Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.20.08 in China, Travel
Today we toured the downtown area again. While Josh and Leah and Marlene checked out a store, I checked out 8-1 Plaza, located in the very center of the city. The plaza has historical significance because it commemorates the founding of the People’s Liberation Army in this area on August 1, 1927. Here are a few shots …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.20.08 in China, Travel
On Tuesday we traveled to downtown Nanchang to visit the Wal-Mart. It’s fun seeing a Chinese version of an American institution. The store is located right off the main square in the very center of the city—an ideal location for shoppers. They say it is incredibly crowded on the weekends. On one huge floor they sell …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.19.08 in China, Travel
This map shows where Nanchang is located in relation to several to important Chinese cities—Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong—and also the island of Taiwan. A quick glance tells you that Nanchang is located in the southern part of the country. It was originally one of the so-called “furnace cities” where emperors would banish …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.18.08 in China, Travel
As I write this note, it is early Tuesday morning in Nanchang, China. Marlene looked outside and said, “It’s a beautiful, gray day,” and indeed it is.I took this photo at our hotel in Shanghai. Note the bright colors of our suitcases—easier to find them coming off a baggage claim carousel at the airport. We filled al …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.17.08 in Sermons, Travel
I can’t tell you where we are at the moment except that we are in the air somewhere between Chicago and Shanghai. I can report that we’ve been in the air a long time, that we’ve had three meals, and that we have watched at least three movies and a bunch of TV shows. To be truthful, we haven’t exactly …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.15.08 in China, Travel, Word of Life
We should land in Shanghai in 35 hours. At the moment we are at the Tampa airport preparing to fly home to Tupelo. We arrive at 8:30 PM, unpack, wash clothes, repack, adding the big bundle of thing we are carrying over for Josh and Leah, go to bed, get up at 2:30 AM, drive to Memphis, check in for our 6 AM flight to Chicago …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.14.08 in Travel
Marlene figured out that we will be in Shanghai in 72 hours. That’s startling to think about given that at this moment, we’re in our room at Word of Life Florida where the Bible conference won’t wrap up until tomorrow morning.Today we’re in sunny Florida. By Sunday we’ll be in China.We do live …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.10.08 in Keep Believing Ministries, Travel
Tonight Marlene and I went with Scott and Doreen Mahlstedt to visit the Florida State Fair in Tampa. Incredible weather—mid-70s, blue sky, light breeze plus vast crowds of people, music, rides, lights, cotton candy, corn dogs, deep-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and funnel cakes. We had a blast. I’m going t …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.9.08 in Personal, Travel, Word of Life
At the moment it is 5:36 AM and I am (mostly) wide awake. In 24 minutes we leave for the Tupelo airport where we will fly to Memphis and then on to Tampa for a week of ministry at Word of Life Florida in Hudson, about 40 minutes north of Tampa. I have lost track of how many times we’ve made this trip, but I know I&rsq …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.30.08 in Personal, Travel
Marlene and I were married in Phoenix on August 22, 1974. We honeymooned bydriving to Dallas where I started my first semester at Dallas Seminary five days later.With Mark and Vanessa at the Alumni Office. Alumni Director Greg Hatteberg welcomed us warmly. The seminary motto etched in stone. Chatting with DTS p …
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