The Gospel in China

Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking about China…  After a brief sabbatical that I like to call “January,” it’s about time I start recording some of the stuff that’s going on. The truth is, this is supposed to be the slow time of the year for us. Over the past four […]

Happy New Year! 48 minutes into it here in China – it’ll be along in the States presently. Don’t worry – it seems like an alright year so far. There have been plenty of fireworks going off outside our house this evening, but I’d rather be warm than see fireworks, so our viewing was limited […]

Less Than Bubonic No blogging for a few days – doctor’s orders. Not really – but I have been sick since Christmas – so Merry Christmas a couple days late. I still feel terrible – fever and all that. It’s really strange – I know it must seem like I get sick a lot to listen […]

My wife and I just got home from our first Sunday meeting. We started at 6:30 in the evening, and, I believe thanks to your prayers, God really blessed tonight. In spite of me, that’s for sure. Even though our music kind of dragged along, especially at first, there were a couple songs that they […]

Another busy weekend. Good Bible study tonight. Our numbers were down for the second week in a row, due to more mandatory meetings at one university and a nationwide English test. English is mandatory for everyone to take here, whatever your major. This test is the one you take if English isn’t your major. There […]

Strangely enough, our run-off-and-join-the-heretics friend has made contact with us. I’m pretty sure that she knows she’s not supposed to, but she pretty obviously has no intention of telling her Jehovah’s Witnesses friends. It started with her calling us yesterday asking to meet with us. This was great, since I was wanting one more opportunity […]

Last night’s leaders meeting went alright, I guess. We had a good number come out, especially guys. The real purpose of the meeting was to go over the coming service from beginning to end. Not sure we got through everything good enough, but we should have some people in the room that understand how it’s […]

Gauntlet of a weekend. Our Saturday Bible study attendance was hit pretty hard by a mandatory student-body meeting at one of the big universities in town. But we still had a good time – my voice hurt and I felt I bombed big time in the first service, but we had some good visitors, returners, […]

I’ve reached a frustrating point of language learning. That’s really kind of a non-statement, I guess, as language study from beginning to end is a trial of Job-like proportions. Still, learning a new language is like a running a marathon without ever having so much as jogged before. It bends and cramps parts of your […]

Fun night. Leaders meeting was relatively small tonight, just had a handful of students show up. Definitely a good night for that to happen. We wrapped up eternal security tonight with a study on the consequences of sin in the life of a believer, and then we talked about our upcoming church services. This is […]