tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74365911918187174852011-10-11T08:00:38.441-05:00...Ringing from ChinaRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141155972241122000noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436591191818717485.post-75662916650751957572011-07-21T01:38:00.006-05:002011-08-20T04:57:42.549-05:00

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Traveled to a coastal city here in China and stayed with some friends. This is what they served- mostly seafood- and this is what the table looked like for four days...Living in China has given us opportunities to try all kinds of new foods. Sometimes things taste pretty good if you can forget what you are actually eating!

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It's Chinese New Year- the Year of the Rabbit! Stores are shutting down and fireworks are going up. These pictures are from one section of a street near us. These special fireworks tables are set up everywhere, though. You can buy simple bottle rockets or you can buy the big expensive works of art that light up the sky. No need to go to a park to watch a special display- these things are

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Saw these friendly workers on a recent trip through a small village. They were destroying this house in order to make way for something new. They stopped to shout"Hello" and waved to us funny looking westerners walking by!The Lord is making way for something new in the days ahead! I believe He is tearing down the old house of legalism and lifeless traditions, and making way for fresh

Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04141155972241122000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436591191818717485.post-56865857209663951252010-09-30T00:44:00.008-05:002010-09-30T01:11:31.582-05:00

Some sights from Tibet...We stayed right next door to a temple and the market area surrounding it. Crowds of people would daily walk around this area, chanting prayers and spinning prayer wheels. Some would fall prostrate after every few steps and then go further and repeat the process. Others park in front of the temple, as shown here...Here are some monks debating their texts...A holy

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We praise God for helping our little girl through her third and final heart surgery! There is the recovery process to get through, and then back to China by the end of August.

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We arrived from our "Spring City" in China to clouds and freezing temperatures in Mississippi. When the sun finally came out after a week, it made all the difference in the world. I didn't realize the lack of sunshine was weighing on me until that day when the sun actually came out. It was like a regeneration!We stayed for a while where there was satellite TV, and the kids were mesmerized by

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We have made it back to the States and are enjoying our time with family and friends. Here is the book I will be distributing wherever we go to speak. I've gone through something of a spiritual revolution in the past couple of years, and this book contains some of the most liberating truths I have ever learned!There are some China stories and other anecdotes, and it contains a Bible study for

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Drinking tea can be a real art form in China. Pu Er Tea is considered a treasure of Yunnan province, and its leaves can be bought from any normal price up to even a thousand dollars per kilogram! Tea bags are not normally used, like we have in the West. Loose leaves sit at the bottom of a glass and one learns to wait until they are all settled (none floating) before attempting to drink. Or, as in

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On a recent trip to the farm project area that we are helping, we got lined up to the side of the road for 1 1/2 hours due to a truck wiping out and blocking the road, several miles ahead. Some vehicles that arrived earlier were stuck much longer!It usually takes about 9 hours on the road to get to the project area. After the delay, we took off and got some food. Then a little farther along the

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The Great Wall......and the Great Firewall....Can't get to Blogger, YouTube, or Facebook so easily these days. Enjoy them, you who can!

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A bathroom without porcelain,And some other shots from a recent village trip... Talking to my wife- I could get a phone signal if I stood in just the right place and did not turn my head while talking! Phone battery was running low, though, and there was no electricity in the village.So how does one cook without electricity here?Having stormed early in the morning, we left on wet mountain

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The areas that I travel to are known for their famous tea. Now I am helping some brothers make connections for selling some of this tea. It helps the farmers in the countryside and it gives the brothers opportunities to be involved with their lives. See the beautiful terraced fields that are farmed across so many mountains in the south...These past two years have thrust me into business and

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Jesus lives...The living Christ makes a real difference in the lives of those who turn to Him. And that is only the beginning. We too shall be resurrected in the end."Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?" Acts 26:8.Justin Martyr, A.D.155, answering skeptics concerning a future resurrection: Consider this hypothesis; if you were not such as you are, born of

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