Hello, and Happy Chinese New Year!! I hope you’re enjoying your day off! What? Not taking a break for the lunar new year? Around here many shops are closed and there is a lazy holiday feel. Bright red lanterns and “new year trees” full of vivid yellow blossom decorate almost every home and business. The air is thick with the …

Dear Praying Partners, It is amazing what a bit of sunshine and a fresh, thick, pristine layer of snow can do for the spirit. The sun is hiding once again, but there is still the reminder of newness and cleanness blanketing our world outside. For what are we giving thanks to the Lord? –Recently we’ve had quite a bit of …

Hello again! How was your first week of the new year? Ours had its ups and downs, but overall pretty good. However, as we look around the world at all the current events, it seems we see more downs than ups, in general. Sometimes it feels like evil is prospering, as our world sinks more and more into moral decline, …

Hello again, and happy new year! Although I (Deb) took a day or so off for the New Year’s celebrations, I have been spending much of the last ten days climbing up and down a nine-foot aluminum ladder. I am helping decorate a friend’s restaurant, and one of my tasks was to paint a ceiling. As I climbed to the …

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Hey there! Oh my. I almost forgot it was Monday! We spent the weekend with co-workers from other parts of SE Asia, and just said good-bye to them all this evening, as they flew back to their respective countries. It was a really good weekend. Michelle B., Kaylin O., and Deborah all participated in a run around Angkor Wat. Deb …