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Everything Is New
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239SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List See this post on There Is Yet Hope. The story of how our daughter, Cara Liana, came to us.  For the backstory, read Tragic Joy.   “It’s fun to be a zombie.” I texted my friend, Jonathan. “Sleep while…

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Nine Years And Counting
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143SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I have been chasing Lorna for 15 years. The moment I laid eyes on her in the old Hong Kong airport in 1997, I was love struck. There are a million details between the time when I met her…

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Journal Entry 12.06.1999
David Joannes

116SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List A Wa woman with teeth stained from chewing betal nut Excerpt from David Joannes’s journal while traveling among unreached people groups and villages in Southwest China. Journal entry 12.06.1999 At 6:15pm last night our 3:pm bus decided to leave.…

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Journal Entry 12.05.1999
David Joannes

64SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Excerpt from David Joannes’s journal while trekking traveling among unreached people groups and villages in Southwest China. Journal entry 12.05.1999 Woke up this morning at 6:15 to catch the 7:am bus to L*****g, but after arriving at the bus…

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Overcoming My Myopia
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131SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I can almost hear the guttural crackle of passion in Jesus’s voice as he says, “Open your eyes and take a good look at what’s right in front of you!” His eyes are aflame with a joyous secret that…

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First Time To Celebrate Thanksgiving
David Joannes

107SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List How about a little turkey with chopsticks! Had Jesus been born in post Mayflower America, there’s no doubt he would have been hosting a turkey party with a group of people that he met on the street. He would…

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Fragile
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66SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Chapter 4, Fragile, excerpt from The Memories I Made Up by David Joannes All too often we forget the stark fragility of life. * * * Traffic is stopped up on Xuefu Road. An angry man is sticking his…

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A Glimpse Into Local Missionary Ministry Acts 29 Style
David Joannes

193SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Translated from an email sent by Brother Hu, Within Reach Global local missionary.   These are the some of the daily ministry outreach our local missionaries are doing at 26 Tribe outreach center: See Facebook photos here. Preaching to people…

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Huge Increase: Chinese College Students Coming To Christ
David Joannes

171SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Blog by PN, Within Reach Global intern.   There has been a huge increase in students coming to our English Corners at The Hub the last couple of months. Learn more about The Hub here. On Tuesday’s we consistently…

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Boldness Beyond Persecution
David Joannes

64SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Blog by Sister Li, Within Reach Global local missionary.   This is an update from our persecuted local missionaries at The Edge outreach center near Myanmar. Update from our persecuted local missionaries at The Edge outreach center near Myanmar. Click…

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