Our team’s mission in China was to teach, encourage and minister to the Beijing house church of about eighty people. There are not a lot of opportunities for members of this church to get extra education about theology, life struggles, or day-to-day Christian living skills, so we were sent to add to their learning with [...]

I walked on by.
I could have reached inside my pocket. I could have pulled out some change: a small bill, a penny—but I didn’t. I just walked on by.
Like everyone else.
Through the underground tunnel, under the busy Beijing street we strolled. A blind man played an Erhu—a cross between a guitar and viola—while his son [...]

It was one of the most blatant attacks of Satan that I’ve ever experienced—and it came from the hands of Christians! Let me explain…
A little elderly man stayed a little while after the house church meeting ended, and had some strong words of disagreement about my teaching. As I listened to his protests the house [...]

The last couple of days in Beijing allowed for some time to shop in a place called Red Bridge. Talk about cheap! You could get a real, genuine, iPod knockoff for $25.00. I called them CryPods, knowing that after a few weeks, you’d be left with a $25.00 paperweight. Tommy Bahama shirts that sell for [...]

The Hope Chapel mission team was en route to a dinner in our honor. It was the last night that we would be in Beijing and our gracious hosts went all out to give us a very warm goodbye. Richard, our driver for the last two weeks, was in a hurry to get to our [...]