Rich Strahm

“The first time I lived in China, I was a tourist.  Everything was new and interesting for me.  But the second time I went, I began to see a different China.  There were so many things […]

Arthur was 19 years old, had never left Ukraine before, and spoke no Chinese.  But with his church’s help and his mother’s blessing (she had become a believer, also) Arthur went to study in China.  “When […]

THE STORY OF “ARTHUR” (Part One) Arthur* is a modern-day Hudson Taylor.   Instead of British, he is Ukrainian, but his heart holds an amazing love for China and he is one of the first Ukrainians to […]

How did I get locked inside the seminary? Well, first of all, you need to know that here in Kiev the Ukrainian holidays are far from over. In fact, this is the height of the holiday […]

How would you feel if you could tell the Christmas story to someone who had never before heard it?  This was my wife, Cheri’s, experience recently when she told the story of Jesus’ birth to a […]

In spite of the worst snow storm in 30 years, 60 people attended our Missions Awareness conference last weekend in Ivana-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Although I did the Bible teaching, my team of Ukrainian missionaries illustrated the importance […]