Mid-February we celebrated Chinese New Year, the biggest family celebration in Taiwan and Chinese culture. Before Chinese New Year Amy and Anna learned a lot about traditions and stories about Chinese New Year in preschool. They also taught us a … Continue reading
Right now it’s strawberry season here in Taiwan (December to early April). Last Sunday we drove to the strawberry valley, about an hour south of where we live, to pick some strawberries. Amy and Anna enjoyed it a lot and … Continue reading
Last week we had midterm exams, which means that half of our second semester at China Lutheran Seminary is over. As in the first semester, Joe participates in the church history class, which enables him on the one hand to … Continue reading
This week from Monday to Wednesday we had our annual meeting with all our Marburg Mission colleges who work here in Taiwan. We met in Hualien, at the east coast of Taiwan, were Marburg Mission has a home for handicapped … Continue reading
This summer we were able to spend some time in Germany. We were happy to see our families and a lot of our friends. We also spent some days to go on vacation with our parents. First we went to … Continue reading
This summer we flew to Germany for a three weeks’ vacation. We are grateful that our two girls every time did very well on the long journey. During our time in Germany Joe also had to go to London for … Continue reading
One of the shop signs that fell down during typhoon Soudelor created a new tourist attraction (only 300m away from our home)! The sign fell on two mailboxes causing them both bending sideways in the same angle. It looks quite … Continue reading
In April we had Simone’s family visiting us. First Simone’s brother Andy and his wife Ulla came and one week later Simone’s parents also arrived. In their first week Andy and Ulla explored Taipei and we enjoyed a lot having … Continue reading
Beginning of February Joe’s parents came to visit us for ten days. First we showed them how our everyday life in Taipei looks like – where we buy our food, where Amy goes to preschool, our church… Although the weather … Continue reading
This year we celebrated Amy’s birthday three times. On her actual birthday we as a family have been on vacation. Besides presents and birthday cake, we enjoyed our time in the hot springs and flew a kite on the beach. … Continue reading