Karson,* an American college student, came to Asia in January. He is one of many in the Hands-On program who spent his spring semester overseas. Karson’s height, charisma, exotic hairstyle, and fashionable clothes may be what draws people’s attention at first, but it is Karson’s warm spiritual persona—the light of Christ shining through [...]

It seems as if it’s been forever and a day since I met our house helper. She has a name, but to me she’s just Ayi, which means “aunt”. I met her a year ago and we gradually became friends. She comes to our house five days a week to cook, clean, and help us learn the local language.

It’s that busy time of year—when church partners use their summer vacations to spread across the globe sharing Christ. I had the honor of working with such a team recently. I took them to a small park near a busy commercial area. They spread out in pairs, looking to share Jesus with someone who hadn’t heard.

For five American college students, it was a Christmas like no other. The students, only one of whom had been to China before, arrived in a modern Chinese city where none of them had ever set foot before and where they had never met one person. They were given instructions of where to go and how to get started, and they hit the ground running. A week and a half later, they had met hundreds of new Chinese friends, mostly college students, setting dozens on a pathway of discovery towards Christ, and helping eight of them pray to receive Christ into their lives.

My name is Emily, and I’m going to be contributing to the field blog on a regular basis. I’ll be sharing stories of how I have personally seen God working, and I will also share the stories of some of my co-workers in Asia. Today I’d like to tell you a story about my young atheist friend, Dylan.

Three stories of God at work in Taiwan from recent days…