On last week’s podcast I sat down with Pastor Doug Wilson in Moscow, Idaho. Today I’ve got another special guest for the first half of the podcast, my lovely daughter Abby who just had a birthday this week (hint: she’s old enough to drive but yet an “adult”). 

Here’s how you can follow her and her artwork: https://www.instagram.com/abriana.isabel_art/

And here’s a book that she illustrated: https://www.amazon.com/Snowy-Love-Story-Timothy-Yeahquo/dp/B0DJBYNP14/

Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where (among other things) I post new China city prayer profiles every single day. Feel free to send any notes or comments to bfwesten at gmail dot com and find much more, including my missionary biographies, at PrayGiveGo.us!

After Abby and I talk all about our adventures in Australia and awful boat rides in Malaysia, we discuss one article that brings up a point in which I disagree slightly with Doug Wilson…

China’s Robotics Advances Have Western Executives Terrified

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/12/why-western-executives-visit-china-coming-back-terrified/

In the second half of the podcast, I work through the following stories (especially the first):

China Detains Influential House Church Pastor

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/ezra-jin-zion-house-church-china-detain/

Pastors and Staff from Underground Church Arrested in China

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/12/nx-s1-5571936/zion-church-ezra-jin-arrest-china-christian

China’s nationwide SIM farm network directly threatens American critical infrastructure

https://www.theblaze.com/news/exclusive-china-behind-massive-nationwide-sim-farm-network-that-directly-threatens-american-critical-infrastructure

Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say

https://www.theblaze.com/news/chinese-sim-farms-are-radicalizing-americans-and-destabilizing-society-intel-experts-say 

Pray for China places of the week (Follow @chinaadventures for daily updates)

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-oct-20-26-2025

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Luke 10, verse 2, the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Talk again soon!