12/11/98: Today I got to speak to students at a high school here in Malang… Then met with a local print shop owner named Pak Yohanis to discuss the photography, brochures and…
Category: History
History Nerds
12/10/98: The team of missionaries here don’t have formal “guest house” as some of the places we have visited do, but they are all tremendously hospitable. Today we moved to Dave and…
They Buried His Army With Him
10/8/98: Today we visited another one of China’s mainstay tourist sights: the Terra Cotta Soldiers… This burial site includes more than 8,000 life-sized clay soldiers, each apparently modelled after real men in…
Into Central China
10/3/98: This train winds into Central China through some incredible countryside. John K., who picked us up from the train, later told us he had read somewhere that this route was among…
The Many Facets Of Tiananmen Square
10/1/98: Revisited Tiananmen Square to shop for some kites… We had quite a fun time bargaining, since we had spoken to several sellers when we were there the other day and had…
The Great Wall
9/29/98: Went to the Great Wall today, but not all 13,170.70 miles of it… A defensive project begun around 220BC, work continued through the Ming Dynasty (from 1368AD–1644AD), it was originally built to…
Half Way
9/14/98: Wow! Today we are half way through our trip… We hunted for boxes, and then shipped a bunch of travel books and souvenirs home… We brought our well-packed and sealed boxes…
A Heavenly Dwelling
9/13/98: Up before dawn to catch a train to visit a church in Agra… I was asked to preach and drew up on Hebrews 7:24-8:2 as well as 2 Corinthians 6:16… The…
Whirlwind Sightseeing Tour
9/12/98: In honor of Ruth’s birthday today, we went on an all-day, whirlwind bus tour through Delhi that was inexpensive and exceptionally good… The India Gate (where we watched snake charmers and…