As I was preparing for work yesterday I looked down at my papers and saw this lovely and amazing beetle which came in from the cold mountain surroundings.
Here’s a close-up.
And a better pic of the same beetle from the web:
For anyone interested, here’s a cool website of all sorts of beetles unique to this country.
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples of the earth! For great is his steadfast love toward us, he loves us with unfailing love. And the faithfulness of the LORD endu：res forever. Praise the LORD!
Other Related Verses:
Gen 12:2： I will bless you and make you famous... and you will be a blessing to others. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.
Ex 19:4-6: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth... And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.
Psalm 147:19-20: He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel. He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know his regulations. Praise the Lord!
Due to unexpected difficulty I encountered finding and navigating through online audio Old Testament bibles, I only included a few of the languages I had initially intended to include, switching to an appropriate NT reference for a few other languages.
Hearing "wèi nĭ hăo 喂你好" whenever a customer calls on the telephone, Frank-Frank soon started saying it himself whenever the phone rings:
What to do if you need to ship from the United States to Taiwan, but the size of your shipment is more than your luggage can accommodate yet less than an entire freight crate/container?
My first trip to Taiwan 16 years ago, I mailed a few boxes via the U.S. Postal Service. Back then it was affordable. A few years later, I shipped a pallet stacked with sealed boxes via a freight company (sorry, I don’t remember which one). Six years ago I learned the U.S. Postal Service was no longer making international sea shipments. So I carried two over-sized suitcases on the airplane. This past January, in need of shipping once again, I learned of another more affordable option which Taiwanese students use when they return to Taiwan from studying in the United States:
Charlene Enterprise Inc.
http://www.charlene-transport.com/
The end of January we wrapped our boxes in plastic and sent them off. I shipped three boxes around 18 in * 18 in * 24 inches each, as well as a fourth smaller lighter box (57 lbs. + 62.4 +54.6 + 20 lbs. = 194 pounds). The cost to ship to Taiwan came out to US $250.00.
Unfortunately, unless you plan a few weeks ahead when you are visiting your friends in New York City and can drop your boxes off yourself at Charlene Enterprise’s Woodside, Queens location (which I unfortunately did not!), you’ll also have to pay for UPS to ship your boxes to NY. In my case, the domestic shipping cost for the four boxes cost an additional $154.47, raising the grand total to over 400 bucks (local delivery in Taiwan is included in what you pay to Charlene). In spite of the UPS shipment cost, I found the overall expenses to be reasonable since I was not interested in shipping anything more.
We waited almost exactly two months before receiving our shipment, which was a few weeks longer than we hoped. Still, being on the long end of the time wait boundary was reasonable considering that the company waits until they have enough other packages going to Taiwan so they can bundle them all together in the same shipment
In our case, the boxes had not been unwrapped or opened by customs either. Nothing was taxed (we carried most of that in our carry-ons). Nor was anything damaged. So I would recommend the service. Please let me know though if you find something cheaper or quicker!
Today this noon I sat down to watch pre-downloaded news video using the Miro application. To my surprise whom should I see but my old neighbor from when I used to live in Yunlin, Mr. Ding! 加油丁宗華！
