Lime in the coconut...

This week has been full and I mean FULL of information. We have learned a lot about culture, teaching, and what to expect. The image of me drinking out of a fire hose comes to mind :) Along with learning we have met some amazing people! I have felt so blessed to have met these couples and have not felt alone at all in this process. We have played just dance, card games, visited exotic pet stores, and praised our Father together this past week and will be with them the whole month in Bejing. We have our bags all packed up and ready to fly over the ocean. Its exciting because we have been planning this for a long time but, a little scary too. You can prepare as much as you can before you go to China, but you will always be in shock when you get there. haha

An interesting thing we learned this week:
Americans are like a peach: soft on the outside but hard in the middle. We are really open and easy to meet and make friendships with but don't open up and allow people to get to our hearts.
Chinese are like coconuts: hard on the out side but open in the middle. They are hard to get into a friendship with, but once you are in...you are in!
Well, until China...

love and hugs!

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Pick mine!!

Marry my daughter please. She is 25 and successful at her career. 5" 1' and 90 pounds. Smart, knows Chinese, English, Japanese, and German. Plays Violin, piano, and owns a car. Sound like a newspaper add? Its because it is. The paper and flyers you see here are from parents and grandparents trying to find their son and daughters spouses! These are people carefully picking their selections. I couldn't believe it....but what was crazy is that this went on throughout the whole park. I mean thousands of adds everywhere. I wasn't sure what I should think about it....but i found it very intriguing. How would you like for your parents to go the park every weekend to try to sell you to those who passed by?

A bear stole my seat

I was on the subway heading to a birthday party for a teammate when all of a sudden a huge teddy bear came walking in. I soon found out, that there was a lady behind the bear. I couldn't contain myself. I had to be a tourist at this moment. I laughed whipped out my camera and capture this image of "China" for you all. I am sure subways in New York are crazy too, but people watching at a subway in China could be a full time job!

Dancing in the park

Last night was a lot of fun! We had mexican....it wasn't Los Bravos, but it was a nice break from garlic! :) We walked home from dinner and what happened from there was a blast. In America after dinner, for the most part, we sit on the couch and watch TV. In China, TOTALLY different. The evening is where it all takes place. Everyone is out and about. Walking through the parks,talking and playing games on the street corners. The street food is grilling and the air is full of laughter, horns, and music! I love it here at night! The sense of community is something westerners should be envious of! As we walked home we passed many parks. In the parks are walkers, people doing Tai-chi, and women dancing!We normally walk by taking pictures, but as we walked by the last park we could not help but hear,"HOOP there it is"!!! We stopped dead in our tracks, gave our bags to the husbands and ran to join all the women in their evening exercise! This was SO much fun! Of course we look

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