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Monday, May 1st is a holiday in Taiwan. The USA celebrates the same thing on the first Monday in September. What are we celebrating? That’s right - it’s Labor Day. Follow the link above and you might learn something. I sure did!

I just finished a book that I really enjoyed. The Great Divide by T. Bunn Davis is a Grisham like novel. Although it takes place in Washington, it is about an incident in China. After the groundwork is laid the story really picks up speed and keeps you wanting more. I’d give it 8 out [...]

During the week that BSF took off for Spring Break Fran and a few of her friends went on an outing to a teahouse / museum. Here a few pictures.

Easter is all about Jesus.
God sent his son, Jesus, to live, to die, to conquer death - the penalty for our sins. He really did rise from the grave.
Read Mark 14:32-72 Mark 15:1-47 and Matthew 28:1-10
Believe that Jesus went to the cross for your sin, yes, this is a very personal thing, [...]

Here is an article I ran across today that relates to the holiday we had on Wednesday.
Ancestor worship a mouse click away in China
Tue Apr 4, 2006
BEIJING (Reuters) - Virtual carnations, memorial messages and tribute songs are some of the online services available to China’s Web surfers too busy on Wednesday to pay proper [...]

I just finished The Protector (the O’Malley series #4) by Dee Henderson. I enjoyed this story that revolves around a couple of firemen. I am growing a bit weary of this author though. She has gotten fairly predictable by now (I’ve read about half a dozen by her). Still a good diversion with Christian values [...]

Wednesday is a public holiday in Taiwan – Tomb Sweeping day. A day when one’s ancestors are honored. A really strange holiday to western thinking. Visit the links below to get a better idea what makes this holiday so strange.
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/tomb_e/tomb.htm
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/qingming/qingming.html
http://tinylinks.net/3665