Years ago while researching my genealogy, I remember stumbling across an article from the Cary Historical Society that mentioned a cabin that was relocated from a nearby piece of land and donated to the Yates Baptist Association in Durham.  The article mentioned that the cabin was on land belonging to the descendants of Matthew T Yates, the ( Read more... )

"... in the providence of a merciful God, we stand together at the gates of the most distant field on the globe.  And we have to be the pioneers of our mission."  Those words spoken by Matthew to Eliza (Lizzie) on the eve of their disembarkation.

It's difficult to imagine what Matthew and Eliza were thinking on that first Monday in Shanghai.  I ( Read more... )

I am sitting here thinking where to begin the story of my fascination with Matthew Tyson Yates and his life in China.  I thought I could just brain dump a bunch of random stuff on here, but that wouldn't be very scholarly of me. Of course, I'm no scholar so I can get away with that. 😊

My first trip to Shanghai was in the spring of 2014 on a ( Read more... )