Taiwan Tea

Taiwan is famous for it's tea. They have many types of tea that we have come to love. Milly's favorite is pearl milk tea. Page's favorite is green tea. Keith's favorite is black tea (this is a lot like NC sweet tea). Wade also likes pearl milk tea but can only drink it before lunch as the sugar and caffeine in the tea makes Wade super hyper. Hunter likes Nestea from 7-11 and Levi does not like tea. He prefers a drink called C.C. Lemon. This is like lemonade but with carbonation.

Hannah has tried many of these teas and decided her favorite was fruit tea. The picture above is of the "girls" sipping their fruit tea as they rest from an afternoon of shopping.

We have enjoyed having Hannah here for the past 2 1/2 weeks. We thank God that she was able to see our home here in Taiwan and we were able to see her. She will be flying back tomorrow and returning to the States on Wednesday.

Mission trip to Taimali!!!

Keith, Milly, Wade, and Hannah just returned from their mission trip to Taimali. Taimali is a very small town located in the southeast part of the island. A group of about 30 workers headed to Taimali (some missionaries, some Americans on a short term trip, and some Chinese from local churches in Taipei and Taichung). We had a very successful trip. Through an English camp, we were able to teach not only English, but also the gospel message. In the end, we had many accept Christ into their hearts and 16 were actually baptized!! Praise God. Above is a picture of Taimali taken from the local Baptist church. A dog in the middle of the road would never survive in Taipei. Below are some more pictures of the trip.

Wade working hard in his group. Wade shared his English skills each day to some high school students.

Hannah sharing the gospel to two of her students. Of course, she had a translater, named Sophia, help her tell the story.
Keith and Milly overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Taimali. It was a great view!!!

Hannah has arrived!!!

Hannah Steele, a good friend to our family and former babysitter to our kids, arrived today!!! We were all so excited to see her. She will be with us until July 31. Next week, Keith, Hannah, Milly, and Wade will head to Taitung (see map below for location) to help on a short term mission trip. Taitung is in the south-eastern part of the island. They will be joined by some other missionaries, some people from the States, and some believers from Taiwan. The team will be putting on an English Bible Camp. Please join us in prayer that many will come to know Christ next week and many churches will start!! Thanks.

Levi -- 5 Years Old!!!

Levi celebrated his 5th birthday on July 10!!! He had a fun day as another family (the Freeman's) from Taipei came down for the day to help celebrate Levi's big day. He had a blast swimming with his buddies and opening all of his presents. Thanks for all of you who remembered him and sent him a present or e-mail.

Taipei Party

Milly and Page went back up to Taipei this last week to celebrate Milly's 12th birthday with all of her Bethany girl classmates. They had a big slumber party. Joy and Milly (see picture) share the same birthday so they had a great time of celebration. Page and Joy's Mom chaperoned the party -- with not much sleep. Milly enjoyed her time and will miss her Bethnay friends.