Last weekend we went up to Taipei to pay tribute to our friend, Linda Phillips, who is retiring after 30 years of service with the International Mission Board. She has been working as librarian at the seminary in Taipei and has held instrumental roles in several Chinese churches on the island. We all gathered to have her "going away" party. The celebrations was entitled "Jeans and Jewels" in honor of Linda's casual, easy-going style and also her professionalism and her value (like a jewel) to the people of Taiwan and to us as fellow laborers. The photos were taken on the seminary campus at the Taiwan mission museum. Establishing this museum has been Linda's pride and joy. It is quite a collection, and the items and narrations beautifully tell the story of the history of IMB mission work in Taiwan. She will now retire and head back to America. Please remember Linda in your prayers as she transitions back to the States and says "good-bye" to her home the the people she loves here! Thank you for your years of service, Linda!!! We love you!
On a funny note: We were explaining to our children about the celebration before we arrived, telling them we were going to honor "Aunt Linda" for so many years of service as a missionary, etc. Levi's one questions was, "Do you mean she is even older than Dad???"
2 comments:
levi looks just like page in this picture!
Just a note to say hi. I am enjoying looking at the recent pictures and reading about what's happening in your lives. Hope the new school year is going well.
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