#120 a teen-survivor’s courage

I want to record this one of many human stories…the Sichuan earthquake has seen survivors young and old saved from rubbles from several to hundreds of hours after the quake struck; in one case, water fed with love by one’s spouse. Xue Xiao, the 17-year-old, was saved after he survived 80 hours in the rubble — his [...]

#119 one prays for China

I’m praying that my Lord Jesus Christ will give the Chinese the courage to face tomorrow and at some unkind and callous words of discouragements to the victims and people of China.  I pray for all aftershocks to cease and allow those in authority to concentrate on reconstruction and serving her people. I pray for salvation [...]

#118

多难兴邦 : the 4-character Chinese phrase is an apt encouragement given to the students by Premier of China after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan that took many lives and left 5 million or more homeless. The Chinese language has that terse quality in describing the devastation as nation’s hardships. I doubt if the English language is able or do justice to translate [...]

#107 earthquake

Lately the forces of nature is wreaking havoc beyond measure, man’s control and words to describe. Can one predict or foresee this earthquake coming? According to a source, this was predicted 5 years ago… “Sichuan is virtually certain to experience an earthquake measuring above 7 in the next few years,” Chen Xuezhong, a senior researcher with the [...]