want to start next month. Easier than last time, because it’s not just me and S. Three guys from church came with me to comb the area we’re interested in. Don’t remember how […]

I’m pretty sure today marks the end of our first year in China. Supremely hard to believe – the changes that have happened in our lives seem to have happened over a much longer time. On the other side of the coin, though, I’ve been near oblivious to time passing. Especially the last six months. […]

Sorry for the amount of time that’s passed since my last entry. We’ve been busy – and really blessed! First of all, I hope you’re aware of the earthquake that has hit Sichuan. Death toll is really skyrocketing. I know that investing emotions in things like disasters on the other side of the world is […]

Tonight was our Old Testament Survey class – had a good number of guys show up. Also a couple of unbelievers joined us. That’s what happens when you give an open invitation. That’s okay – a great opportunity to preach the Gospel according to Ezekiel and Daniel! Which as I prepared for tonight’s class, I […]

S.’s mom and uncle came into town on Monday to sign him out and move him out of the university. The thing that really scares parents is that once you get out, you can’t get back in. Apparently with all the students trying to get into colleges, it’s a real pain to get back into […]

Great number of new faces last night! The girls had an activity the other night and lots of new students came out. Three of them came to church last night. Some good conversations with them afterwards – I actually think that a couple of them are going to come to our Friday night class. I […]

Yesterday was the Pure Brightness Festival. This is kind of Chinese/Buddhist Memorial Day. Celebrated by going to graves of loved ones (often outside of the city on a mountain or something) and by burning money in the streets. Not real money – just some fake Afterlife-opoly money. Let the deceased buy themselves something nice in […]

So Sunday we tried our two service arrangement for the first time (not counting Easter). It’s quite a bit more exhausting, but I think it’s definitely worth the hassle. If we put all those people into the same service, it would be pretty uncomfortable in there, less attention would be paid, and I think we […]

Can’t believe it’s Friday already. I’ve got a lot to do today in prep. for this weekend. Hopefully my daily dose of Red Bull will get me through the day (I can stop anytime I want). I’ve missed the last couple classes at the university, so I’ve been catching up with my characters – I […]