Escaping from Taipei’s endless rain and cold, and in search of some sun, warmth and blue skies, so we just spent this past week driving down Taiwan’s east coast. Beautiful! Yes, sun, warmth and blue skies, all so much appreciated. … Continue reading Roaring Down Taiwan’s East Coast in the Year of the Tiger! π―
Rain, rain and more rain – and mud, such a great combination! Plenty of both to keep me wet and disgustingly dirty for a whole week. Hey, at least we had no wind, or at least not at the same … Continue reading θΊε倧縱衰 Taipei Grand Hike / Trail @ Chinese New Year 2022!
The first cherry blossom of the season, the dark pink variety, is out up at the Yangmingshan Mountains above Taipei ….. There’s also white cherry blossom up there too ~ the plum blossoms are over (how to tell the difference: … Continue reading πΈ Spring means Cherry Blossom! πΈ
January: Chinese New Year is coming ~ so it’s the end of term for us all, and the start of the New Year holidays. Yippee! We’ve been working all over Christmas so a break will be appreciated by everyone, though we do have some more serious Covid-19 clusters breaking out which might restrict the celebrations. Everyone is busy cleaning, shopping and finishing off everything that needs doing – we have one more week to go to get everything done. And it’s the Year of the Tiger, so tigers are everywhere! One of the features of Chinese New Year is family … Continue reading January: The End of Term ~ Yippee!
Flame just flickering Light all shining Heart still burning Hope Inspiring βHope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darknessβ Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) Happy New Year ζ°εΉ΄εΏ«ζ¨! Continue reading Happy New Year!
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day25: Thank you so much for all your prayers, comments and encouragement this Advent! Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Christmas! θθͺη―εΏ«ζ¨! Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 25 πβπ θθͺη―εΏ«ζ¨! Happy Christmas! πβοΈπΌ
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day24: This is the very lovely Cai-Pei ιζ², just arriving now at St. John’s University (SJU), and all ready for her baptism during tonight’s Christmas Eve service ~ and she gets the largest Teddy Bear chocolate in the Advent Calendar! Ah, she’s so happy! She comes every Sunday to Advent Church from her home in Taoyuan, having graduated last year from SJU in Creative Design, a classmate and good friend of Yi-Ting who works on our SJU Chaplaincy staff and the one who originally invited her to join the student fellowship. They also did their senior project together on … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 24 ππ―οΈπ
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day23: This is Melissa, second-year student of Creative Design at St. John’s University (SJU), also one of the leadership team of the Student Fellowship and in charge of tonight’s Christmas outreach event, the colours for which are blue, grey and white ~ the photo is taken against the stunning back wall they’ve designed for the occasion! She’s really amazing at leading worship, singing, dancing, design, art and music ~ in fact, she seems to be multi-talented in everything, and is such a blessing to our student fellowship. In the elections on December 30 for next year’s student fellowship leadership … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 23 βπΌπ
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day22: This is 2-year-old Ethan, in his reindeer hat, in thoughtful pose ~ ah, we love him so much! He and his baby sister Eva keep us all entertained at our monthly diocesan office lunch gatherings in Taipei – including the one today. Ethan has won the hearts of all the diocesan office staff and all the visitors! Ethan’s mother, Sheerah is from Ipoh, West Malaysia, and for many years worked as their diocesan children’s worker. In 2010, she came with a diocesan team to lead ‘Kids Games’ training in Advent Church, and we’ve all kept in touch ever … Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 22 πΆπ π½β
Catherine Lee 