It's time for our final entry for our blog. The blessing from our devotion tonight is that a small core group has decided to make this a beginning verses an ending! Our vision was to create bridge between cultures while here and with the International Students back home. The students here are inspired to follow through! We have a group presently in action at HDCH so some of our China Trippers are keen to join! We also hope to branch out a little on our own with this core group too.
Today we flew through another massive airport built especially for Expo 2010 which means that we've now flown through all THREE of the largest airports in China! We've also flown through the one with the tighest security in Inner Mongolia which meant some souvenirs were left behind.
As we waited to board the plane we all sort of wished that this flight could just carry us home because we've been flying so much! But tonight was another fun dinner together and a chance to thank Alice & Ken! We also had a great culminating devotion that included questions about how we view Canada while being in China and also had the chance to share what have we learned about ourselves!
We also shared stories, memories a TOP TEN and had the chance to pray to our most amazing God for these people, country and experience.
Due to the rainy, wet day many of us have picked up cold/flu symptoms that come with these damp, cold days with lots of travelling, exploring; and extremely full days. I think everyone is going to need lots of TLC upon returning home.
Here are some of our 'funny' dicussion starters:
1. Honking horns!
2. Follow Mary, my friends!
3. Reversing bus on the Hwy!?
4. Rice, more rice and did I mention the rice!
5. Noodles km2!
6. Internal organs & lamb brain.
7. Elevator @ Hanting Hotel.
8. Diving into platter of chicken nuggets in less then 0.03 milleseconds!
9. Eggs boiled in tea!
10. Needing a 'food translator' for every single meal!
11. Bartering for items!
12. Being hassled by street sellers!
13. Being an integral part to playing the role of a famous person in Inner Mongolia!
14. Did I mention rice yet!?
15. A beautiful, cultural, historically rich country which our God created!
16. Being blessed by each other along the way!
Thanks for entrusting your children to our care! We couldn't have done it without Alice & Ken who know the entire country/culture inside out. We've all grown from this experience and we're ALL looking forward to
returning home again!
P VanderVelde, N VanKampen, Alice, Jeff and Ken
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