What should you do when you're under continual pressure to fold? Consider the consequence. If you're tempted to fold, consider the consequence. Consider the consequence of 2 things. First, consider the consequence of folding. And second, consider the consequence of not folding. When tempted to fold, consider the consequence. Consider the consequence of folding. Consider the consequence of holding. And then decide: It's you or the problem. Who will fold?

Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. You can follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). You can also email me with any questions or comments @ contact at PrayforChina dot us. You can also find easy links to everything we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us.

Summary:

First, I take a few minutes to look at China’s current struggles (1:30). Then I take another look at Jimmy Carter’s China legacy (8:03). Next I talk about my first true departure for China 22 years ago this week, and what I thought I was getting into by moving to China for a “year” (26:08). Lastly, I discuss Borden’s adventures in Cairo in January of 1913 (39:11) and William Milne’s Journals from 200+ years ago (46:00).

China’s Economic Struggles

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beijing-subsidizing-everything-microwaves-dishwashers-071203328.html

Interview with President Carter re: China Legacy

https://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/china/president-carter-on-normalizing-relations-with-china.html

The Millionaire Missionary in Cairo (1913)

BordenofYale.com

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/borden-of-yale-riots-debates-and

The Memoirs of William Milne (200th Anniversary Edition)

https://a.co/d/bALLtAf

Pray for China:

Jan 11 - Pray for Xiangtan Prefecture in south-central China's mountainous Hunan Province, and the homeland of Mao Zedong (childhood home pictured). Hunan literally translates to “south of the lake” and is paired with both Indiana and Ohio for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us

For more info…

https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/22

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

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

#prayforchina

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