I was just a big ol’ dumb, white girl from Kansas living in a city of 1.5 million Chineesers. In fact, in the fall of 1983, there were only about 15 foreigners total in our city of Changchun (this was the old Manchuria). I was there with two other women and we were the first [...]

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The Chinese government had a funny way of doing things back in the day when I first started teaching there. The Communist Party had a strict policy protecting its citizens from the invasion of dangerous stuff like “foreign ideas and philosophies” coming into the country through the massive influx of English teachers from the West. [...]

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I love missions! I love everything about missions. I love the fact that God uses mere mortals to participate with Him in His great Redemption Story. I love the joyful and miraculous idea that God invites His children to be a part of what He is doing around the world and in the hearts and [...]

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My girlfriend and her husband have just taken a pregnant teen in to live with them. They have two kids, a set of parents to care for and both work fulltime jobs. Wow! I don’t know if I could do that. Ministry is messy. The young girl got pregnant while away at college. When she [...]

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If this is your first visit to this blog, please look around and read one of the older posts. I recommend “Redemption Can Be Found in Every Pile of Garbage” or “Mean Old Lao Deng” which is really good for the Christmas season. For those who are regular readers, I wanted to let you know [...]

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I’ve been bit! Help me! I’ve been bit by the flu bug and I can’t get up! Six days of this stuff (and being homebound) has made me slightly more cuckoo than usual. And while I’ve been under the weather, Big D’s been down under in Australia. (Sorry. It’s the Nyquil). He’ll be home Wednesday. [...]

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