Only four days left in Fuxin. I really am glad to be heading home, not because I hate it here, but because I miss home so much. I miss my friends and family. It’s been difficult putting life on hold like this. As I have been looking back on this summer I began to think that it was all a…

I know, I know… I just e-mailed you, but we’ve now arrived in our new city and I wanted to fill you in. Lots has happened and I’m going to try to keep it condensed. We use an Internet cafe and it is has a great connection so we should be able to show you more of the adventures from…

Today is one of those days where it feels like so much went wrong, yet somehow God worked despite all of our insufficiencies and moments of disobedience. Let’s walk through it. I wake up slightly irritated and wanting to shut the world off. So, I plan a day to keep to myself and do my own thing. My first order…

We can now add a new nationality to the list: Vietnamese. The list goes to:

Chinese
Russian
Japanese
Korean
Finish
Canadian
German
Good ‘ole American

Never have I had a three language conversation until last night. These Vietnamese are really fun, and they are very different from their Chinese counterparts. Vietnamese are very Western in their thinking. They can make…