Monthly Archives: August 2017

Ministering to Migrant Workers

August 31, 2017 | East Asia Ministries

In China, sixty percent of the migrant workers, also known as farm workers or peasant workers, were born in the 1980s and 1990s. We call them the new generation, and there are 96 million of them. Unlike their fathers, they are more familiar with urban life. They desire to say goodbye to their fathers’ agricultural … Read more

Learning to be a Better Mother

August 16, 2017 | East Asia Ministries

  Sister Chun* (who we reported about last year) shared this with us recently:   “Every time [my daughter] Jane* was not happy, she lost her temper. Usually, I either ignored it or lost my temper because of what she did.   Today, she got angry and lost her temper again. I struggled for seconds. … Read more

Ministering to Street Women

August 15, 2017 | East Asia Ministries

Street women are at a high risk for HIV, especially the cross-dressers (men dressed up like women). Most of them don’t use condoms if they have to pay for them themselves. These are examples of walking invisible people that live in every city. No one sees them, and no one looks at them with compassion. … Read more