Tag: remote villages

• The Curse of Christmas

  

  The absolutely worst thing about Christmas is that not everyone gets to enjoy it. There are more than 3 billion people who do not know the story of Jesus, His birth, death and resurrection. We are part of the blessed few who can truly appreciate this time of year. Ironically we are also part of…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  December 26, 2013

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

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• Thankful for Diarrhea

  

  I awoke to a sharp pain in my stomach.  It was the middle of the night in a rural and remote Asian village. The house was cold. Of course it was, it stood on stilts and there were no doors or windows. Speaking of which there were no bathrooms or latrines either. Not a single…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  November 26, 2013

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

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• The Joy of Persecution

  

  A few weeks ago we took a sweet little boat ride up river to visit dear friends. No big deal. Just two hours of zigzagging through mazes of dead trees in a tiny leaking boat, to reach a remote village in the mountains with no electricity, phones or latrines, where there was a real possibility…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  November 4, 2013

  Missional Living

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