I would like to be here for

I would like to be here for my church back home …

--to live among our brothers and sisters in Bethlehem.

--to learn from the faithful ones of Bethlehem, who have been witnesses to our Lord Jesus Christ since the very beginning.

--to extend our love for this part of our Body of Christ who is often misunderstood and forgotten.

--to encourage the disheartened by meeting them where they are

--to share God's blessings, in words, in actions, with our time, our resources, and our lives.

What does that mean?

I want to help build the Arab Church by teaching future pastors and teachers in the Bethlehem Bible College

I want to reach out to the people in the community by offering English classes through the Bible College.

I want to invite people to my house so that we can have a good meal, meaningful conversations and build friendships!

I want to spend time talking to students from the school, neighbours, shopkeepers, and attend social gatherings.

I want to devote myself to studying some Arabic, reading books to understand the issues here, to write for my blog, to visit…

Of course, I need to attend to all the important things everyone needs to do, no matter where he is, to have time for God, for our spouse, children, ourselves, housework…

Jogging on the Hebron Road

The time is 6:00. I just had a busy day preparing lesson (for the English class I am teaching to first year students at the Bethlehem Bible College), cleaning the house (we now live in the boys' dorm before we find our own apartment), sitting with my 7-year-old for homework, taking an Arabic lesson from him, I decided to go jogging before making dinner (and then piano lesson for him)!

So here I am, jogging on the Hebron Road, the street that connects Jerusalem and Hebron.  Of course, I'm not going to Jerusalem now, I donot have my passport with me.  And, my friend cautioned me about going to Hebron, as the people there are not "well-informed of foreigners", whatever she meant by that!  Wonder what the passer-bys think, this Chinese woman (probably the only one living in town) running on a Palestinian street!