Chinese Gospel Tracts
Kristin
said that the Chinese people in the city where she is staying are less interested in
her Chinese Gospel tracts than in the other Chinese cities where we have handed
them out, so she wants to move to a larger and less developed city further
west. I told her moving further inland will expose her to worse air pollution, so
she should just stay where she is until my semester ends and then fly out with
me. But she didn't listen and
moved.
She said the people in her new city seem more receptive to her Chinese Gospel tracts, but the air pollution was indeed worse and her cystic acne is getting much worse. I pleaded with her to just stay inside but she said the Chinese people receiving the Gospel is more important than more pockmarks covering her face. I didn't want her face getting pockmarked but couldn't argue against what she said. During the week, she went out to hand out her Chinese Gospel tracts, returned to her room, looked in the mirror, and then she or another alter called me coughing and crying about how her face is being ruined by acne.
When she began to have breathing issues again in the toxic air pollution, I told her enough is enough and flew her out to the southeastern Asian city where we had spent the summer. When she landed at the airport, the immigration officer told her that because she already has spent so much time in his country during the previous 12 months on tourist visas and extensions, she is not supposed to re-enter. He will do her a favor and grant her one more 30-day visa, but she will not be able to extend it anymore, will need to leave within 30 days, and not re-enter for one year. So she stayed there for about a month until my semester ended, and we then both flew to the capital city of the other southeast Asian country, the one with the Methodist church.