For today's message, you'll have to look at Marilyn's blog "prescottsinchina.blogspot.com". I'm using her computer, hit the button for my blog and it posted to hers, oh well.
Later,
In His Name,
Mark/Dad/Grandpa
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Aw man, they're gone!!
It's Friday night.
We just returned from a 3-1/2 hour bus ride from Beijing after seeing John and Bethany off at the airport. We went up yesterday and spent the night so they could finish honing their bargaining skills and see some more of China. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I did being there while they happened. Someone ask Bethany why she was muttering about bleaching all her clothes straight from the suitcase. ;-)
The two local kids in the photo are Murphy and Nicole.
We are going to miss John and Bethany a lot and hope one day each of you can find the opportunity to visit us here also.
We start packing tomorrow for the move to our new apartment. We have Sat-Tue to get it done because the movers are coming on Wednesday.
In fact, I think I'll pack it in now also. See you all later.
Good night,
Dad/Mark/Grandpa
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
If it's Tuesday, it must be Tianjin
Well, it's been a little over a month since I last posted. The powers-that-be have had this blocked. Marilyn keeps advising me to use a bypass program to get here but I figure (and have been told) that they'll see me use it and wonder why.
We've done a lot since April 28th. Two one-week-long trips. One for pleasure with our Chinese teachers. The other was with 37 seventh grade kids, 7 teachers, 5 cities, 6 days, 2 overnight trains and 3 hotels. I liked that trip better than the first except that the first trip allowed me to see parts of China I had not previously visited.
John and Bethany are here. We've done lots of Chinese food (including baby octopus and donkey burgers), Indian food, ... well you can ask them. They've met some sweet, young like-minded locals that they want to take back to the US. They've risked their lives numerous times in Tianjin traffic, met lots of people (all of whom love them) and spent four exhausting hours at Friday night English corner, done a lot of shopping and spent yesterday at the Great Wall.
Last Thursday, at graduation, 12 of the 25 seniors had been my 8th grade students during my first year here. It was very exciting for me to be there and watch their commencement.
Marilyn and I are moving to a new apartment on/about the 18th of June. We were asked if we would like to move and make way for new staff arriving in August. We are being provided a larger apartment on the 2nd floor in a different neightborhood. It has large windows on 3 exterior walls. First the first time in 5 years we won't feel like we live in a cave ... although there is nothing really wrong with what we have had except for the lack of natural light, especially in the winter.
And, finally, I continue to sit in last (11th) place in our fantasy baseball league. But what fun!
Love y'all,
In His Name,
Dad, Mark, Grandpa
We've done a lot since April 28th. Two one-week-long trips. One for pleasure with our Chinese teachers. The other was with 37 seventh grade kids, 7 teachers, 5 cities, 6 days, 2 overnight trains and 3 hotels. I liked that trip better than the first except that the first trip allowed me to see parts of China I had not previously visited.
John and Bethany are here. We've done lots of Chinese food (including baby octopus and donkey burgers), Indian food, ... well you can ask them. They've met some sweet, young like-minded locals that they want to take back to the US. They've risked their lives numerous times in Tianjin traffic, met lots of people (all of whom love them) and spent four exhausting hours at Friday night English corner, done a lot of shopping and spent yesterday at the Great Wall.
Last Thursday, at graduation, 12 of the 25 seniors had been my 8th grade students during my first year here. It was very exciting for me to be there and watch their commencement.
Marilyn and I are moving to a new apartment on/about the 18th of June. We were asked if we would like to move and make way for new staff arriving in August. We are being provided a larger apartment on the 2nd floor in a different neightborhood. It has large windows on 3 exterior walls. First the first time in 5 years we won't feel like we live in a cave ... although there is nothing really wrong with what we have had except for the lack of natural light, especially in the winter.
And, finally, I continue to sit in last (11th) place in our fantasy baseball league. But what fun!
Love y'all,
In His Name,
Dad, Mark, Grandpa
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