The Gospel in China

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 […]

The weekend isn’t off to the best start. A new guy came to our Friday night class, which was unexpected, considering he’s been more withdrawn this semester. But glad to have him. Afterwards he wanted to have a word with me. He had some complaints, which are constantly fueled by his friend who I’ve mentioned […]

After studying with the guys yesterday, we went over to their campus’ cafeteria to eat dinner. T. loaded up the table with a ton of food, way more than we could possibly eat (which is pretty much what they do here anytime they entertain guests). Also joining us was D., who came by the building […]

That was a tiring evening – but the Lord really blessed! We had a lot of repeats, but both services were full. We were somewhere in the high 50s, I think. It is absolutely ridiculous to me that we have to have two services just to fit that many people, but that’s our reality. The […]

Easter morning. Chinese gets a point for its name for the holiday: “Resurrection Holiday.” Which they observe about as much as Americans celebrate Boxing Day. So today we’re hoping we can start a tradition of celebration among believers – we want to show them today is a special memorial. Unfortunately, we don’t really get any […]