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1st stop: Bucharest (giveaway)

by noel.piper on April 29, 2012 in Europe with 52 Comments

You may have seen at the Desiring God website that Johnny is speaking in Europe soon.

Our first stop is Bucharest . Some friends, both here and in Romania, have been urging us for years to come. I’m so glad the time is finally here.

And I’m glad you’ll be traveling along, via Tell Me When to Pack. So I want to give one of you a gift from Bucharest (or it might be from one of our other destinations).

To be eligible, comment at this post with any or all of the following:

  • Are you Romanian?
  • Have you ever lived in or visited Bucharest or elsewhere in Romania?
  • What do you think of when you think of Romania?
  • What would you want to do if you were visiting Bucharest?
  • Is there particular Romanian food one should not miss?
  • What would you recommend as a gift to bring back?

Deadline is 11:59 pm cst, May 18.

Don’t miss the other giveaways:

For subscribing or getting someone new to subscribe

 Geneva Giveaway

Hamburg Giveaway

 

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Esther Expedition: Streams in the Desert

by noel.piper on March 26, 2012 in Asia with Comments Off

Esther Expedition

Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings4/23/1933 — Esther Nelson letter from Chengdu

I am enjoying Streams in the Desert so very much.

 

Sunday we worshipped with believers in Chengdu. Afterward, the name of the bookshop across the street caught my eye–Streams in the Desert–named after a book that was given Esther Nelson by friends at Bethlehem Baptist in Minneapolis when she was returning to China in 1932 to work in Chengdu.

Inside, almost immediately, Joann discovered the Chinese version of The Legacy of Sovereign Joy. She turned to the shopkeeper and pointed toward me, “This is the wife of the man who wrote this book.”

“Praise the Lord,” she replied.

Another woman overheard and walked over, picked up a copy and leafed through it. She handed a second copy to her friend. After both had completed their purchases, we caught up with them outside to get a picture and give them the address of the DG Chinese website.

(Earlier in Chengdu, we saw the book also at the Daily Renewal Bookshop.)

 

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Quiz: What’s the 8th largest language in the world?

by noel.piper on December 14, 2011 in Asia, Europe with Comments Off

 

 

 

 

If you knew or guessed Russian, you’re right.

So it’s good news that Desiring God has launched zhazhdushieboga.org, the DG Russian website.

You can read more about it (in English).

Question for you: Why is this good news for you?

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DG in China

by noel.piper on December 6, 2011 in Asia with Comments Off

With my eyes on China, this blog post from Desiring God caught my eye this morning. Now to watch out for the announcement of the first DG book published in China!

Desiring God Portuguese website

by noel.piper on October 11, 2011 in South America with 2 Comments

While we were at the FIEL Conference outside Sao Paulo, one of the highlight moments was when Desiring God announced the inauguration of the Desiring God Portuguese website. Around me, I could hear the gasps and murmurs of glad surprise.

Brazil is the largest of 9 nations where Portuguese is an official language.

If you are a Portuguese speaker, please take at least a few moments to check out Desiring God’s Portuguese website. There are a growing number of people who are working hard to increase the resources available there. You can bless them by leaving an encouraging comment at this post.

If you  don’t understand the language, you can bless them by commenting here how you’re spreading the news of it to anyone you know who does speak Portuguese and to Christian workers who are in one of the Portuguese-language nations.

Thank you!

Workers in Australia

by noel.piper on September 6, 2011 in Oceania with 1 Comment

Engage  has been sponsored by the Katoomba Christian Convention for 5-6 years. The intended audience is workers, as the Australians call them. I think we Americans would call them career-aged, or something like that–people after university and before family-life responsibilities.

The response is so great that Engage 2011 ran 2 separate weekends to accommodate more than 2000 people each weekend.

At the Desiring God blog, Johnny’s written a summary of what he had to say about glorifying God at work. Word is that it’s being tweeted and FB’ed all around Australia.