Yes, that really was the score of our basketball game this morning…we won. It was my second game with the university team. They’re actually decent, but probably more on par with a American high school team. Last week the score was around 40-20. It’s been fun playing with the guys and the crowd definitely [...]

 We just wanted to say that we are thankful for all of you this day. We have so much to be thankful for! Our Thanksgiving day is about over here, but we hope you all have a great day. We spent the afternoon and evening with the other Americans from our fellowship. We played football [...]

For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies
Lord of all, to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise
For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flow’r
Sun and moon and stars of [...]

I get the weekly sermon from John Piper and this past week he shared some interesting stats relating to the to current situation in America. I was actually pretty surprised by these figures. He quotes the stats from an article by Dave Earley (former pastor at NL Gahanna). 
1. There are 195 million non-churched people in [...]

A picture has been painted by the Chinese government that its people enjoy full freedom of worship, and in fact, many Chinese themselves will testify to this. But there is more to it than that. There is a widespread ignorance among the Chinese of the true situation here. Even amidst its modernization, increasing [...]

Jess and I watched “Chariots of Fire” again last night and it got both of us thinking about something. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it…it’s one of our favorites. If you haven’t, it’s about Eric Liddle. He was a great Olympic runner and missionary to China in the 20’s. On his way [...]

Adam was approached last week by a member of the basketball team here at the university with a proposal to join their team for the coming month’s tournaments. Adam told him it had been seven years since he played on a formal team. “It doesn’t matter,” he responded. : ) A school [...]

I’m sitting here in our office on the computer listening to Jess share with our neighbor about our Father. It’s cool to continue to see the ways He puts people in our path. Jess met Sharon about a month ago coming back to our apartment and found out she lives on the floor above us. [...]