The TIPing Point in China

Now more than 10 hours ago, I left Beijing after what seemed like the 10 months I spent there had lasted about 10 minutes, but had also somehow been more like 10 years. How so much adventure and fun and amazing, supernatural work could get packed into such a "short" time on this incredible journey [

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I look ahead as March Madness rolls on toward its climax this coming weekend while I look back on the beginning of this month here on its last day and wonder how it seemingly just evaporated into a time vacuum. For me, March began not with madness but series of sudden events and a mad [...]

This has been a very unique week that has unusual events unfolding. After two relatively sudden deaths in our family, my uncle and dad’s oldest brother, Don, and Sue’s stepmom, Dabney, both from that great southern state of South Carolina, Sue is headed home to Canada for the funeral and to care for

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We finally got to watch Super Bowl XLIV last night on a sometimes sketchy internet replay thanks to our teammate Abby who was a big part of the Putonghua TIP session planning team, and who ordered the NFL replay for us all to enjoy. Her teaching degree, skills, and experience were put to work in [..

February is always a unique season in China with Spring Festival capturing the nation’s attention and interrupting the normal routine of things as people criss-cross the country to return home, spend time enjoying family over many meals. Because of this reality, most of my TIP teammates and I have t