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A bunch of things happened since the last update, so here are some pictures to show you all.


Kevin is Leaving Soon

There was a going-to-the-military party for Kevin two Sundays ago. Julie graciously hosted EBCT at her apartment and made some REALLY delicious sloppy joes. Kevin enjoyed it for sure!






Dan Shui (淡水)

The Mid-Autumn Festival was last week so several of us didn't have work/school on both Monday and Tuesday. We seized the opportunity to go to Dan Shui on Monday and do the tourist thing. We had lunch when we got there and walked along the "shore" and enjoyed the stores and small food stands. Later we took the ferry and went to the other "side" and rode bikes.

Here is team one:


Here is team two:


Actually, that's the same bike we are in. We also rented 4 singles and switched in the middle. The big four person bike thing had bad brakes and was not too easy to drive. Imagine driving an elephant...yes, it's the same thing.

Also, we rented the bikes near the ferry entrance, and we wanted to bike along the path outlined in the awesome custom map I've made.



However, being the completely ignorant tourists we were, we didn't realize there were two places on the path the red bike was too wide to cross through some obstacles. So we PICKED UP THE BIKE and passed the obstacles. The families enjoying their vacations were visibly amused and did not hesitate to point and laugh. After passing through the two obstacles, we saw another place to rent bikes...

That night on the way back to the apartment we saw this...an M3 taxi...



Bipolar Weather

You never know what the weather will be like here. I took the sunny picture walking home from school and the rainy one while heading to campus to evangelize. It couldn't have been more than a 45 minute difference. Crazy!





I Hate Mosquitoes



That's John's hand after going on a ~20 minute mosquito hunting spree. MattL and I used the swatter. I don't why, but it seems like we've had an unusual amount of mosquitoes. The door is constantly opened and closed on the weekends so it's common to see a bunch in the beginning of the week, but all of last week we were getting torn up...we're trying to figure out ways to prevent mosquitoes from coming in at all...since the last post (~two weeks ago), I finished another white tiger balm container because I was CONSTANTLY applying it.


Harry Potter Male Tentmaker Style



< Rant >I don't know why I always have to be the girl. In my Chinese class this past summer, we were learning how to introduce others. Because there was only one girl in the class, I ended up having to pretend to be someone's wife TWICE...< /Rant >

Prayer Requests

Now that ya'll have gotten a slightly better idea of what's been going on here, please pray for EBCT. The gospel is going out frequently and in interesting ways. God is definitely working, and His sovereignty is constantly surprising us! There has been an increased interest in the gospel from many fronts (family members, friends, coworkers, campus students), and several people have made verbal confessions of faith! Pray that the condition of their hearts would be like fertile soil for the seed of the gospel to bear much fruit!

Additionally, please pray for us to be faithful with what God has given to us to be stewards of...and in order for us to be faithful, please pray for God to grant us strength and resolve to follow Him only and to find our greatest joy in Him alone.

One of us will try to post at least once a week from now on so this place doesn't die.

:)

Until next time...