10/28/98: Sadly, I dropped the video camera. Not only can we not continue with the interviews, but we’ll have to pay for a new camera… I cobbled together the video clips and…
Tag: Hong Kong
A Bit Of Chicago in Hong Kong
10/27/98: Spent more time doing video interviews with Carl & Karen, this time, up on the roof of their high-rise apartment building with the rest of Hong Kong in the background… We…
Walking In Hong Kong
10/26/98: The typhoon has changed course, and the weather here in HK is turning sunny today. I’m glad we’re not going to have to add that to our list of experiences… We…
Typhoon Warning
10/25/98: I stayed in bed with a bad cold, but Ruth video-taped Carl preaching at church this morning… Our assignment here is to help them prepare a media presentation of their 30…
Infectious Cheerfulness
10/24/98: Carl is a joyful ball of energy, in spite of the fact that he is sporting a nasty looking jig of steel rods and screws and rings that protrudes from and…
Walking Across The Border
10/23/98: Wish we could have seen more, stayed longer… We walked across the border into Shenzen Station in the New Territories of Hong Kong… After a short ride on the KCR rapid…
Crossing Long Rivers
9/24/98: 30+ hour train ride north, from Hong Kong to Beijing, through beautiful country… Over the course of the trip, we passed over both the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Including…
Unable To Read The Signs
9/23/98: Wandered around Tai Wai neighborhood for a bit today… Booked a room in Beijing for the next leg of our trip… We are expecting the next few weeks to be among…
ESL In Hong Kong
9/22/98: Ruth joined Jodi in her classroom again today, but just for the morning… Then she and I both joined Jonathan back in Mong Kok to help him with teaching the ESL…
Language Like Music
9/21/98: It was fun listening to Jonathan at his Cantonese… Tonal languages are like music… After lunch we sat in on the prayer meeting that Jonathan and Jodi and their other friends…
Dim Sum Yum Yum
9/20/98: Joined Jonathan and Jodi at church this morning… Because it was a Chinese speaking congregation, both Ruth and I were provided with our own personal interpreter… After the service we were…
The View Above The Skyscrapers
9/19/98: Explored Tsim Tsa Tsui and Kowloon this afternoon… The famed “Walled City” is no longer in existence though… Met up with Jonathan and Jodi at the YMCA and then took the…
Bright Spots In A Beautiful City
9/18/98: This morning we rode on what they call a minibus here in HK, with a stern sign that says: “Only 16 passengers!”… That made me chuckle, because in Africa we rode…
A Familiar Face In A New Place
9/17/98: Slept in, then taxi to the airport, and arrived in Hong Kong without incident… This new airport is so big that it looks empty even when it is full of people……