Some of my friends and acquaintances who live in North America had become Christians ere long after they arrived.  Some even "converted" from Buddhism to Christianity.  What kind of the reasons drove them to seek a religious belief?  I guess the most important motive was they were trying to accommodate themselves to a new, unfamiliar enviornment.  The churches might help them seek consolation or peace of mind, and help them get to know some friends so as to build up their new social network. 

But the motivations didn't apply to my wife and me.  When I first came to LA alone, or we both came to NYC second time, my wife and I were the home staff of Taiwan companies in America.  Different from those immigrants, we were only visitors.  Now we have retired from work and had the status as legal residents here in America, still we regard ourselves as visitors here; besides, both of us are agnostics and believe in Confucianism only, so we don't have psychological or pragmatic reasons to "convert" our beliefs. 

Several months ago a couple of missionaries came and my wife answered the door.  The missionaries asked my wife if they could preach the teachings of the Bible to her.  My wife courteously replied to them that she is not good at English, but didn't decline their offer.  Since then, two ladies from China's Mainland, a mother of our age and her daughter, came to our place almost every Saturday morning to preach the word of God, to my wife only.  Yesterday they even took my wife to join a congregation not far away from our place. 

Will my wife be baptized a Christian eventually?  I don't know.  If she will, the only difference made is I have to drive her to the church or to the congregation when necessary.  But I think such a difference is not quite enough.  After all, a true believer must be a devout one.