Sister Thelma T. Oney and I are in Taiwan to minister to our friends and former students.  

We found many dried fruits at the grocery store. Sister Oney really liked the arrangement and selection. She usually only eats fruits and vegetables when she is ministering the word of God in a nation.  

These carpenters were very interesting to me. They used their ladders like stilts to move around under the ceiling. They just walked around with them with ease.  

The sunset is famous in the first port town of Taiwan.  

The sun gave us a shady day, so we enjoyed our walk around the old town that was the first harbor for Taipei and the first place that missionaries came in 1877. 

Before Cherry and Samuel left us Sister Oney prayed for blessings on their coming marriage. They have been a couple for many years and will finally be able to marry in the fall.  

We came to this first port of Taiwan on a modern subway. The orginal people who lived here were head hunters and did not welcome the Chinese from the mainland or the English Missionaries. The man in the photo is playing a flute for the passing people.  

There were all kinds of vendors selling food along the sidewalk.  

This tea shop had wedding cakes for sale. A bride will send out wedding cakes with invitations to her wedding.  

The people got excited about some TV personalities that were appearing there that day with a large crowd following them.  

The walk along the beach was like Coney Island in New York City. You could buy all kinds of food and see just about anything while looking out on the harbor. Samuel, George, and Emily are taking a rest in this picture.  

Perry introduced Sister Oney to small eggs soaked in a sauce.  

People promoting for a TV station gave away fans. We have enjoyed them ever since.  

Perry's father insisted that I have some ice cream, and it felt good in the heat to have something cold.  

We got to see Cherry and her friend Samuel at the harbor. She is teaching piano to private students. 

Taiwanese temples are covered with gods on top. They worship many gods and their own ancestors. This temple was in the same town as the first missionary church and was probably very old.

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Perry and his father George took us on a tour of the first Christian missionary settlement in Taiwan in 1872. Dr. McKay is still famous in Taiwan.  

This is the first church built by the missionaries from Canada when they came to Northern Taiwan in 1872. A dentist was the founder of the church, school, and hospital. His influence is still felt in Taiwan. He married a Taiwanese lady and his children became church leaders after him.  

The bricks in the historic church were a new invention to the Taiwanese. The design of the building was also very different from what they were used to.  

Across from the historic church is a huge new church that shows the progress Christianity since the first missionaries came.  

The church was not open on the day we visited . It made me want to come back again when I could go inside to see the whole history.  

Perry and his father were so gracious to show us the historical place where Christians first came to Taiwan.  

The children loved the courtyard in front of the new church that stands on that historic hill.  

People were feeding birds in front of the beautiful new church that faces the old church.  

On the back of the church you could still see traces of the orginal decorations that covered the bricks.