2016-09-07 00:06
Myanmar coffee, Myanmar mug, Myanmar t-shirtgifts of the heart help me to overcome my jet-lag!I have TOO MUCH work and I'm still jet-lagging, which means I've been waking up at 3:30 a.m. and… Read More
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2016-08-16 23:13
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. -- Psalm 55:6I've been silent a long time on this blog! I'm alone in the house in W… Read More
2016-02-21 08:31
Happy New Year of the Monkey, everybody! One of the great advantages of life in China -- a ten day break for Chinese New Year! However, as everyone knows, when you're in the education "busin… Read More
2016-01-17 12:40
Wayne and I began 2016 with a holiday trip to Singapore -- just the two of us -- thrilled to meet God's creatures great and small at the Singapore zoo, includingSingapore white tigershappy o… Read More
2015-10-05 07:55
Wayne and I spent nearly a week in Cambodia, including three days of the Mekong Mission Forum Joint Theological Consultation on the topic of Reconciliation and Forgiveness.Out and about in P… Read More
2015-04-16 09:36
Fields of hope with Lutheran Church of Cambodia outreach ministries.God graced us in Cambodia the week before Easter!I helped facilitate the first "Beloved Daughter's" Biblical empowerment w… Read More
2015-02-21 08:40
One of the best things in my life is the chance to see and hear some of the ways in which LTS Mekong alumni are walking/dancing/playing/kicking out demons /healing /praying/ eating/sharing/… Read More
2015-02-21 08:34
This year Ash Wednesday and Chinese New Year Eve came on the same day. Chinese New Year celebrations are so important, even the Roman Catholic cardinal in Hong Kong gave his flock an officia… Read More
2015-01-29 13:27
Last Saturday the Seminary faculty travelled into Mainland China.It's a 15 minute walk, half hour train ride, then about a ten minute walk through customs, in order to travel from our home i… Read More
2015-01-08 02:01
Catching Up on 2014... 2014 LUTHERAN WOMEN’S BIBLICAL LIFE CONFERENCE IN MYANMAROh Sing to the Lord, Oh sing God a new song!For God is the Lord, and God has done wonders!And sing… Read More
2014-10-02 07:48
The Lutheran Theological Seminary suspended its classes on Monday and Tuesday due to demonstrations and protests for true democracy in Hong Kong. A prayer service was held on Mon… Read More
2014-09-14 12:04
Please note the heat index. Yes, that's right. 108F !!!It's been hot. This is the second time this week I've see the heat index at 108F.Rumour is a typhoon is on its way. At least that may c… Read More
2014-07-24 17:06
After a several month hiatus, Marathonangel returns with this guest post from Dr. Wayne L. Nieminen (a.k.a. my husband) returning to Hong Kong from an LTS faculty trip to Indonesia:+++++++Ha… Read More
2013-12-31 13:44
Our last day of 2013 started on the beach in Vung Tau, Vietnam, where we are taking a grace-filled (dare I admit desperately needed?) family vacation.Vung Tau is home to the largest st… Read More
2013-12-27 11:39
“True peace is not a balancing of opposing forces. It’s not a lovely facade which conceals conflicts and divisions...Peace calls for daily commitment." -- Pope Francis… Read More
2013-12-24 08:29
We celebrated the last of the Advent Sundays in a tent sheltering us from the rain. The church provides a welcome respite from the Hong Kong crowds... and you thought Christmasshopping… Read More
2013-11-17 12:20
A little bit about our Mekong Mission Forum teaching trip to Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar:Of all the Mekong countries, Myanmar (or Burma) has the highest number of Christians. Much of th… Read More
2013-11-09 15:05
leaving BangkokI always feel how amazing life is when I take this flight -- Hong Kong to Bangkok to Yangon.The lights leaving Bangkok are much brighter than the lights upon arrival in Yangon… Read More
2013-10-13 08:58
It was an extra bright morning with 6 Indonesian graduate students arriving at my door at 8:30 a.m. to leave for Truth Lutheran Church, Ma On Shan.At church the crowd seemed to be sparser th… Read More
2013-09-19 08:52
Chapel flowers during Mid Autumn Harvest Moon Week.Wayne and I are back in the saddle at LTS Hong Kong, and my jet-lag is totally, finally over (only two weeks later :) So we're back in Hong… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We received word of a terrible, tragic death of the 24 year old friend of one of our sons.Our world will not be the same.This is the kid who lived down the street. Who slept over at ou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse!The New Year is supposed to bring Spring with it, but it's still very much Winter in Hong Kong: Many consecutive days of gray rain and temperatures o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The opening ceremoniesSeminary Olympics held in the yard of our home in Hong Kong with inter-Asian and inter-national students. .... something we first experienced at LSTChicago many years a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
So this is how we started 2014... in a certain city in Southeast Asia along the Mekong, looking out of the hotel room at these rooftops, where a cat prowled for mice on a collapsed and rotte… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Hello again from Hong Kong! The weather FINALLY turned a little bit cooler. Some of the students are wearing warm jackets already, whereas we "northerners" are just happy to trade in our san… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Wayne and I spent nearly a week in Cambodia, including three days of the Mekong Mission Forum Joint Theological Consultation on the topic of Reconciliation and Forgiveness.Out and about in P… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Another "working summer", visiting and sharing with congregations in the USA is drawing to a close. One of our favorite things to do -- Children's Talks!How is life different in the USA and… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Alumni follow-up is one of the sweetest rewards of teaching at the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Hong Kong. Along with serving Hong Kong and Mainland China, LTS is also instrumental in th… Read More
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