Valentine’s Day is a man’s holiday in Japan as women express love for all of the special men in their lives. But on White Day, held on March 14, men reciprocate.
Leading up to February 14, a Japanese woman will buy dozens of boxes of chocolates and other small Valentine gifts to give to all the [...]

How One Man Started a Church in an East Asian City
The Beginnings of a Church
One day last winter, along a dirty side street in Asia, a hungry Joshua Sampson* decided to eat BBQ meat-on-a-stick for lunch. In line with his regular practice of sharing the Gospel, Joshua boldly struck up a conversation with the [...]

The young man wearing an apron and a white cotton skullcap smiled and waved us over towards his small restaurant in my neighborhood. Taylor and I had been out riding our bicycles. We would not have normally gone out in such frigid weather, but it was Chinese New Year’s Eve.
It was dinnertime and [...]

Tsagaan Sar, which means “white month,” is one of two major holidays in the country of Mongolia. In 2010, this holiday that marks the end of winter and the beginning of a new year will be celebrated February 14-17. In 2010 this holiday falls on the same day as Chinese New Year, though sometimes [...]

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A Lovely Day to Celebrate
The cold, crisp winter temperatures lend themselves to the excitement already in the air. Chinese people scurry to buy special treats, clean house, buy new clothes, buy tickets to travel home, and greet their neighbors with a sense of exuberance comparable to what you might expect to see at Christmastime in [...]