Eric on November 12th, 2009

This is a prayer request from the OMF Facebook page sharing about Taiwan and asking God prepare new workers to go to Taiwan: Religion in Taiwan is extremely complex. it is a mixture of folk religion and traditional Chinese religion. Folk religion in Taiwan may be described as animistic, polytheistic and syncretistic. It is animistic [...]

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Eric on October 11th, 2009

After meeting in one location near the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE) for more than 10 years, our church is looking for a new place to meet.  God has blessed our small church for several years with a great location to be able to reach out to the surrounding community and university.  Over the [...]

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Eric on October 1st, 2009

Recently, as I was searching for some statistics to compare with the new Taiwan church demographic maps from TEAM, I found an article from this past summer about places of worship in Taiwan.  The numbers could be a little skewed considering the amount of unregistered temples around the island.  So I believe it would be [...]

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Eric on August 19th, 2009

It has ben about two weeks after the Father’s Day Typhoon hit Taiwan (8/8).  Many people throughout Taiwan and in the international community have partnered with local churches and the Chinese Christian Relief Association to give support to families in Southern Taiwan.  The numbers of missing or unaccounted is still growing, but there has been [...]

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Eric on July 15th, 2009

Silas, me, Gretchen, and Levi on the suspension bridge in Taroko Gorge, Hualien County. We are back in Changhua, which is really nice after traveling for the past 18 days. Things are familiar again and it is nice not to pack up a bag to move every few days. This is the last stop for [...]

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Eric on July 7th, 2009

We are in Hualien County for the next week.  Gretchen, Levi and I will be helping out the Aboriginal youth in the area.  Please pray that we can learn to better share the love Jesus has given us and serve however we can. We will be serving needs in many ways while working with the [...]

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Eric on July 6th, 2009

Levi, Gretchen, and I are in Chongli taking a rest day before heading to the other side of the island.  The time in Penghu was great and praise God for all the opportunities to continue to build relationships with students.  In Chongli, we were able to connect again with many of the university students… it [...]

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Eric on July 3rd, 2009

Happy Fourth!  There are many 4th of July celebrations throughout the island where Americans are getting together to share the holiday.  Today, I am swill be able to celebrate with Levi and Gretchen, and about 50-60 other Taiwanese university students.  The English camp has finished, thanks for your prayers, it went very well.  Many of [...]

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Eric on June 26th, 2009

Levi and Gretchen are arriving in the next few hours!  We are traveling from the airport today and tomorrow flying to Penghu.  In Penghu, we will be serving alongside with the English club students from the Chongli campuses and other Navigator students (Changhua, Chongli…).  There are approximately 50 university students helping at the camps focusing [...]

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Eric on June 24th, 2009

The Taiwan Navigators have invited students from the US Navigator Collegiate Ministries to join Taiwanese university students on a short term mission trip in Taiwan this summer.  The trip is called the Taiwan Outback… There will be many stops throughout Taiwan in July and some of the time will include partnerships with the rural churches, hence [...]

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