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Journey to Ningxia: The Grey Hair’s Song

Morning “I stayed up all night praying.  Didn’t sleep at all,” Paul says to me when we meet in the hotel lobby in the morning.  He seems wide awake and full of energy. “You prayed all night?”  I ask him. “All night,” he says.  “And you know what…” he pauses, “a miracle happened…My friend asked me to pray [...]

Journey to Ningxia: Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Part 1

Amanda is not alone when I arrive at the Wuhai station.  She is accompanied by the spirit of Jesus Christ embodied in the form of a Chinese man in his late 30s.  His English name is simply “Paul.”  He has eyes that seem glazed over and possessed with purity.  They are the kind of eyes [...]

Journey to Ningxia: Onward to Inner Mongolia

Devil Monkey sits outside of the bus station.  He wears the same camaflouge outfit that I saw him in the first time that I encountered him on the streets of Zhongwei.  One of his monkeys rests on his shoulder while the other two sit on the ground, their heads perked up.  It seems that we’re traveling [...]