Editor: We were very pleased to have Shen Shangyun working with us for a full year researching Coptic Christianity and in particular the Holy Family tradition. Shen is from mainland China and belongs to the growing indigenous Christian community. Most Chinese are not religious, but Shen’s mother decided to become Christian and raised Shen in the Christian faith. Shen, in turn, was very inquisitive into the roots of Christianity and thus showed great interest in exploring the Holy Family tradition. In this newsletter he describes his experiences with his internship at the Center for Arab-West Understanding. Shen created a beautiful new Holy Family website that is worth visiting: https://holyfamilyegypt.com