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DEAR ONES, Q in Taipei: RE: housemate, Godson RX who has newly chosen Jesus as his Lord and Savior. PTL! RX was my student about 8 years ago. His father is a fortune teller. His mother and brother are exceedingly dysfunctional. The whole family is a huge bag of huge and long standing hurts usually just getting worse. The mother rules the house with blame and more or less constant complaining. Tomorrow is Tomb Sweeping Day--when they clean the tombs and worship their ancestors. He plans to go to see his living relatives. But he has a conflicted relationship with his overbearing, etc. mother who drives the whole nuclear family crazy. He will need to tell them he is now a Christian. She is already outraged that he doesn't live at home [for many years] and is influenced by a foreigner [me] who she probably blames that RX isn't at home under her complaining, double binding thumb. Now he will go and show respect with flowers but not bye-bye [worship] with incense. He has talked with a Chinese Christian and feels good about how he should handle it. But he is a VERY new Christian. We are still working toward Baptism. He really needs some strong spiritual support, prayer. As God leads, please pray for RX. Also, that he can find a better job--his current boss is an immoral womanizer with a ruthless management style. BLESSINGS TO EACH OF YOU AND YOURS, Quix in Taipei