We were joking around in a Woman's department store. Everyone was staring at us:

While my journeys have not been uneventful. They have been very busy and productive. I usually wake up around 7- 9 a.m. in the morning, depending on when I get to sleep or how tired or sick I feel. Then I will do some errands I have to do: usually going to the coffee shop to surf the internet. Then, I will come back home or have more errands. Then around 3:30 p.m., I have work. I usually try to do something exciting on the weekends. Sunday, I have church. It has been good to find many good friends while I am in the country. Truly that has been a concern, but it has all worked out.

Work consists of working at a Children English Cram school. This is an after school (private) English school with ages I am currently teaching from age 5-15. It is very difficult for me. I have to not only teach the material well, but also have games, manage the class, time management, and remembering people's names (getting to know them), etc. Basically, I am expected to do a lot with little training right from the beginning. It is difficult, but the Lord is bringing me through with his mercy and his amazing grace. That's work. I am talking to the teacher's and they are quite patient with me. They help me a lot and tell me or just write notes to me on how I can improve. They are very polite and understanding to me. It is really good to have teachers that I can work well with. I have improved on teaching because of their help.

I said earlier: I have to remember peoples names. Back in the states, I had trouble at times remembering a couple of names. Now I have to remember over a hundred child's names. This is a weakness of mine, but I'm working on it. I won't get into that. One class of only 6 made it hard on me. So happens after almost 2 months: I forgot everyone's name. Don't ask me how I did that. So I forgot everyone's names. One boy said he was Jack and the other said he was John when they were not Jack or John. Eventually they helped me, but they thought it was lot's of fun.

Stories of mine you may enjoy:

Early in the morning: I heard fireworks go off for about five minutes straight. It was 6 A.M. Guess what! It was pardae coming right by my apartment at about 6 A.M. They have a lot of marching bands that come by with many different groups with a Budhist theme. I didn't feel like being up at the time, so I put on my noise-canceling earphones and went back to sleep.

I was at the bank to open up a bank account with my boss. I guess I asked more than I bargained for. There was a pretty young lady that worked at the bank that was probably about my age. While I was having my banking needs met, some of her co-workers started talking amongst each other and were trying to set me and her on a date. My boss asked me: Would you like to go on a date with her?

Of course, I felt very embarrased and started to blush. I wasn't used to getting asked out on a date or match making (this culture values it). I didn't say anything after that and they could see I wasn't interested.

2. Getting my ARC (my working Visa) seemed like one of the hardest tasks. My work didn't know what they were doing. I had to go to a the imigration office with someone at my work. He was expose to know where I needed to go and what I needed before we went there, so we wouldn't have to make multiple trips. NO, he didn't. We went all the way to Kaohsiung city for nothing. The imigration worker said, 'Oh you live here, you need to go to Ganshan.' So we went to Ganshan. They said you don't have this paper work. Then, the next morning, I went to Ganshan later that week. We forgot something else, so I had to go back. Then we went the same day at 2 p.m. that day. Then I finally got approved and they would send my ARC in a couple of weeks.

My ARC will help me get phone, internet, get a scooter, health insurance. Basically, my life is much harder without it.

3. My Rambling, non-sense mouth. When I'm tired, I am the most non-sense kind of guy who needs to know when to shut up. I was with a friend riding on the back of his scooter. I talked on and on and I sure did not know what I was talking about and he sure didn't. There was no train of thought. I told him later, just tell me to shut up. I'll thank him later. Actually, I'm learning to shut up more and listen more. There is much wisdome in this (James 1:19-20). Let's just say it will keep you out of trouble.

I have met people from all over the workld: from England, New Zealand, Turkey, Ukraine, China, etc. I have met many good friends and good Christian friends too!

I have traveled a little in the country. Have went to Kenting, up south where there are nice beaches.

Anyways, enough of my non-sense, rambling writing. I'll put up pictures on Flickr soon. I'll get internet within a couple of days and I'll update it then.

Hope you enjoyed some of my stories.

All I can say is God's Grace is suffient and he is taking care of every need of mine. Keep praying! I see God working in mighty ways. I have been praying for, but I would like you to specifically pray for me that God would lead me to people who are searching for the true God. God has lead me to several people who are looking for the the truth. Jesus claims to be the light of the World in John 8. He claims to be the only truth. Not only that, Jesus states, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed," (JOhn 8:36). This is in context to slaves.

Maybe you don't know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Lord means He is in complete control and Savior is He saves you from your sin or bad things you have done. Jesus Christ has trully changed my life and I believe Jesus Christ wants to set people free. Basically, we are seperated from God by our sins (Romans 3:23). That is why Jesus Christ came. In 1 Timothy 2:5
"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

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