Happy Father's Day to all the dads back home, from the CARE team in China!!
The weather here in Guilin is heating up - it's very hot and humid with crazy, random downpours that sometimes last just five minutes or so. We bought everyone an umbrella today, which comes in handy for rain or for a shield in the hot sun. There was much flooding here the week before we arrived.
This morning, 21 college students arrived in our hotel lobby, to take our team members around Guilin. They had a great time getting to know each other, spending the whole day together. There were a few girls in the class that we had met two years ago when we were here, so it was good to reconnect with them.
Our Chinese friend, Lion, left this afternoon to go back home to his family, and our friend Davie, arrived this evening. Davie is one of our oldest brothers, who we met back in 2001. His story is interesting - ask one of the team members to tell you about him when we get home. Davie will be with us for three days. The only difficult thing is that his English is very limited, so fortunately we have Cyrus Guo on our team. Cyrus is an amazing high school student who is fluent in Chinese and English. In fact, every Chinese person who hears him speak, comments on how perfect his Chinese is!! Dave and Cyrus will accompany Davie tomorrow as Davie makes deliveries for his job. Cyrus will be the interpreter so that Dave and Davie can communicate. It will be a great day to catch up, and encourage each other.
Linda will accompany the rest of the team as they go to the University. It will be a long day - over an hour bus trip each way, talking to Chinese students in their English classes from 9-5, and dealing with the heat. Evenings are typically spent with our Chinese friends who are not students. One of them is Gary, who works as a tour guide in Guilin. He has been an amazing friend to us over the years, and always expresses his appreciation for the influence of the CARE team in his life. The other is Bruce, who sacrifices two weeks of his time every year while we're here. He helps us in many ways, from ordering food, to getting our phone to work, to taking us places, or finding the best places to eat that are cheap but clean and safe.
We love and miss you all back home!!
The weather here in Guilin is heating up - it's very hot and humid with crazy, random downpours that sometimes last just five minutes or so. We bought everyone an umbrella today, which comes in handy for rain or for a shield in the hot sun. There was much flooding here the week before we arrived.
This morning, 21 college students arrived in our hotel lobby, to take our team members around Guilin. They had a great time getting to know each other, spending the whole day together. There were a few girls in the class that we had met two years ago when we were here, so it was good to reconnect with them.
Our Chinese friend, Lion, left this afternoon to go back home to his family, and our friend Davie, arrived this evening. Davie is one of our oldest brothers, who we met back in 2001. His story is interesting - ask one of the team members to tell you about him when we get home. Davie will be with us for three days. The only difficult thing is that his English is very limited, so fortunately we have Cyrus Guo on our team. Cyrus is an amazing high school student who is fluent in Chinese and English. In fact, every Chinese person who hears him speak, comments on how perfect his Chinese is!! Dave and Cyrus will accompany Davie tomorrow as Davie makes deliveries for his job. Cyrus will be the interpreter so that Dave and Davie can communicate. It will be a great day to catch up, and encourage each other.
Linda will accompany the rest of the team as they go to the University. It will be a long day - over an hour bus trip each way, talking to Chinese students in their English classes from 9-5, and dealing with the heat. Evenings are typically spent with our Chinese friends who are not students. One of them is Gary, who works as a tour guide in Guilin. He has been an amazing friend to us over the years, and always expresses his appreciation for the influence of the CARE team in his life. The other is Bruce, who sacrifices two weeks of his time every year while we're here. He helps us in many ways, from ordering food, to getting our phone to work, to taking us places, or finding the best places to eat that are cheap but clean and safe.
We love and miss you all back home!!
Love Dave and Linda
Happy Father's day to you as well!
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