TRUE FREEDOM FOR CHINA by Ray Pritchard Someone asked us, “What surprised you about China?”
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20058:25 AM Congratulations to Adele-Marie Buis who will be featured on WFMT (98.7 FM) today at 4:05 PM. Her performance and interview with Lisa Flynn is in the series called “Introductions” that aims to bring young musicians to the attention of the public. She will be representing Sherwood Conservatory of Music, so the int…
2:05 PM 78 miles so far. Off to a slow start on my bike riding this year. But 78 is better than nothing. I’m hoping for 80 degree weather this weekend, but I’ll settle for the upper 20s. 1:41 PM The Chinese love Lay’s Potato Chips. 1:33 PM A note from Pastor Davis Duggins … “We now have a tract rack in the main hal…
1:14 PM According to CNN, this is the deadliest day for American troops in Iraq, with a total of 37 killed. Take a moment right now to pray for our troops. May God protect them in these final days before the election this Sunday. (Hat tip to Brian Bill.) 8:22 AM Interested in church membership? There is still time to sign u…
7:15 AM Tuesday shout-out to Brad Braska, Dave Starks, Rob Tucker, Bill Schultz, Dan van Ingen, David Ang, Virgil Reeve, Emily Sanders, Mary Mattucci, Jeff Herron, Nicholas Santiago, Pat Williams, Randy Alcorn, and to John Collins. Greetings to some friends in Beijing—Fred and David and John Mark and Sam. And a specia…
11:28 PM Some final thoughts on our trip to China … I enjoyed my time in Beijing and I greatly enjoyed the Chinese people we met. We did not feel a single bit of anti-American feeling. To the contrary, the young people especially seem to love everything about America, from its sport stars to its music to its fashions…
***Click here to view the latest pictures from China. 9:01 AM We’re up early and packed and almost out of our apartment because the next family is already downstairs waiting to move in. Josh, Mark and Nick went to the fellowship to drop off a copy of An Anchor for the Soul, which may be translated into Chinese in the next f…
***Click here to view the latest pictures from China. 8 AM Mark, Josh and Nick took a taxi to Changping to pick up some of Josh’s things that we’re taking back with us. 10:17 AM Marlene, Alan and I are in a taxi heading to Tiananmen Square. This is the final place I wanted to visit on our trip to Beijing because it’s the eq…
***Click here to view the latest pictures from China. 9:23 AM We had the same thing for supper and for breakfast this AM—little chocolate donuts and Coke. Breakfast of Champions. Ready for a new day in Beijing. Right now it’s clear and cold—pretty much the way it’s been every day. Right now we’re listening to Ra…
***Click here to view the latest pictures from China. 8:42 AM A friend in Chicago wants to know if we know about recent events in China. The answer is yes, but only because of articles on the Internet. Things are peaceful here, in the sense that Beijing bustles with life, the streets are crowded with honking cars, pedestria…