Creative Uses of University Storage Units

At the university in China where I taught, foreign students, foreign teachers, and employees lived in apartment buildings.  If you were fortunate enough to be a high ranking employee or someone with many years of service, then you would be permitted to have a first...

Medical Issues: Helping a girl with spina bifida

As I mentioned in my book, Unseen Tears, on my first visit to the main orphanage in the book, I wasn’t told this was a special needs orphanage.  As you may imagine, I was slightly surprised when we entered the orphanage and I realized it was a special needs orphanage....

The Fish Camps of China

As someone who considers himself a fisherman, I often enjoyed the views I had from the area around the campus where I was teaching.  There was a dirt road that ran along the east side of the campus, and the building where I lived was right beside the dirt road.  My...

Storage in the Orphanage

Can you imagine how much storage would be needed while having up to thirty three special needs children living in a three bedroom apartment?  Yes, you are starting to see how that could be a challenge!   I must give credit to my friend that leads the special needs...

Residential Wiring

There are several differences in the wiring of homes and apartments in China and the States.  The first one is that homes in China use 220V, and the states use 110V.  That isn’t something you can see, but you may need to know that when you plug in your appliances....