SQJ Taipei

I’m pasting this letter that I just sent out to a mailing list of people who support our work here in prayer. I wanted to make sure people who read the blog but aren’t on that list get the scoop, too.

I’d like to update you a little about my back surgery. Angie has mentioned it [...]

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Wow… I’ve still been sick and/or busy because of trying to catch up after being sick.
Some of the people in our community asked Angie and I if our church would help organize a Christmas party for the kids who live here. We were very glad to help out and the party went well. We had [...]

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Can any of my fellow expats in Taiwan help me with this?
I have a friend who has an article written about him and his family in the current (December) issue of Asia Review Magazine. He says it is available in Taiwan. I haven’t looked yet as I’m suffering after having a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday.
Does [...]

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In this edition, we explain how we came to add Sunday School class for kids to our house church meeting. It includes some of the reasons why we do what we do.
Our DECEMBER Monthly Report is available for download.
In this edition…

House Church Development
Pic of Zach playing soccer
Pic of Angie’s book study group
A new bike trail [...]

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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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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

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

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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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Angie was talking to Alicia on the phone the other day and Mollie (2 1/2 years old) was posted right beside here saying 『媽媽! 媽媽!』which sounds almost like “Mama! Mama!” in English except it was clear she was using Chinese. It is hard to explain but those who live in Taiwan or who have [...]

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