Entering China by train there is much green country side with few people, the city of Hengyang is a completely different story.  There are people everywhere, all the time!  I sometimes wonder if anyone works.  There are always lines at the local supermarket and no such thing as self check out or express lines. Our Read More

There is so much I could talk about.  I thought today I’d provide a breakdown of what a typical day looks like for the River Stone China Team: 7:30 a.m. Devotions in our team leaders room (Nikki from International China Concern) Devotions are led by a different team member each morning.  Everyone signed up on our Read More

Driving into Hong Kong the China team was inundated with all the people, high rise apartments and neon lights.  The city was bustling even at 9PM, there were kids playing soccer, a game of basketball and ladies getting their hair shampooed at the salon.  Our hotel accommodations, the local YMCA were nicer than any of Read More

Approximately 24 hours after leaving the USA the River Stone China team landed in Hong Kong. We spent one hour driving to Austin. three hours flying to San Francisco, four hours entertaining ourselves in the terminal, two hours waiting on the tarmac for United employees to locate a missing manifest, thirteen hours flying and one Read More