CMS Link Letter #85: Happy New Year of the Tiger! ๐ฏ
Published last week by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link belowโฆ Continue reading CMS Link Letter #85: Happy New Year of the Tiger! ๐ฏ
Roaring Down Taiwan’s East Coast in the Year of the Tiger! ๐ฏ
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! ๐ฏ
่บๅๅคง็ธฑ่ตฐ Taipei Grand Hike / Trail @ Chinese New Year 2022!
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 ่บๅๅคง็ธฑ่ตฐ Taipei Grand Hike / Trail @ Chinese New Year 2022!
๐ธ Spring means Cherry Blossom! ๐ธ
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 ๐ธ Spring means Cherry Blossom! ๐ธ
January: The End of Term ~ Yippee!
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!
Happy New Year!
Flame just flickering Light all shining Heart still burning Hope Inspiring โHope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darknessโ Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) Happy New Year ๆฐๅนดๅฟซๆจ! Continue reading Happy New Year!
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 25 ๐โ๐ ่่ช็ฏๅฟซๆจ! Happy Christmas! ๐โ๏ธ๐ผ
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day25: Thank you so much for all your prayers, comments and encouragement this Advent! Wishing you all a joyful and blessed Christmas! ่่ช็ฏๅฟซๆจ! Continue reading My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 25 ๐โ๐ ่่ช็ฏๅฟซๆจ! Happy Christmas! ๐โ๏ธ๐ผ
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 24 ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐
#MyAdventCalendar2021 #Day24: This is the very lovely Cai-Pei ้ๆฒ, 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 ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐
My Advent Calendar 2021: Day 23 โ๐ผ๐
#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 โ๐ผ๐