My hosts in Puli, Captains Jonah Wu and Jenny Chen have been gracious. They are passionate Christians who when people were needed to assist in the recovery of the 1999 earthquake in Puli shut down their own business and became officers. With almost ten years experience now they manage a multifacted, vibrant front line mission. 
One of their passions is education and discipleship: with this same passion they have introduced me to the foods of Taiwan, including the Steam Boat experience, up until this stage they have avoided the McDonalds and KFC in town. (The fork in the picture was not used - only the chopsticks - I passed the test of picking up a pea with them the other day - but I have not yet been able to catch a fly; sorry Mister Miyagi.)
In addition to his Corps and Centre responsibilities Captain Jonah has been assisting IES personnel with translation and driving for over a month now. He's a good man - without him, (and his team) I would be lost -literally. Over the next days we will be doing a fair bit of travelling together as we re-visit mountain schools and city offices throughout the southern half of this beautiful island.
