La Bamba – A “real” Mexican restaurant that is very near our new campus and serves $1.25 (10 yuan) burritos and soft drinks for 5 yuan during Friday night happy hour. They serve REAL cheese and salsa! We found it earlier during a desperate search for Western food. The entire team now heads there every Friday. Viva China!
Bike rides to church – It only takes 30 minutes to get to the international fellowship here. Small groups, Bible studies and opportunities galore.
Cafeteria variety – With the official start of the university’s fall semester, the cafeteria opened up new serving windows for BBQ (see fat is meat) and noodles. Facilitators are excited. Students still insist the food is so-so and think it’s funny that we always say, “I like the food.” Attitude is everything. Or the brainwashing is working.
Like-minded adults – Living with a large team of mature adults this year is a breath of fresh air. When one of the newbies asked, “Why do we need to make rules to make sure we clean up after ourselves? We are all adults, aren’t we?” We were ecstatic!
Here recalls there – Our morning constitutionals in Yuan Ming Yuan Park continue to be a great source of peace ad comfort. However, the idyllic ambiance has been marred the last few days as workers are dousing the area with foul-smelling chemicals. The situation in Live Oak seems spot-on compared to Chinese overspray.
Periodical reinforcements – Just as we were turning the last pages of our latest novels and wondering what we would read next, voilà, a care package from Crookston loaded with current magazines. We are happily catching up on what July and August looked like to the rest of the world. Many thanks …
Afternoon alone time (do not disturb) – Now that we aren’t exhausted and forced to nap from 1 to 2 p.m. every day just to survive, afternoon “naps” have become some of the more fun together times.
Change is fun – This session Krista is going by the name of “Spring,” which is her Chinese name. So the nearly 200 students can remember and pronounce her name now. This is a good thing – really.
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1 comment:
How refreshing to have an adult join your team who already knows one should always clean up -- not so for many other "adults". Glad to hear that you have "good" food to enjoy.
Blessings!
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