SQJ Taipei

Mosburger is a Japanese fast food style restaurant. McDonalds has more stores than anyone here in Taiwan. Mosburger is probably 2nd… or KFC.
Their food is good and it is a little more “upscale” if that can be possible in the fast food industry. Also, McD’s and KFC’s menu’s have an Asian slant, but Mos is [...]

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I’ve not been feeling well… enough about that.
Because this really makes me sick
read the link… but here’s the gist…
a church wrote the following to a team of missionaries:
a couple of weeks ago, an anonymous letter was sent to Italy after i had gone and spoken at a supporting church. it was just a scribbled note [...]

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Please my dear friends… just do me this ONE favor.
Apparently Greenpeace has adopted a whale and they are choosing a name for it with an internet vote.
There are 30 possible choices… 29 of them are things like:

Kigai - means ’strong spirit’ in Japanese
Sedna - is the name of the Innuit goddess of the oceans
Veikko - [...]

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When we started working with the church here in Ankeng (安坑) we decided that we would plan to be gone from some of the meetings every few weeks.
The purpose of these absences would be to allow the Taiwanese members to do 2 things:

make decisions without the feeling that “The Missionaries” have an agenda - they [...]

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The first time was a few weeks ago. I had just picked up my new phone that doubles as a sweet mp3 player. I was trying it out as I took the elevator down from our 18th floor apartment. I was fiddling with the controls and decided on “Your Grace is Enough” by Chris Tomlin. [...]

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So far this year… the only state with ZERO visitors to my blog is West Virginia.
I’m kinda OCD so if someone has a friend who lives in WV, would you please ask them to visit this blog? If they leave a comment it is even likely that I’d send them a thank you gift of [...]

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Here’s a fun civics quiz for you to take. It will take about 15 minutes, but is worth your time.
After you take the test, you’ll get to look at some alarming statistics showing that US Colleges and Universities are failing at teaching civics. For many questions, graduating college seniors score lower than incoming freshman. Why [...]

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As you know… I love computer games. Our family (most of us) can’t get enough Jellocar these days. Maybe you’ll enjoy playing it over the Thanksgiving holiday.
If you have Windows or Xbox360 I’d call this one a MUST DOWNLOAD. I bet you’ve never played anything like it before. It seems like the perfect game to [...]

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Hi. I’m SQJTaipei. I run this blog. If I don’t post something soon I’m in danger of having an empty NOV 2007 archive. Can’t have that.
I’m sorting through virtual piles of emails and RSS feeds after my recent trip to the US and uncovered this gem over at The Wittenburg Door.
Rolf Potts: Traveling Mercies | [...]

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When I posted the last monthly report, I mentioned going on a retreat with the Yunghe church. You can read about it in our November Monthly Report which is available to download.
In this edition…

BBQ the Taiwanese way
Teacher Bethanie
Upcoming Events
A bit about Wulai

Clicking on the image below will open the PDF newsletter directly (about 320kb)

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