Andrew is a twenty-three year old Taiwanese man who has been working for us for less than a month. He, in many ways, has been an answer to prayer. Angela, another cafe employee, was leaving us to study worship leadership and our community had prayed for the right person to come and take her role. [...]
One part of Envision’s DNA is hospitality. This a core piece of who we are as an Envision Site. But what is hospitality, and why do we want this, of all things, to be a description of who we are? Why is this characteristic up there with discipleship, ministry, and partnership, characteristics that sound much [...]
In Psalms 22:27, David says, “ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.” (ESV) Over the past week, I have seen God’s family worship Him with their talents, hard work, music, and love for one another. For the [...]
“This is my third time to Envision: Taipei and this time I am committed for a year. I am often asked why I keep coming back to Taiwan. Is it the food? The city? The convenient public transportation system? While those things are amazing, the reason I come back is that I have heard the [...]
Throwback Thursday Blog Brittany and I were recently interviewed and one of the questions that was given to us was this: “What scriptures has God used in shaping your life?” During my young life, there have been a few of these scriptures. Matthew 6:33 stuck out to me during my teenage years when I was battling my own desires. [...]
Before I became a Christian, I was very unhappy because many areas of my life were going poorly. For example, the relationship aspect was not going well. I was very sad and started to think maybe God had forgotten me. I knew I was not good. I, however, also felt I had absolutely nothing good. [...]
Editor's Preface- Our dear sister, and Aroma community member Nancy, who is doing full time ministry in Yilan, shared this personal update with us. Enjoy! "Christian Surfer’s is an international organization. They share the gospel to the surfing community around the world. It’s growing in developing countries. CS Australia invited me to the Noosa festival 2018 [...]
By Skye Bonati At five o’clock I was ready to crash. Granted, I do seem to get worn out much more easily here in Taiwan than in America, but five o’clock? An overwhelming urge to sleep washed over me, and I sought the couch for a short nap — if it would come. Waves of [...]
By Chris O'Dell A while back I was challenged to think about the way I dealt with culture. I heard the challenge described in these two aspects that are to be held in tension: high context and low context. I’m not going to go in depth about how these cultures function. For that, I recommend this [...]
By Brittany Siemens The past two weeks have been pretty busy for Justin and I! The marketing team at Aroma has been operating on a new schedule this year. We’re following a six weeks on and two weeks off schedule. What that means is that every eight weeks, we spend the first two looking back [...]
