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More Persecution, More Growth
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157SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “More persecution, more growth. That is the history of the Church.”  Pastor Samuel Lamb, a Chinese Christian who was imprisoned for his faith for 21 years, grins with a…

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6 Ways To Get Rich (Or Realize That You Already Are)
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289SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There is a sweet, gray-haired 70 year old woman with a pretty smile named Elena on the corner of Aurora Blvd. and General Aguinaldo Ave. I see her nearly…

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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…

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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…

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Journal Entry 12.06.1999
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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…

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Journal Entry 12.05.1999
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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…

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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…

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First Time To Celebrate Thanksgiving
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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…

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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…

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