SQJ Taipei

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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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

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Our Ankeng house church will be attending a retreat with our “mother church” (Yunghe) today. We are going to Wulai and there should be about 200 people total.
Our October Monthly Report is available for download.
In this edition…

Aunt Angie’s Awesome English Class
How to find our photos on the web
Scott’s quick trip to the USA in November
Brief [...]

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Whatever you do… don’t give him a card.
With some exceptional insight into both Taiwanese *and* Christian culture… I proudly link to…
Here’s Your Card

I FULLY expect to get pulled over by a Taiwan Police man, to hear him say, “May I see your card?” Then, after giving him my Drivers License, hearing him then say, “No, [...]

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I wish this one was mine… but it isn’t. It is from Craig & Karen Thompson.
In their recent newsletter they were sharing about some of the contacts they had made recently. Now… you have to know that Craig and Karen (with teammates Jen and Peter) are making deliberate attempts to ensure that people realize that [...]

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HT: Michael at The View From Taiwan
I found this article about Taiwan’s Aborigine Christians pretty interesting on several levels.

It assumes that Christianity is primarily about “going to church”
It reveals some of Taiwan’s history, primarily in aboriginal cultures
It spotlights some of the pitfalls of transplanting western Christian structures here
I happen to know John McCall who is [...]

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I’m a missionary with an organization called Team Expansion.
One thing I love about Team Expansion is that they allow me to fail. In fact, in some ways, it *could* be said that they encourage me to fail.
WHAT?
Of course, we don’t strive for failure, but I’m glad to know that the home office understands that it [...]

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Another typhoon (hurricane) is passing just a bit to the north of the island and is bringing intense rain and wind to our area.
Our September Monthly Report is available for download.
In this edition…

The distinctives of Christianity help form a new mantra for our church
Back to school
Yao Ming visits Taiwan
more…

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A while ago, I was writing a fellow blogger about missionaries. I was talking about how missionaries have historically tended to be individualists and workaholics. Those traits can make for the ability to create inroads to the gospel, but those inroads often come at a price… sometimes they will cost a missionary in the area [...]

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So some letters have been found that indicate Mother Teresa did not always feel the presence of Christ.
All this means is that she was like you and me in some ways.
John at Bikehiker has a great post as to the implications of this revelation and how it perhaps even makes her example even more powerful [...]

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