beyond the green

It was another 24-course breakfast in Puyang before boarding the bus for the 160-mile drive to Zhengzhou where we would board bullet train D284 for Shanghai.Just prior to departure, Mr. Li Da Qing, General Secretary of the Daming church, boarded our bus… more »

After a nice buffet breakfast, we drove a few miles through heavy AM rush hour traffic in search of an easy access to the Dong Guan Church. It was built in 1917 by Mennonite missionaries and for the next several years served as the “mother church” of mis… more »

This was the day we would make a round trip to/from Daming, about 50 miles away, and the site where the W.C. Voth famly served as Mennonnite missionaries in the mid-1920s. We arrived in Daming some 50 miles away at 10 AM and proceeded directly to the… more »

This was to begin our three-day visit to Puyang and Daming, sites where Mennonite missionaries worked in the 1911-48 period before being expelled by the new Communist Government. At the Zhengzhou train station we met our local guide, “George” who wou… more »

It was a relatively light “day” in terms of planned activities, but something the group welcomed after the rather busy program of previous days. On this last full day in Beijing members of our group continued to explore this city—having gained confid… more »