25th, but Who's Counting?

Jack and Jessie just celebrated their 25th anniversary, but who's counting? What did they give each other for an anniversay present....a trip to Paris, diamonds, furs....NOPE!
Here's to a healthy next 25 and beyond!! They hope to be together sharing HIStory for many more years to come.

Christmas 24/7 for 30 Days

Our family of four has just celebrated Christmas, 24/7 for 30 days. And it was a blast! We were all four back together again as a team, sharing HIStory and enjoying each other.

Presenting the true story of Christmas in the public schools.

Making Christmas cookies with the Saturday night youth group.

Singing lots of familiar Christmas songs in a new language.

Making snow at the orphanage.

Watching the youth at Da Cun BC present the Christmas story.

Listening to the children at Da Cun BC sing Christmas songs.

Hosting lots of Christmas parties in our home.

Helping GBC hand out thousands of candy canes.

Eating traditional Christmas foods.

Playing with Christmas toys from Granny and Papa.

Enjoying games with friends and family.

Eating snack foods in between games of Horse.

Eating non-traditional foods for New Year's Eve.

Watching one of the greatest fireworks displays on earth.

Now, we're back to just the three of us. Elizabeth has headed back to college for a new semester. And, we three are all back to a regular routine of work and school. Please remember the hundreds that heard the True Meaning of HIStory this season.

A Living Legacy

Every Saturday afternoon, we teach children at our little national clubhouse. Today was a "holy" moment. Today's story was about HIM making us "fishers of men". I had chosen to teach the children the song: "I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men. I will make you fishers of men, if you follow me." I learned this song as a little girl at Mt. Zion BC in Mississippi, and I have taught it to children in MS, KY, MI, FL, TN, WV, and MT.

Little did I know that today, Grandma Wang (age 80) was also going to teach the children the same song in our national language. She had learned it as a little girl, growing up in Gansu Province in the BIG country. Grandma Wang came with her husband to our little island in 1949 when she was 19 years old. She had become a believer in the BIG country. When she arrived on our little island (60 years ago), she began teaching children. She has been teaching this song to children on our little island ever since.

So, she taught the children "Fishers of Men" in Chinese, and I taught it to them in English. It was a "holy" moment. Grandma Wang is a living legacy, politically and spiritually. I am honored to serve beside her.

Flowers from Around the World

Our city is currently hosting an International Flora Expo (November 2010-April 2011). The city is full of tourists, beautiful flowers exhibitions from around the world, lots of performances, and yummy food.

Front Entrance

Tribal Dancers

Flowers at the Holland Exhibition

Snacks galore!!

Anytime is a GREAT time to visit our little island. We're gearing up for lots of Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Presentations in universities, high schools, junior highs, elementary schools, and our home. We can always use your help.

Plagues

The story of Mosese continues with the 10 plagues. Can you guess which is which?

Boils

Gnats

Death of Livestock

Hail

Death of Firstborn

We're having lots of fun with these chronological stories. You should have seen us singing and dancing to "Pharoah, Pharoah"! On to the Golden Calf and the Building of the Tabernacle.

Life on an Island

Yesterday was one of those rare days over here. Jack and I were FREE in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening. It was beautiful outside--soft breeze, blue skies, sweatshirt weather, so we went for a drive along our NE coast. (In one hour, we can be at oceanside.) We drove slowly along the coastal highway, stopping for photos, cultural markers, cold drinks, snacks, climbing on rocks, anything we wanted. (Jack recently bought me my own "easy to use" camera, so hopefully, I'll blog more often. Esther and her camera are in India.) Enjoy the photos and HIS beautiful creation. Please remember those on our island on a daily basis.

Youth Group-Asian Style

Everywhere we've ever lived, we've taught youth groups: Cowan, Palmer, New Salem, Rogers City, Central Parkway, Hillcrest, Good Shepherd, Trinity, and now in Asia. We've driven buses, slept in bunk beds, met in parking lots, gone on m-trips, etc. etc.

Our current youth group is using about 40 Chronological stories

to learn HIStory from Creation to HIM.
This week, we were on the story of Baby Moses.

So, we had alot of fun with baby games. This relay included a mama,

a baby Moses,a bib, a bottle of warm soda, and a burp.

This game used the idea of Hot Potato and musical chairs

but passed the jar and tasted the baby food instead.

It was the first time for most of them to ever

taste baby food from a jar.

And, they were not too excited.

But, there's always one in every crowd.

You each remember who you were?

This is Jason. He was delighted to be the final contestant

and receive the rest of the jar of baby food as his prize.

We are amazed at how much fun these middle school

and high school students are having learning HIStory.

We're actually still having alot of fun ourselves.