Today, Connie, her mother and I visited the temple in downtown Taipei to pay respects to Guan Yu, the Patron Saint of Bravery and Justice. I visited this place again because I had offered him a prayer when I first came to Taipei and felt I owed him thanks for my good luck since I got here. Connie was offering a prayer for success in her upcoming entrance exams. 
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
Be careful who you pray to.
Dear Jesus,
Guan Yu is a shepard towards righteousness for millions of people throughout asia. He was a man, like you, who sought only the best for his fellow man and strove to be just and honorable at all times. Never did his faith wa