Coffee Hour (photoed by Pop) 美好時光 / 愉悅寫真

#2016-0414

Photos tell stories. And beautiful/good photos tell good/beautiful stories! Just look at the pictures below, and you'll see how happy (how pleased and pleasing!) we are at the Coffee Hour that follows our Sunday worship service!

All photos below were taken by Pop, from 

Thailand, on Sunday, April 3, 2016, showing a part 

of the English congregation of St. James' Church, Taichung.

"Gege" and "Didi" -- Two Little Boys!

#2016-0413

Many thanks to Pop, whose real name I didn't really catch when he was introduced! ... (I wish I could pronounce and remember his full name in the Thai language.) ... Now, I do thank him for these photos taken and shared by him, an artist from Thailand. He is a professional photographer, indeed.

Photos tell stories! ...

The elder and younger brothers, sometimes called "葛格" and "底迪" at home, are playing in the playground of the Preschool where the elder comes and "studies" every weekday. It is Sunday, April 3, 2016. And the two little boys have come to church with their mom and grandparents. (The Preschool, a famous one in Taichung City, belongs to the church; both of them share the same name "St. James" and are located at the same address ...) This is where my family including my two grandsons and Anita and Antony and Jean and me come and enjoy ... so very often!

Welcome to Central Taiwan, Rev. Ada Wong Nagata

#2016-0411

Yesterday the Rev. Ada Wong Nagata (王玉瑛牧師), who serves at The Church of Our Saviour, in San Gabriel, California, USA, came and visited our church St. James' Church, in Taichung, Taiwan. She gave us a nice sermon during the English service, when we had Holy Eucharist with our bishop the Rt. Rev. David Lai as celebrant.

Interestingly, our rector Rev. Lily was in Taipei yesterday, as previously invited to preach at the diocesan cathedral, St. John Church. But she returned from there as soon as she could, in order to hold or host a Welcome party for Rev. Ada in the evening. To this dinner party came important representatives of the church such as Bishop David Lai, Rev. Charles Chen (our Rector Emeritus), Samuel Chen (our Senior Warden), and their spouses. And Jean and I were also called to the dinner party, acting as two other "representatives" of St. James' Church who would "warmly welcome our special guest." What a great honor Jean and I had!

Now, in the middle of the dinner time, I learned that Rev. Lily was planning to take Rev. Ada to Sun Moon Lake the next day (that is, today!), and I suddenly had a question to ask, "Do you need a special tour guide and driver? ... I'm willing to be the one, if needed." Both Rev. Lily and Rev. Ada seemed very pleased, saying, "Really? You both can go with us? ..." If fact, only I could join them; my wife (Jean) had a Class Reunion to attend this morning. And the Rev. Charles Chen, accepting our invitation, has also joined us in this "outing" today.

We have mainly visited Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) and Paper Dome (紙教堂). It's really a wonderful day; in the perfect weather, in nice places, and in high spirits, we're doing a lot of chatting and smiling and laughing!

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Note: The above pictures are taken on Monday, April 11, 2016. If you like, you may click on the following links and see more ... of Sun Moon Lake and of Paper Dome:

#2014-0715 An Outing with Mike Chater and His Daughter

(From left to right: Jerry Liang, Jean Huang, Harriet Chater, Mike Chater)

#2013-0918 Let's Visit Sun Moon Lake Again!

(From left: Antony Liang and Jerry Liang)

#2011-0428 我們 X (土角厝 + 紙教堂) = 新 RAV4 桃米之旅

(In these two photos are Jerry Liang and his mother or parents!)