Tuesday - Project Complete!

When the heavy rains come, the dirt from this hillside washes down into our apartment complex, so for six weeks, workers have been digging away, and chopping down brush.

I was a little surprised when I awoke one morning and there were no sounds of work. It seems they are finished.

And, this is the completed look.

Monday - Tracy

Tracy (her American name, obviously) represents - to me - all the beauty and personality of the students here at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies...she is bright, happy, and so delightful.

The question is...can I really help her? Oh, I hope so.

Just Walkin' in the Rain...

Gross, eh? (This is very early Sunday morning before shower time.)
But, I had on my sandals. It started to rain. We were shopping. And, this is the result. Very dirty toes.

Something good came of our shopping venture, however...we ate at Papa John's...oh, I do love American pizza as a change from steamed lettuce!

Survival Kit 101

The scriptures,
a translator - an absolute MUST,
several Chinese language programs to learn Chinese (so far that hasn't helped us at all!),
weather reports,
music from our IPod,
the internet,
Kindle reader,
currency converter - very helpful when bargaining on prices,
google maps - not very helpful

Ah, the IPad...it's helped us out a lot...thank you, Steve Jobs!

Friday - October 8 - On the Way to the Market

There are always students outside exercising. They are on the playing field, on the roads...there are 1000 students in the school, and there is usually a class doing some time of physical activity.

I have only seen one child who was obese - so different from American students. These students eat better and get lots of exercise. Something we can learn from.

October 7 - the Day that Loni Forgot..

to take a picture...oh so sad to spoil the record.

I haven't missed a day since january 7, until today.

I'm crying.

October 6- Dumpling Banquet

"Okay, Loni," Kay said...."you've got to try it, since you've never had duck."

There had already been about 10 different varities of dumplings...they just kept bringing them out - one after another...walnut dumplings (which you can see one of in the picture), chicken and vegetables, mushroom, fried dumplings (my personal favorite), shrimp and fish dumplings, pork dumplings wrapped in pink and shaped like little pigs....and on and on.

So, I tried it. A Duck Dumpling.

Tasted fine.

Now, I can say I've eaten Duck.