Happy Easter

Well, it's been a while since I wrote anything on here. Everything is starting to fall into a routine so there is not quite as much to write about. However, I do have an update on my Chinese language learning.

A few days ago, after my 3 hour class, I went to the school cafeteria and sat down with some students and began talking with them. Their English was not bad at all, but many times throughout our conversation, I would say phrases in Chinese when they didn't understand the English or when it just make it clearer. I was very surprised and encouraged with all that I could say. Now, of course, it wasn't really that much. It is only a month's-worth of learning and I know that it is exceedingly minimal in comparison to what I would need to actually carry on complete Chinese conversations and nowhere close to how much Josh, Danielle, and all of my new friends can speak; but still, it got me excited. I really enjoyed that day and was smiling the whole way home on the dian dong che.

Also, I watched "The Passion" at the International youth group on Good Friday. It was really moving and a great way to spend time thinking about that gruesome, yet wonderful, story. After it was over, I went with some of my new friends to shaokao, which is Chinese barbecue. I rode on the back of Luke's (my new good friend) dian dong, which, I got to say, is by far the coolest dian dong I have ever seen. He recently spent a few quai "pimpin' it up". It has hong kong license plates, blue lights lining it, and a double frequency car horn... It is pretty sweet.

Anyway, I had a great time hanging out with him and 5 other friends talking about college and their lives in foreign countries and watching drunk Chinese men almost get in a fight. Very interesting night.

So anyway, I'll write more later. Happy Easter!!!!