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