Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). Check out all of the other things we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us.

I begin by recommending a relatively unknown ministry (richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/) that I respect and support (0:44). Then we talk about the pros and cons of deporting all Chinese students in the US (9:33). Next, I talk about how I learned Mandarin (21:08), beginning 22 years ago this week, followed by an overview of the unique Chinese places to pray for this week (34:36). Finally, I tell a few more stories, beginning with the fun (also 22 years ago this week) of being surrounded by police in Shunde (43:01). We end with a couple of letters from William Borden  (BordenofYale.com) dating back 120 and 112 years, respectively, as he shares (51:20) about the heathenism he witnessed and why he dressed like an Arab in Cairo.

Help for Refugees: The Richard Wurmbrand Foundation

https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/

Cancel All Chinese Student Visas?

https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-stop-chinas-exploitation-our-student-visa-program-opinion-2029415

How To Teach Yourself Mandarin

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/how-i-taught-myself-mandarin

Don’t forget to Pray for China this week (Feb 15-22! (PrayforChina.us)

Feb 15 (Sat) - Pray for Yushu in far southern Qinghai, just north of Tibet. We lived in this Tibetan region back in 2004, and visited off and on over the years. Qinghai (“Cheeng-high”) is paired with southern CO, west TX, and NM for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/states/colorado.html

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/3

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/qinghai

Feb 16 (Sun) - Pray for Xingping City in Xianyang Prefecture, home to the largest airport in NW China (where I was deported). Shaanxi is paired with Kansas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4s6GcIAfDjfcH5a5RNjAe8

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingping

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shaanxi

Feb 17 - Pray for Binzhou (“Bean-joe”) Prefecture in Shandong Province. Shandong ("Mountain East"), on China's east coast, is paired with Virginia for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/49

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binzhou

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shandong/1900-protestant-martyrs-in-shandong

Feb 18 - Pray for Xiaodian District in Taiyuan City, the capital of north China's Shanxi Province. Shanxi (“west of the mountains”) is paired up with Nebraska for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/27

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaodian,_Taiyuan

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shanxi

Feb 19 - Pray for hilly Leshan (“Luh-shan”), a three-million-strong city in south-central Sichuan Province. Home of the panda and many unreached Tibetans, Sichuan is matched with Texas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/10

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/sichuan

Feb 20 - Pray for mountainous Dehong Prefecture in western Yunnan Province, home to a number of diverse ethnicities on the porous border with Myanmar. Home to huge mountains and diverse minorities, Yunnan is paired with Arkansas/Louisiana for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/28

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehong_Dai_and_Jingpo_Autonomous_Prefecture

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/yunnan

Feb 21 - Pray for Xiaoshan District, the most populated within Zhejiang’s capital, Hangzhou. Hangzhou was Hudson Taylor's first field of service and where he met his first wife, Maria. Zhejiang (“Juh-jiang”) is paired with North Carolina for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/24

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoshan,_Hangzhou

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/zhejiang

Feb 22 (Sat) - Pray for crowded Zhongshan City in southern Guangdong Province, right between Guangzhou and Macau. We've passed through here countless times. Tropical and populous Guangdong is paired up with Florida for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/15

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongshan

https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/guangdong

Borden of Yale: No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets (BordenofYale.com):

You Have Not Seen Heathenism: 

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/you-have-not-seen-heathenism

Borden Goes Native: 

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/borden-of-yale-goes-native-a-la-hudson

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And don’t forget to check out everything we are involved in at PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10:2!