Category Archives: Coronovirus Situation

More Updates of Covid Lockdowns: Chengdu (Capital City of Sichuan, 21 million) and My City, Luzhou (6 million)

Posted on September 16, 2022 by connieinchina

My last report gave an inside look into Chengdu from my former student, “Jason,” who escaped to the countryside just in time. He currently resides in his farming community with his parents in the areas new apartment complexes. Countryside Living … Continue reading →

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Back to Worship: My Hometown Church and My Chinese Church Open for Worship

Posted on July 20, 2020 by connieinchina

 Welcome Back!! July 5th had our Marshall First UMC open to worship in the sanctuary.  The preparation for this was quite stringent and lasted several weeks.  I listened in on  the discussions via Zoom, which my mom participated in as … Continue reading →

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Re-cap and Updates From Me about China Return

Posted on June 7, 2020 by connieinchina

I’ve recently received some emails saying, “Hi, Connie!  Just wanted to know how you are.  Are you still in China?” I’m guessing those individuals haven’t been checking out connieinchina.org or my Facebook page, so let me review, with a few … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Slippage: My Mom’s April 21st “Walk with Me” Column

Posted on April 23, 2020 by connieinchina

My mom has a weekly column in my hometown paper entitled “Walk with Me.”  Her columns are insightful, touching upon topics she thinks about as she walks the dog around our small-town community. Here is her latest, involving the term … Continue reading →

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Longing to return to China: My WTWO Channel News Interview

Posted on April 2, 2020 by connieinchina

Overseas English teacher awaits return to China

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Today is World Happiness Day! Rejoice and be glad

Posted on March 21, 2020 by connieinchina

Hey, Folks!! Let’s think of something other than doom and gloom in the world, and what better to lift our spirits than today, March 20, World Happiness Day? I had to do some research on this interesting UN sanctioned day, … Continue reading →

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Staying home: Smalltown USA in the virus crisis

Posted on March 20, 2020 by connieinchina

Perhaps some of you reading are from towns such as mine:  small population (4,000 or less), close-knit community where we know almost everyone by name, low crime rate, rural agricultural area (a majority of our surrounding residents are farmers with … Continue reading →

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Further Coronavirus Updates from Friends and Colleagues

Posted on February 4, 2020 by connieinchina

Since my last report, so many happenings concerning the virus have been announced via the international news network. US air carriers Delta, United and American Airlines have suspended all flights to and from China.  American  has announced suspending to March … Continue reading →

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Finally Able to Report: A hectic semester ends

Posted on January 27, 2020 by connieinchina

平安 (ping ahn), Peace!    I begin this first entry for 2020 with, of all things, excuses. The silence to this blog space has mainly been due to a very hectic semester:  more teaching hours than ever before, the usual … Continue reading →

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