Esther Expedition
Sorry to keep you hopping back and forth in our itinerary. Right now, I’m taking you to Zhaochang (which Esther wrote as Chow Chang). This is a small town outside Yibin. It took about 2 hours to walk between the two towns–or to be carried in a chair–when Esther lived there.
The Baptists’ Mingde school of Yibin was sent out to Zhaochang for a couple of years while Yibin was facing bombing from Japanese planes. In 1939-40, they were short of staff, so Esther was sent there to act as school nurse and to teach English.
We went out to Zhaochang, expecting nothing beyond seeing what the town looks like now and perhaps being able to see what’s built now where the school used to be.
If you’re ready for another God-incident, read Joann’s most recent post to see what actually happened. (a few Zhaochang photos)
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