Hong Kong, China

So here are some recent posts from the bloggers who have been blogging the longest.  I especially focused on those that I haven’t written about in a while…

• One week’s wages to buy a book  The challenges of publishing in Africa (Burkina Faso)
• Talking about money again, Life in Hong Kong: city folks! (China)
• Christmas programs may be a little different here than what you’re used to – School Christmas Program (Christmas leftovers) (a video) (Mexico)
• And how about some Sledding during Summer Vacation? (Argentina)
• Would you go to a church under a death threat?  The Mission at Mission (Mexico)
• Neat, a free missionary book!  Check it out at Our Gift to You (Hungary)
• The unexpected benefits of eating in Columbia – Everybody’s Gotta Eat
• A weekend of encouragement  A weekend in the life of missionaries in France.
• How would you like to hear some singing in Romanian?  Here’s another video for you:  O Noapte Sfanta (O Holy Night in Romanian)
• Dental Equipment Arrived in Gorom-Gorom – if you’d hesitate to go to a dentist with only this equipment, imagine going to the dentist before she had any equipment!  (Burkina Faso)
• I love it when photos really give you a feel for an area.  Check out these fabulous shots (warning – the page will take a while to load, it’s graphics heavy):  Final photos from the cruise (Indonesia)

• And how is your string?  If you don’t know how to answer, click here (Mali).
• Why the violence?  And why are leaders so silent about it? (Nigeria)
• I don’t know, how often do you ask for a cat at a gas station? (Hungary)
• Here’s a chance to give input at a blog – what kinds of posts would you like to see here? (Taiwan)
• Can I be content without – all this stuff?  Good question. (Brazil)
• "Could you tell me About Jesus, just briefly?"  Wow, where would you start? (Thailand)
• Why not just teach them all English?  Really?  People actually ask you that? (United Kingdom)
• This is certainly a favourite question for missionaries – what is your schedule like? (Chile)  Of course, it’s different for everyone – and changes once a week…
• What are you doing to support healthy family life?  This is kind of neat. (Bolivia)

Photo courtesy of Leo Reynolds

5 years is still a grand old age for a blog, so today we’re going to celebrate a few of the blogs that are celebrating a half a decade in the first half of 2009.  Here they are – stop by and congratulate them!

• ¡Pura Vida!  …teaching, learning, living in Nuevo León, México…
• Bangladesh Adventures  This is the Adventures of the Stout Family in Bangladesh.
• Transforming Argentina  Raising up a new generation of disciples in Latin America
• Phuong Ngo  preparing to go to China
• The Crossers’ Life In Italy  A glimpse into the daily lives and thoughts of Matt & Angie Crosser, missionaries to Italy.
• Church Planting in Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico: The Back Door for Reaching the US Spanish Speaking Population…
• Winckles Family Update  Life and Ministry in Budapest, Hungary
• Adventures With God  The Finnie’s Adventures In South Africa.
• Musings of a Missionary  Scenes, thoughts and stories from Bangkok.