“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.” ~ C. S. Lewis
Category: General
There’s a shoe repair shop in our little city of 30,000. How many people would need their shoes repaired?
I went in there to have my $40 pair of shoes repaired. The cost of repairing the sole is $16. It’s hardly worth it for me, and hardly worth it for him. It made me wish my shoes were more expensive to have the repair even make sense. But I decided to have it done any way.
“Lady, can you spare a quarter?”
I said no and turned away. Then I felt a pang of guilt -what if she just had some bad luck and need a helping hand?
Not so. 10 min. later the same lady was in line in front of me at the market, paying for a bottle of cheap wine with $2.50 in quarters.
Changing the carpet today ushers in a new stage of life for us.
Gone are the stains, left by three dogs who were our companions and security system. No more chewed up carpet corners, reminiscence of our first pet bunny Smokey. Spills and grime of children’s play are no more.
Friday 7/8
The most exciting thing about landing in Taiwan is not Taiwan, but seeing E greeting us at the airport! He flew in from Saigon a few hours earlier, joining us for this vacation.
Second on the list of exciting thing about Taiwan is meeting T’s friends. They have a nice big van that…
Saturday, 7/9
This is our first full day in Taiwan. I slept maybe 5 hours with the jet lag, but felt rested.
First thing we did was buy an MRT card loaded with enough credits for rides for our entire time in Taipei. I love the MRT, so efficient, so clean, so convenient, so easy…
I’m still writing about my vacation.
In my backwards recall of our days in Taiwan, I am now back at the first weekend when we arrived there. We arrived on Friday, 7/8, but I’ll start with Sunday, 7/10 and go back from there.
Sunday, 7/10
We woke up early to make our way to worship…
My friend LL showed me this book and asked if I’ve read it. I had not even heard of the author (later to find that Platt is a friend of a friend I just met), but I was curious and always up for a good book. The cover says it’s a New York Times Bestseller. I was also intrigued by the subtitle – Taking back your faith from the American Dream. After reading Radical by David Platt, I am indeed challenged to evaluate how much our church really does operate on the same principles of the American Dream.
Saturday, 7/16
Sent off a birthday wish to Au. I don’t remember when we haven’t been together to celebrate her birthday. She’s in Germany while we are in Taiwan, and that doesn’t happen very often…actually never, and will probably never happen again.
We spent the day with T, first going to Danshui, known for shopping…
Rewinding backwards, I am now going to recall the fun we had in Taiwan, starting from the last day we were there.
Monday, 7/18
On Sunday night we stayed at City Suites Gateway hotel near Taoyuan airport. Our flight was about 10am, so we woke early and took a taxi to the airport (100TWD). The…