This is episode #1 in our series about some of our closest friends over the years.

Picture of Finn and Ilik together in Indonesia available below.

A story of how I first learned of Sammy Tippit in the 1960's on his walk across the US while holding a cross and how years later, I ran into him again and played a role in getting his book, The Prayer Factor, into China.

This story is also available in Indonesian.

In the late 1940's, my father was a translator who helped in the process of editing the translation of the Bible into Mongolian for the people of Inner Mongolia. This is the story of how we got to bring the original Bible that he worked on to the Mongolian Bible Society's 730th Anniversary Conference.

In today's Crazy God Story, I tell of how our organization, Evergreen and myself played a vital role in a multi-billion dollar project to divert one of the largest rivers in our province. You never know how God might use you to minister in unusual situations and what kind of impact that might have. Today, this river diversion project provides fresh drinking water to several cities, including our hometown of Taiyuan which is made up of over 5 million people.

Today I'm sharing the story of a prayer that we came up with, born out of the poor conditions in our home province of Shanxi in China.

Today we're talking about family. Sometimes people who aren't biologically related to you have a big impact on your life. Family is a blessing from God.

During a time when Sandy and I were worn out and in desperate need of encouragement, God brought us some good friends who lived closer than we could've imagined (and unknown to us, they already had strong connections with my family!).

An unlikely connection between a teacher and one of her former students opens the door for the Gospel to go out to over a hundred English students at the University of Gansu Province in China.

Laura Zhou was a good friend of ours who had a profound impact on the Chinese church as well as people from all over the world. Today I'd like to share some of her incredible story with you.

Please note: This video was recorded in mid 2019. After returning to China that summer, we discovered that Laura Zhou had indeed passed on to be with her Father in Heaven.