Back in C-Bus!!

Restaurant Dialog
NLG Team at a camp wide luau!
Laura using her vast chinese skills to talk to the craft neighbors on the street! The little man with the beard was delighted to have his picture taken with the young blonde american lady!
Justin and Angie with our DELICIOUS daily breakfast- stale white bread with expired jam, a boiled egg, and our choice of lukewarm water or lukewarm Tang! MMMMM - made us really want to get up early, walk 4 blocks, and enjoy such a treat every.single.day!
The Cheshires gave us some chinese money which allowed us to buy a cold drink in the airport - these are our very happy and thankful faces after being in transit for 36 hours! Thanks friends!!

We made it home, almost effortlessly, about 9 pm Monday night after about 31 hours of travel. When we first left Beijing we encountered the WORST turbulence I have ever felt on a giant super jet - awful!! I was ready to have a melt-down until my very smart daughter gave me a lecture and told me to get a grip! PTL it passed within an hour but it was pretty scary. After that is was just long, long, long, full of particularly bad food, hot (the a/c was off and on - not good!) and LONG.

Overall we had a great trip. Our camp was soooo good - sometimes they are filled with drama or the kids are too young or the campus is bad, etc but overall, despite the slightly filthy accommodations, the whole camp experience was good. Being in a city allowed us to visit with the kids at night and enjoy some of the local cuisine, activities, etc. Really gave us more of a picture of life in China, not just 24/7 on a campus surrounded by barbed wire and glass shards. The history in Beijing really reminded us of the beauty of this land as well as the political unrest that has been the norm - seeing as many as 10,000 people in line in the blistering heat to visit Chairman Mao's crystal coffin with his body inside was unnerving to say the least.

Here are some pictures of our camp - enjoy. Pray for G, S, S, all the kids in our classes, the "C" in China, the families of those in prison, the need for workers and trainers, the purity of the Gospel and the rejection of cults of every description - on, and the M and the K families who work full time to bring the G to the people of C! (I was glad to get back to the US so I could actually speak a full sentence - sigh...) If you are interested in the work in China, you might enjoy a few books, particularly "Safely Home" by Randy Alcorn and "Jesus in Beijing." Thanks for following along with us and I have many GREAT stories I will share as I am able! Have no fear, the Gospel is alive and well and moving through this great land - PTL!!