Weekend before last, our Sunday night Bible Study group went on an outing. It was the last gathering that Rachel would be able to attend before moving back to the US. We decided to have dinner together then send off a lantern into the heavens – sort of symbolic of sending off Rachel. There is a suburb named PingXi that is famous for the sky lanterns – especially during lantern festival. That was where we went. It was fun! See the pictures HERE.
I spent one morning back in September listening to Ed Stetzer speak about the Emerging Church. Follow this link to a website where he talks about his trip to Taiwan.
Below are a couple of good videos from that trip.
The first is a great explanation of religion in Taiwan.
The second is an interview he had with a Taipei worker.
Thanks to Eric at Mission Taiwan
Just a quick note to let you know I put a few pics on Flickr. The day I arrived for training I was able to spend 4 hours in town before I took a train to the town where the training takes place. I’ll add to them and give them captions later. I had a lot of fun in four short hours. More later!
Click HERE to go to the slideshow.
Next week I (Jackie) will be on the road again. This time however it is to a new destination. London!
I’ve never been to that part of the world and am pretty excited. There will be a few days training and then a few days of vacation. I’ve been doing research into the most well known places so that I can prioritize and see as many sights as possible. Fran will stay behind this time. It was mainly the prospect of cold that made the decision – but, that coupled with $$$ and time away from ministry caused her to decide to not go this time.
If you have any advice or tips I’d love to hear them!
Big Ben
Tower Bridge
Just wanted to quickly say thanks to anyone who prayed for me over the weekend. I gave the lecture at BSF on Monday night and it went well. I was prepared (working on it up to the last minute) and was able to “adlib” several times instead of having to read the whole thing. I was pleased.
The opening two songs were just awful though. No piano player – singing unfamiliar hymns – in a non-native language – produced a really pitiful result. Very bad. The third song – the one just before the lecture, was evidently much better known by the guys so it was really good. There were no visitors so I didn’t have to give an intro class either so that allowed me to relax a few minutes before I started. All in all a good night 
Thank you for praying!
A New Day in Taipei Franklin Graham Festival Wrap-up
More than 183,000 people in Taipei gathered over the weekend to hear the Good News proclaimed at the Franklin Graham Festival. And close to 10,000 made a commitment to Jesus Christ! Click the picture to go to the story!
We just sent out a newsletter* that talked little bit about our involvement in the Taipei Franklin Graham Festival. It also contained a few prayer requests. Since sending the newsletter Fran ran across this article. We think you’ll find it interesting.
BGEA: Our Ministries: “Decision” Magazine
*if you didn’t receive the newsletter please let us know.
