Everyday for two years we walked down the street where children and adults point and call us "foreigner." In just a few days we will be leaving the city that we have called home for the last two years and head back to Ames, where people still might laugh and point, but probably not because we are white. Our last few days have been filled with good-byes, packing, debriefing and rest.
Eating at one of our fav. restaurants
Nora takes a spin on the turn-table.
As we wrap up our time here we are feeling thankful and excited. Thankful for the things we have been able to see and the ways we have been used here. Excited as we look toward the next season of life that the Father has in store for us. Mike has accepted a job working with international students at our home church. I am going to be Nora's mom and hopefully a little part time social services work mixed in there somewhere.
In other news we were doing a little online shopping and bought a house!!!
We'll be around after mid-August so stop on by. Jello molds, casseroles, and gifts of manual labor will be accepted throughout the month of August. :)
And Just for fun -
Things we're looking forward to in America
- Spending time with family - especially those Nora hasn't been able to meet yet
- Frozen food - Seriously the thought of having the option of cooking dinner in 30 minutes makes me a little giddy.
- Eating steak
- Mt. Dew
- Fixing up our house - oh, yeah and seeing it for the first time
- DRIVING
- Seeing the stars
- Cornerstone
Things we'll miss about China
- Cheap fruit and veggies
- Riding our bikes
- Talking to people who have never heard the name Jesus
- FOOD
- Our awesome friends who are so hospitable, loving, genuine and a little goofy.
- Every day being an unpredictable adventure
Things we won't miss about China
- Every day being an unpredictable adventure
- Living on the 5th floor
- Advice about how our baby is too cold
- Pollution and traffic
- Getting my feet moped with toilet water at the super market
- squatty potties
If you didn't receive our final update summarizing our term overseas, send us an email and we can certainly get it to you.
WOW!!!!
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