February 2009
3 posts
February Update
I am back again in Beijing after returning home for a brief, but much needed break in San Diego. It was incredibly uplifting to see everyone and hear how God has been challenging and growing you in the past half year. In my last email to you guys I was discouraged since I had realized that many of the lessons that God had taught me over the summer were lost as I noticed lots of complaining in my...
You Say What?? - Taxi Drivers
So today my friends and I hail a cab on the way back from a bomb-dig dinner we have with our study abroad program. My friend, who is a good 6-foot plus and carries a strong 200 pounds sits up in the front-passenger seat, which happens to be pushed up pretty far up to the dashboard. We go no further than 10 feet when the taxi driver abruptly veers back to curbside and says (in direct translation)...