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The Saturday before Easter a new church was born in Taipei. Its name is:

The last Saturday of May (Memorial Day Weekend) we had a church-wide fellowship cook out supper. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and (almost) all the trimmings. Good food, fellowship, music, and preaching. Here are a few pictures click one to see it larger:

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Finally, I passed the Chinese test! (I’m not certain that is a correct Chinese sentence

I just received word from our language director that I passed the language requirement for my job! (The requirement is very low.)

Although we have lived here for some time now, this is the first language “test” either of us have taken.

I am so relieved   NO MORE PRESSURE!

edit: I talked with my language teacher this morning and found out that I had indeed said it wrong   The verb I used for passed cannot have an object. So, if I want to use that verb, I must say:  Zuìhòu, wǒ de hànyǔ kǎoshì jí gé le!  -OR-  use a different verb . . .  Zuìhòu, wǒ tōng guò le hànyǔ kǎoshì!

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One day soon I will get caught up enough to begin posting again . . . .

The April East Asian Peoples Update is now available.

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The February East Asian Peoples Update is now available.

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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.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNrnZov8Dtw

The second is an interview he had with a Taipei worker.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBp0570LFmk

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