Did you know....Taiwan's nickname is 'Formosa' which means 'beautiful island'.  ...if you want to get to the other side of the island, you must go up and over or down and around, but there is no major

  Here is my latest newsletter, that I sent out at the end of May, 2010 God is doing great and mighty things! Hello to all!  I’ve not written in a while, but while I’ve been silent, God has not!  He

So, what's next?    God has directed, and given me the strength to finish my Teaching English as a Second Language certification!  I am so excited to finally be done.  Quite a test of character and d

Well, now the REAL first day of school is finished and it has been great!  It was so fun to see all my students again and talk to them.  Some of them still don't know that I can speak a little Chinese

Now here we have a classic case of miscommunication!   A glimpse at a classic bit of daily school drama. Ok, so………we thought that school was today (I teach English at elemtary schools in Taiwan), a

So, I've been asked why I am limping around.  Well, I don't really know why my foot is irritated, however, I suspect that it is from a certain pair of shoes that I own that sometimes bother my feet an

I was asking God to give me favor with my teachers this year, and one in particular has really opened up. At first she said that she thought that I frequented bars every night as did all the other f

*Not her real name As we have the opportunity to work with students here in Taiwan, we have also had the opportunity to see several of them be saved after spending years building relationships with th

This week I have been busy studying and just trying to keep up the pace and finish before the deadline when the course ends!  The hightlight of this week has been getting to talk to my Mom on the phon