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August 10 Meet the ParentsSo, this is my new space. I hope it works and that many of you will be able to get caught up on my life here by simply going to this website. Xanga sites and many others have been shut down over here. It's not that they are actually shut down it's just that we can't get to them. :( Which is sad because I really loved my Xanga site but I'll now have to get used to using Windows Live Spaces, which is fine. Moving on...I've been on the road, train tracks, in the air and in various other places with my parents since Aug. 1st when we left America for Beijing. We've had a good time. My parents have met many people so many that I'm sure it's hard for them to keep track of and been to many famous (or pronounced "famorus" by many of my students and friends here) places. We went to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square while we were in Beijing. After 4-5 days in Beijing we traveled to Changchun, where I am now studying Chinese to see where I live. In Changchun is where my parents met some of my classmates and various other friends as well as some of my Chinese friends. My friend LJ even cooked for us. She taught Linda how to "bao jiaozi" or "wrap dumplings". It's been alot of fun. I'll hopefully have pictures up soon of their visit here. Tonight we head back to Beijing by train and then tomorrow evening my parents are scheduled to fly out of Beijing back to Indiana. Please be thinking of them as they start their journey home. Thank you for all your thoughts as we left and traveled here together. There were many things that they had to adjust to such as: not being able to get train tickets, not being able to communicate with other or understand what others are saying. They had to let go of control and trust that I could take care of them and that the Father would take good care of all of us. Those of you that live back in Indiana should really ask them what they learned and what it was like for them to be here. They sure did learn a lesson in the tolerance of ambiguity and flexibility that is just part of life here. :) I hope though that they will leave with more than that! :) Well, we only have a day left in Changchun, better get back to that! :) Be talking to you all soon. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://guoqingakaelisa80.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!11857B575983B32F!112.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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