Well, this weekend has been quite boring. Chuck and Nelda came on Thursday night.. We had a wonderful dinner with them on Friday night. It was nice to see them. I was going to go to Hangzhou to visit some friends, but everyone told me it would be very dangerous because the Typhoon was coming. It was going to hit on Saturday morning.. then Saturday afternoon.. then night.. then Sunday morning.. then Sunday night... and now today. We have had a little sprinkle and no typhoon like weather. So..
This weekend we played Sultans of Fury aka Settlers of Catan. It's this addicting game where you build settlements and make trades until you reach 10 points. I love it. It's a luck game.. even if you have strategy.. it's all about luck and the roll of the dice. We have taught a couple of our Chinese friends how to play. It's been fun. Other than that.. we went to Tesco for a little bit of foreign groceries. Today we are going to Metro for some real foreign shopping. I'm excited to stock my fridge with turkey, chicken, and olives. Salsa too..
Classes are going really well. My students are wonderful. I am so glad I wrote out my lesson plans before I came. So much less work to do now. It's nice to have all of that finished and having a plan for the semester is wonderful. I'm hoping to show them the moving Remember the Titans. It has so much American Culture in it and tells all about Integration and American Football. American high school.. and teenage life. It's just a great movie with a great message. There is so much discussion to come out of it as well. We'll see if I can get a media room.
Ningbo is so different than Hangzhou. A great way I heard it described was.. Ningbo is like Abilene and Hangzhou is like Dallas.. not Fort Worth, but Dallas. So it's taking a little adjusting. It's not as easy to get things here like Hangzhou. It's not as clean or pretty of a city either. I miss my West Lake and Wushan Square. I just love Hangzhou and it's going to be hard to adjust, but it's working out. Having a group of people around me is really helping. If I were in Hangzhou I would basically be alone. So yeah.. and the fact that I can visit Hangzhou is really nice.
I think we might go to Beijing for the holiday. I will probably not stay as long as everyone wants to. I'm thinking of going somewhere else that week too.. I've done the Beijing thing and I'm not really interested in being there the whole time. but we'll see. depends on everyone else. I've found some really cheap hostels and such. It'll be fun.
Family meeting is amazing. I forget what it's like to have family in other countries. It's so small and quaint and everyone is so wonderful. I'm so blessed to have these experiences. There are so many new friends joining our family. Our Dad is really working around us and growing his flock in so many surprising people. It's amazing to witness and be apart of. I'd like to say that we American family members are doing a lot of it, but it all starts with our friends here.. and their work. their talking about our Dad with their friends. The way they all shine is just incredible.
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