Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
Hi all. I just wanted to let you all know that we are posting ALL our pictures from the trip on our flikr account. You can access it at http://flic.kr/s/aHsjv1EDZL .
We arrived from Beijing in Hefei and were greeted by our guide Cherry. We set up to have a private driver and guide for the time in Anhui as we didn’t know that many people and we needed some specific information in terms of finding Charis’ orphanage and the place where she was originally found. …
As I write this, I lie in a sleeper train car from Beijing to Hefei, settling in for a 9 hour ride. At least we will be sleeping most of the way and so the trip should happen quickly. While Lisa and the kids have their own stateroom. I am sharing with three others. One …
Last night we met with Catherine and her husband Vince for dinner. We know her from over 10 years ago when she was a graduate student at UTA. She has since written a book and hopes to do further study in the university. They are doing very well. She is very special for us because …
Continue reading “A Light day with some terrific friends in Beijing”
One of the greatest blessing in going on this trip is the opportunity to spend time with our former student friends and there are few better ways to do this than seeing what is special in their home towns. We have had the opportunity to share our life with them, now they can share their …
Today was a very special day for our family. One of the things we have been most looking forward to in our trip to Asia was going to the orphanage near Beijing (http://harmonyoutreach.org/425567.ihtml) Our daughter has been doing fund raisers for our time there, friends from our faith family had donated items and funds for …
Continue reading “The mouths of babes and on to the Northern Capital, Beijing…”
The last couple of days has been quite the days. It has been so full that we all have been falling asleep as early as 9 PM. Yesterday, the daughter of our dear friend Garrett, Lucy, took us around all over Tianjin. Garrett, a part of the previous year’s UTA EMBA class, has become a …
We are on a train from Shanghai to Tianjin. Shanghai was an unforgettable experience.Tim took us to see a show with incredible acrobats with the Era- Intersection of Time” show, with acts that seem to come from circ d solei y but even better. Our gracious hosts have been so incredibly generous. Sitting on the train …
After quite the journey, we have safely arrived in Shanghai. What a blessing it was as our family learned much about what it means to be flexible and what it means to trust Father with all the details. The course we took was not at all what we planned but we ended up being even …
I never thought I would say this but praise the Lord for American Airlines. They took us in to go to Shanghai when China Eastern wouldn’t. Leaving soon. Thanks all who are praying.
