Good news, a new beginning! Guangfu Dental Clinic 光復牙醫診所 at No. 8, Dunhou Road, Guangfu, Hualien is open! The mud’s gone, everywhere’s freshly painted, there’s new furniture, dental chairs, an X-ray machine, computer equipment, and a very happy Dr. Kuo … Continue reading 花蓮光復洪災後重生！After the Mud: New Beginnings at Guangfu, Hualien, Taiwan ❤️
The train from Hualien, packed to the limits, pulls into Guangfu Station. It’s Sunday, September 28, and Taiwan has a 3-day holiday weekend for Teacher’s Day, Confucius’ Birthday. It’s the smell that gets us first. Then the dust. It’s everywhere, … Continue reading 花蓮光復洪災 Guangfu, Hualien, Taiwan: Inundated with Mud, Overflowing with Compassion ❤️
It’s 8:22 pm on Thursday, May 22, only a few hours after landing in Taiwan, and my brother, David, has just got to get outside to film Taiwan’s famous musical bin lorries as they arrive, as scheduled, exactly on time … Continue reading Welcoming David & Anna to Taiwan!🧋🎻🎹🚚🎶
My latest Church Mission Society CMS Link Letter has just been published here….. Also, in the same week, the Diocese of Taiwan Friendship Magazine has just been published at this link: Friendship Magazine October 2024 with a focus on the Taiwan Episcopal … Continue reading Friendship Magazine & CMS Link Letter Out Now!
My latest Church Mission Society CMS Link Letter has just been published here….. Also, the Diocese of Taiwan Friendship Magazine has just been published at this link: Friendship Magazine June 2024. The top photo of this post features the flypast at the … Continue reading Friendship Magazine & CMS Link Letter Out Now!
A fairly momentous day. Wednesday April 3, 2024 was the day of Taiwan’s massive 7.2 earthquake. And yes, it was also my birthday! The day started off pretty normally, as birthdays on a Wednesday might do, and by 7:30 am I was just back home from an hour in the swimming pool. Actually, everyone in Taiwan was busy planning their upcoming long weekend – the following 2 days, April 4 and 5 were to be days off for the annual Tomb-Sweeping Festival – so I was busy planning too. The weather reports for the holiday weekend were not too good, … Continue reading Taiwan’s 7.2 Hualien Earthquake: April 3, 2024
Marching into the future… Watching the changing of the guard at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial in Taipei last Friday makes me realize how much has changed in Taiwan in only a few decades. Thanks to you all for your concern & prayers this past weekend – thankful for safe & smooth elections & for the peaceful election of a new president, President Lai: Inauguration date May 20, 2024. Prayers ongoing. Continue reading Go Taiwan!
The Taiwan Lantern Festival meets Covid-19…..! It’s the final weekend of this huge extravaganza, Taiwan’s annual Lantern Festival with lanterns, light shows and huge crowds of people everywhere ~ and in the midst of them all there’s a few lanterns … Continue reading Happy Lantern Festival! 🏮
Canon Chancellor Professor Herbert Ma passed away on December 20, 2022, and his Memorial Service was held on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at St. John’s Cathedral, Taipei. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Mrs. Aline Ma, who … Continue reading In Memoriam: Canon Chancellor Professor Herbert H. P. Ma 馬漢寶 1926-2022 and Mrs. Aline Y. L. Ma 馬蕭亞麟 1930-2022
Catherine Lee 