Comments on: A Chinese Burden http://taiwaneers.com/2009/04/a-chinese-burden/ A couple of kids from Michigan living the high life in Taiwan Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://taiwaneers.com/2009/04/a-chinese-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Michael Wed, 06 May 2009 03:57:45 +0000 http://taiwaneers.com/?p=472#comment-592 MomJ: I don't know what WORLD mag edition this story appeared in. Email me and I can give you more details on finding it though. This guy is a friend of mine. He goes to church with me and after small group meeting a few weeks back a bunch of us went out to coffee where this was part of the conversation. This story is like 1 or 2 years ago. He's now here in Taiwan learning Chinese. I don't really think its that amazing that Christianity isn't growing as fast here in Taiwan as it is in mainland China. Chinese are about practicality it seems (I'll take this opportunity to say I am no expert and this is at best a quick evaluation of Chinese culture & psychology) and if everything is going well than whatever you are doing currently must be working. Translation: everything is going well for folks in Taiwan so why screw it up by switching to the "outsiders" religion ("Waiguoren" the mandarin word for foreigner means outside person). Everything is not going well for folks in China so why not try to fix it by switching to the "outsiders" religion. However I am God's ambassador here just as you are in the USA and will, as you and God suggest, use my opportunities to share freely! Thank you for your prayers. MomJ:

I don’t know what WORLD mag edition this story appeared in. Email me and I can give you more details on finding it though. This guy is a friend of mine. He goes to church with me and after small group meeting a few weeks back a bunch of us went out to coffee where this was part of the conversation. This story is like 1 or 2 years ago. He’s now here in Taiwan learning Chinese.

I don’t really think its that amazing that Christianity isn’t growing as fast here in Taiwan as it is in mainland China. Chinese are about practicality it seems (I’ll take this opportunity to say I am no expert and this is at best a quick evaluation of Chinese culture & psychology) and if everything is going well than whatever you are doing currently must be working. Translation: everything is going well for folks in Taiwan so why screw it up by switching to the “outsiders” religion (“Waiguoren” the mandarin word for foreigner means outside person). Everything is not going well for folks in China so why not try to fix it by switching to the “outsiders” religion. However I am God’s ambassador here just as you are in the USA and will, as you and God suggest, use my opportunities to share freely! Thank you for your prayers.

]]> By: MomJ http://taiwaneers.com/2009/04/a-chinese-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-590 MomJ Wed, 06 May 2009 02:07:20 +0000 http://taiwaneers.com/?p=472#comment-590 I read Safely Home also a couple years ago. Really sobering book. Mike do you know what World magazine that was? How did you meet this guy, did he come to your church? Isn't it interesting that God put a bunch of Chinese people in Taiwan where you can freely share the Gospel even in the public schools and the Christian church isn't growing near as fast there! Use your opportunities to share freely there! I'll pray! I read Safely Home also a couple years ago. Really sobering book. Mike do you know what World magazine that was? How did you meet this guy, did he come to your church? Isn’t it interesting that God put a bunch of Chinese people in Taiwan where you can freely share the Gospel even in the public schools and the Christian church isn’t growing near as fast there! Use your opportunities to share freely there! I’ll pray!

]]> By: Michael http://taiwaneers.com/2009/04/a-chinese-burden/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Michael Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:04:51 +0000 http://taiwaneers.com/?p=472#comment-554 Thanks for the encouragement Winnie. I guess I should point out that this wasn't my experience. I wrote it in the first-person because that is how it was told to me. This is the story of a friend of mine, another American here in Taiwan. Thanks for the encouragement Winnie.

I guess I should point out that this wasn’t my experience. I wrote it in the first-person because that is how it was told to me. This is the story of a friend of mine, another American here in Taiwan.

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