Nov. 4 - cont.

Last night we took off to the University district. The vans dropped us off in front of McD's but it was just being built so no Qtr. Pounder for me:( Instead, we (Steve, Damon, Brooke & Jan) ventured off to KFC. From past experience i knew that hte chicken sandwich is NOT like ours at home so i opted for some fried chicken, french fries and pepsi (with no ice:)). It was great fun trying to order!! At one point i was trying to ask the cashier "how many pieces?" so i asked Steve for some help - BIG MISTAKE!!! He told me to say something in Chinese (and i trusted hime and said it) only to find out quickly later that i had just said that "I am not cute"!!! it was hilarious!!!! We then went to the upstairs dining room and at with a mother and her 7yr. old son. We quickly started a conversation with her (the best that we could with our dictionaries). The converstation started with asking her about her family, if she was married, what was their job (she is a piano teacher and her husband a gov't guard). We explained about our families (steve and i showed pics of our kids and spouses) We told her that we are working with orphans and then the converstaion started about J. and we gave her a chinese/eng. b. - she was VERY excited and we told her to read John. She said that she promised she would - we told her that we would pr.. for her family and she was VERY HAPPY! We then left to the DVD store - we took a little "shuttle car thing" i didn't have my camera but we will probably go back there next week and i will take a picture. I got about 10 DVDs for 122 yuan! Great deals and i think my family will be happy:) We then walked trhough a little indoor mall area - didn't buy anything though - almost bought lance some tennis shoes but they didn't have any big enough!! :O LOL! Plus - after i looked at them more - they looked pretty cheap looking - they had a nike swoosh but it wasn't nike! Then we headed to the Chr.....tian book store - can you believe it!! it was cool! I bought a cr..s with chinese writing on it - it is similar to 2 that i have in my kitchen window so i am excited to add it to the collection to remember this trip:) i also bought a bracelet with some common symbols :) We then visited with some students hanging out - it was fun talking to them and theylike topractice their english:) I haven't heard of others stories yet on how their night went but i'm sure it was great!

Please pr.. for direction of helping the preschool here. When we arrived we were surprised to find that Carrie (the gal that called me and asked me to help with the preschool) was gone to Hawaii until the 16th... I am not sure if i am still going to be able to help them. I did visit the school yesterday to get supplies and was happy to see lots of toys and educational things - but i haven't visited it with kids yet to know how it is being used.

I spoke with John at Harmony yesterday and told him that about 7 of us will be available to help him - we plan on firming up those plans to work there next Mon. & Tues - probably organizing stuff and helping them move - not sure of the whole story here - will have to update it later:)

Since i am up early this morning (4:30am) i am going to try to upload some pics to my pic website - so stay tuned for more details!!

Thanks for the P.....s.!!!