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Out of All the Kids in China, Why Me?

Pastor Daniel & Marie Cox · Oct 20, 2026

Episode notes

Out of all the little kids in China, why was it me that was found?

Pastor Daniel Cox and Marie Cox sit down with Carter Uldrych, a missionary to Japan. Carter was born in China with a hole in his heart, left in an orphanage, and adopted at two. His parents divorced, and at seventeen he lost his mom and was orphaned again. But this time he knew the Lord, and he was no longer fatherless. Now God is sending him back to Asia to be a light in a city of forty million people.

This Is My Story

Connect with Carter:
Website: https://compassionforjapan.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xinzhou2003
Email: carterxinzhou@gmail.com
Support Carter through Central Missionary Clearinghouse (put "Carter Uldrych" in the notes): https://www.cmcmissions.org/donate

Pastor Daniel Cox & Marie Cox · Cultural Connections
https://www.culturalconnectionspodcast.com
Calvary Baptist Church, Englewood, Florida · https://calbaptist.net

Scripture

John 11:35 · Genesis 2:24 · Proverbs 24:16 · Matthew 9:37-38 · Isaiah 6:8

Chapters

  • 0:00 Out of all the kids in China, why me?
  • 0:49 Welcome to Cultural Connections
  • 1:17 Meet Carter Uldrych
  • 2:04 Born in China, adopted at two
  • 5:43 Divorce, Phoenix, and saved at six
  • 9:20 Dad goes to prison
  • 10:06 Orphaned again at seventeen
  • 12:27 The youth conference that changed everything
  • 18:38 An open door to Japan
  • 21:09 Tokyo Skytree: imagine these buildings burn
  • 29:22 Out of darkness, into the light
  • 29:58 Forty million people in greater Tokyo
  • 34:03 Don't leave God
  • 34:33 We're not following a system
  • 36:52 How to support Carter
  • 39:17 The harvest is plenteous

If this helped, send it to someone whose story started in brokenness. God is not done writing it.

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