What do you see from your window?
City Sunrise: It keeps pace with the speed of this city. It flares up between my towering neighborhood skyscrapers and then is like, “Ok, gotta go and visit the rest of the world. Catch you tomorrow?” If I step in to grab my cup of coffee, I will miss it. And I would just have… Read more
As we were singing worship songs to Jesus on the Inner Mongolian grassland, a small bit of a rainbow appeared just over the horizon. As we sang and sang, God stretched that beauty out across the full expanse of the sky. We don’t know if He was cheering for us or if we were cheering… Read more
Sitting in my window seat I read the text from my friend Cyndi letting me know her father had passed away due to Covid-19. We had just been praying for him. I looked up from my phone out my window to the sky with two tears on my cheeks. The sun had just set, and… Read more
Shenzhen, China If you look up and to the left of the tallest building you can see from my balcony, you will see one lone star. Go ahead, zoom in. I’m serious, you’ll see it. I’ve got one star, and I’m taking it. And I’m calling it stargazing. Just because I cannot see the other… Read more
Sign of the times… ✈️ June 15, 2018 I boarded a plane to France to walk 800km of the Camino de Santiago to Spain. ✈️ June 15, 2019 I boarded a plane to Stockholm to have one of the best summer holidays of my life traveling through Sweden to visit family and life-long friends. ?… Read more
These young professionals stream past my window every morning on their way their high-tech jobs. Microsoft, Tencent, Baidu and other tech companies, start-ups and maker spaces are my neighbors in Shenzhen, China’s designated hotbed of innovation. Today’s torrential downpour does not deter them as I watch the seemingly never-ending procession of umbrellas from the dry… Read more
Hello friends, I am an American living in Shenzhen, China where I serve as the director of a charity working in orphanages across the country. Since I joined and started posting in this group on April 6, I have met some fantastic people who I now call friends, including a film documentary producer who contacted… Read more
This is my neighborhood in Shenzhen, China. Population 13+ million. So many lives in one small space. Some days I look at this and really wish I could swap for your views of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, Australian Gold Coast sunrises, or the soft Minnesota Northwoods of my childhood. But today I look off… Read more
Shenzhen, China Hi neighbors! This is my dishwashing view. The window at the very top is my next door neighbor’s kitchen window. I have a personal challenge of trying to get them to wave at me when we happen to be in sync washing dishes. I am their American neighbor that they are completely shy… Read more
#selfiespecial Hello from the back of a Didi car (嘀嘀) – China’s answer to Uber. This is me going to the office for the third time in 3.5 months. The driver has his own DIY plastic safety shield rigged up. Windows are down, mask on, hand sanitizer in my purse. My name is Heidi and… Read more
