Youth Conference in Beijing was April 2nd-3rd. I left early in order to get to Thailand and was SO bummed to miss the last session with my Beijing kids, but that’s what happens when you try to do two conferences at the same time. (I was a day late to the conference in Cha-am). I’ll…
For the past 4or 5 years I’ve received invitations to attend a sunrise service on Easter morning – held on the Great Wall. This year, for the first time, I actually went. We took a group of 50 people (teens and youth leaders, and a few others) to the Great Wall at Huang Hua Cheng.…
Hello all, Well well well, I haven’t been good with stories lately, have I? I shall have to make up for it here. But first, a quick rundown on all the busyness that has kept me from writing thus far! Youth work continues to be crazy busy, and I love it! I love visiting IAB…
Hi everyone! Took me longer than I planned to get to writing this update – sorry! I’ve been pretty busy over the past month. Lots of youth ministry activity, I’m working hard on the Youth-in-Asia stuff, and I finally went to see a doctor after a couple of bad migraines. (It’d been over a year…
Hey everyone, This isn’t a regular update email. Instead, it’s some China storytelling! I was reminded recently that one of the most popular updates I ever sent out was the “Water Stories” of last summer (July 2009). So I’ve been on the look out for some stories to tell you – so here goes! Cold…
Hello all! This is a very overdue update, I’m sorry! It’s been a crazy three months since I last wrote. I have too much to tell, so I’ll leave the stories of my Australia trip for another email. This one will be an update on my CDs and my new life in Beijing! Highlights: CDs…
I will be moving house on Saturday afternoon!! Yay!! I still have a cat in need of a new home – Lanlan is about two years old and very cute. If you or anyone you know would be interested in taking him please let me know ASAP! The apartment Bec and I originally found fell through…
I am writing this as a group email cos I don’t think I can handle telling it more than once. Short story: Bec and I will not be moving into the apartment I told you about already, and we will not get our deposit back from the landlord. I’m going to skip some less relevant…
So! Lots going on in TanyaWorld! Bec and I looked at an apartment on Friday and put a deposit down on Saturday! There are some things to resolve but overall we feel a real peace and confidence that this is The Place and that, therefore, everything will fall into place sooner or later. It’s 200m2,…
So here’s the story on my new apartment! Bec went to The Seasons on Friday afternoon to see an apartment. It turned out to be in the same building and same room number as the place we already saw – which meant almost certainly the same floor plan. Anyway, they knocked on the door for…
Hi everyone, In this update: moving to Beijing cat to good home info on my upcoming album I am getting very excited about moving back to Beijing. I’m looking for a place together with the lovely Bec. She and I shared a flat in Wangjing for 6 months before I moved to Langfang and I…
Hi everyone, This weekend was youth campference – it was awesome! I missed half of Saturday so I could attend (and sing at) a good friend’s wedding, but I was there for the rest of the weekend. I was so excited to hang out with my kids and meet new kids. Knowing that I’ll soon…
Stories From Tanya 