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I got to teach acting to the drama team at Manila's Christ Commission Fellowship. When they would hear something cool they'd hold up three fingers on either side of their mouths and say (and spell), "WOW."

Guys, your work, especially on enacted prayer, was WOW!

New York Times Review of The Great DivorceSome friends of ours are on the production team of a stage adaptation of CS Lewis' The Great Divorce. Joyce and I enjoyed it, and so did the NY Times:
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/theater/reviews/31divo.html

Tickets are available through SmartT...

I never got a good shot of the sides of the chapel, where I performed and preached at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary. They're mesh. So in typhoons (well, hopefully before they hit) they have to take all the electronics to fully enclosed buildings.

That means "mix mix." It's a good description not only of this treat made of about 20 different things but also of Filipino cuisine in general. They've been influenced by the cultures of Asia, Spain and America and all three and more show up in their food. They do tend toward sweet things....

One of the coolest things about my time in the Philippines was getting to coach MasterWorks alumna Vicki Gregory. I got to perform and teach a workshop at her school, Faith Academy.

These are shots Joyce took on her camera:

The The Ming Tombs, factories, Great Wall, Olympic Pavillion
The Forbidden City, Old Beijing
Old Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Tientsin
Tientsin, Shanghai, Guatemala

An ancient Celtic name for God was Gloriosly Wasteful. He's given us so many things that we don't need just to bless us.

When Aury (left) was 8, she went door to door to take out people's trash in exchange for two-day old bread. At school no one wanted to be her friend because of her work. They called her trash. Compassion has helped her rise above all that. As a part of the Leadership Development Program she is in he...

Our speaker here at the Compassion ( RichDrama.com/Compassion) Artist and Speaker Retreat is Mark Yaconelli. We heard his father Mike speak, only months before his untimely death, at a Compassion retreat at Michael W. Smith's ranch. Mike founded Youth Specialties. Mark is just as funny.

He's talking...

The grounds on which we're staying is filled with incredible works of art everywhere we look.

This is where the emperor was worshipped with insence, candy, and every animal but the pig because its name sounds like the family name of the emperors: Ju.

We're seeing a part of the old city that may be torn down for the Olympics.

These are the small buses or large taxis of the Philippines. I got to ride one, which was quite fun. You can ask them to stop anywhere on their route. Before you get there you hand your fare to the person next to you. It's passed along until it gets to the driver. Then your change is passed back. Ea...

Date:	Jan 27, 2007
Time:	7:00 pm

Charisma Magazine just ran a great article on Amazing Grace: The Day Slavery Died.

Joyce recently saw a preview on Times Square and loved it.

Be sure to catch it opening night: February 23.