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Katrina is 9 March 21, 2008

Katrina turned 9! Happy Birthday Katrina. Sarah is absent from the photo as she is in the US helping with her father who recently had a stroke. God willing she’ll be home soon!!

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Kiting in Taichung


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Katrina and Isaac teamed up to fly a kite.


Major events in Taiwan’s modern political history:

October 1945: Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists reclaim control of Taiwan for China, after 50 years of colonial rule by Japan.
1949: Chiang and hundreds of thousands of Nationalist troops, officials and their families retreat to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communists on the mainland. Martial law is imposed. Taipei becomes the seat [...]


Kids Christmas 2007

Teaching Kids
I am an English teacher with WELS kingdom workers. I have been in Taichung, Taiwan for nearly a year and a half. I teach English classes every week to a wide variety of ages. Once a week I teach English and Bible stories to a group of about 25 kids.
I enjoy [...]


Taiwan Baseball makes it to the Beijing Olympics!!

TAIPEI (AFP) – Canada, Taiwan and South Korea won berths in the final qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics on Thursday.
The teams snagged the spots by finishing in the top three of the eight-team tournament, which ends Friday.
Host Taiwan beat winless South Africa 4-0, though they had only four hits, including a home run, off [...]