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 It’s a tradition for many Chinese families to do “Spring Cleaning” before the Lunar New Year to discard the “old” (Cleaning) and welcome the “new” (Spring). Some would take the opportunity to do this annual exercise to “get rid” of things that have been accumulated for years, things that had not been used, things A few days ago I received a SMS from an old friend, who organizes seminars and conferences for Bible-educators, requesting me to pray for him as he prepares to teach a course on evangelism to Bible-school students. My reply to his SMS was: PTL! Just a gentle reminder that evangelism is caught not taught. So Life pressures gradually got him. Ministry and full time service turned out to be more demanding than he expected. There was no reward but reprimanding. The hours were long and work never seemed to end. Life was lonely and discouraging. He soon forgot the reasons for serving the Lord. He then started to He refused to read the Bible cos he knew God’s word would convict his heart about his decision. He dared not pray (in his own words) cos he knew God would tell him that it was a bad decision. He struggled. He wrestled with his loving Heavenly Father. Finally, he chose the path “While we do not court danger, The Amazing Story of Joan Wales A few months ago I read, POINT ME TO THE SKIES, by Ronald Clements published in 2006 by OMF. It’s a wonderful story of the hand of God Many people who are brought up in modern societies have been taught that “all men are created equal.” In most Asian societies, this is a strange concept. I’ve been involved in many missions’ projects (eg. medical missions) where “numbers” are given out to those who come according to their time of arrival – the first person Many of us are very time conscious. It is a characteristic of the modern life. However, many in Asia are still “unconscious” to time. Unless we realize this, there will be much unnecessary friction when time conscious missionary meets time-unconscious Asian. I thought that I had already learned to adjust to Asian “rubber time” until my It was peaceful, tranquil. Last Monday morning, while everyone else in our group took the tour around the Killing Fields, I found a bench under a tree, settled down and turned on my netbook. About a few feet away from me was this sign: Tourists came up in small groups to read the sign. The tour |
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