Christianity in China (click to read )

A Cross, what is a Cross?

A symbol of so much suffering
A symbol of so much hope
A symbol of death
A symbol of re-surrection

A symbol that comforts
A symbol that makes us ill at ease

As I left China, a friend gave me a small Cross
As a gift, for my friendship

Not knowing what to say.
I said 谢谢你好朋友 (thank you good friend).

Just a Cross.
莫文
Mervyn in Chinese

......to be continued

A New Day Dawns

We set off one morning at 4 am and climbed 1500 steps in darkness, Orion's belt high in the sky.

We could have touched his belt. We could see the Great Bear. The sky sparkled a million diamonds.

The darkness laid down its head and a new day came to greet us. For all our last day on the great wall.

Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) said
" bu dao Chang Cheng fei hao han "

(whoever doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true hero)

In the mighty valleys and hills of Simatai, that morning, we had just become heroes.

....to be continued