Taipei 101

Added a few more people to the right-hand sidebar under "Fellow YWAMers". The top five people are part of this Far East Asia Team, whereas the others are members of other teams. Do check out their web pages if you have time - I enjoy reading others updates anyway. Some folks are posting pictures as well. For those people whose sites are on TravelJournals.net you may have go a couple clicks in under the "Journal" heading to find the most recent journal posting...

And, so, it just so happens that Taipei is home to the world's tallest building - Taipei 101 (the world's tallest at this point in time anyway...). Thus, on the occasion that a person happens to be in in Taipei it would seem appropriate to visit the world's tallest building and marvel at the view. Today, as a free day for those touristy activities while in Taiwan, it seemed appropriate to complete such a visit to Taipei 101.

It is a pretty amazing structure. Perhaps the most beautiful skyscraper which mine eyes have seen. The structural engineering would have sucked. This is a prime example of why architects and engineers share a love/hate relationship - they both need one another yet never want to face the reality that each requires. In any case, Taipei 101 is a cool building with the world's fastest elevator - 30 seconds to ascend nearly 90 floors. What more could a person ask for - the world's tallest building and the world's fastest elevator - all in one place. Uh, well, after about an hour the novelty wore off and the hunger pains set in, and so we ventured on...

Here in Danshuei (hey, I can't find a reliably correct spelling, and so I go with what sounds ok - uh, not that I can actually pronounce it correctly...) we have just returned from visiting a team of YWAM church planters in Maoli (couple hour train/bus trip from here). They are doing awesome work among minority group of Hakka people. It was grand to spend a few days with them and minister where we could be it in English classes, children's classes, or grilling them with questions about the work and life they have in serving God in this way.

We will continue on here in Danshuei for another week doing a variety of ministry works, most of which I don't know of off the top of my head. I hope somebody on our team is aware of our schedule...

Not much else to say right now as the night is well on its way to morning and my brain is shutting off (not that it ever really turns on). We are learning about each other as we work in a team, learning relationships, learning culture, learning travel, learning life, learning Christ.