The Gospel in China

We’ve secured another six months of visa – went to the university this morning and negotiated our deal for the next semester. I always get sent to the principal’s office before we work anything out. It’s a pretty good arrangement: we pay a bunch of money, we take part in one class and get a […]

We’re still not exactly back to normal, but we definitely had the highest attendance last night that we’ve had in more than a month. There were probably six or seven people back from vacation. Somehow, it was unofficially bring-your-high-school-brother-to-church night; there were two girls that did so. It was our seventh week of the Gospel […]

Tonight felt like a big step in getting back to normal around the church. I’m really interested in what the net results will be at the end of this school break. I think it’s been a good time for our core group, and it seems like they’re anxious to get started on a new semester, […]

I think that the holiday is in its death throes. Today is the fifteenth of the lunar new year, and the moon is full. And today is the end-of-holiday holiday, complete with its own traditional food and a barrage of fireworks that even surpasses the new year’s. The streets are packed full of people, as […]

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on the blog before, but my wife suffers through some pretty severe back pain on a daily basis as a result of an injury when she was in school. One of those discs that is supposed to make your back work is basically gone. Anyway, the pain has […]

We’ve had a good weekend. Still a couple weeks before registration for the next semester, so just about everyone is still out of town. But most of our native people, along with quite a few visitors from some other local churches, showed up last night, so we had a decent crowd. I was exceptionally excited […]

For the past ten days or so, my language teacher has been in his hometown for the festival, so my normal language studies have taken a break. But it has given me a great opportunity to focus on some areas that really need attention – namely, listening comprehension and vocabulary. To develop the first I […]

Maybe you remember our neighbor that grabs my nose and brings us fresh ears of corn. Still our neighbor… So yesterday my wife and I see him on the way up the stairs to our apartment; he invites us over for dinner with him and his wife the next day. He’ll come get us at […]

Today was our first wedding anniversary, so I just want to write a short entry to say how much I love and appreciate my wife. She really is an incredible gift of help from God for me – I absolutely cannot imagine being here without her. We had only been married for three months (and […]

Just had a couple people tonight for our Gospel Class. Apparently today is some kind of not-calendar-worthy holiday, and everyone spends time at home and eats with their families. We had a good time though and spent some time on their specific questions about the Bible.   I heard from St. today, who’s still at home […]