The snow on the bus ride home from Incheon and in Naju. It snowed while we were in China. I was so bummed I missed seeing it happen.

The snow started around an hour into the trip. Cameron woke me up so I could see it.

I was so excited!

The back of the church we saw from the train - this time from the bus.

In Naju.

Our Second Full Day in China

Hot Pot.
Quail eggs.
Eating a quail egg. Its not that much different than a chicken egg.
Chris, Landon, and
Shelly and Caitlin

The 4 of us.

The steaming hotpot.

The hotpot restaurant. The bottom one was taken in a hurry so its a little crooked.

I was trying to get a picture of the long line of bikes that were parked here, but this man stepped into my picture. These are some of the probably thousands and maybe millions of bikes in Nanjing. It reminded me of Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

The gate to the temple where the shopping area is.

It was packed!

This is a lucky tree. I think people buy ribbons and then hang them for good luck in the New Year.

The temple - we didn't go in.

Chinese architecture.

I'm not sure what river this is. I know that the Yangtze goes by the area Caitlin lives, but I wasn't able to get a picture. Maybe next time.

My candy covered strawberries. I look like I'm thinking "It's mine, touch it and die."

On the bus ride towards where Caitlin lives. We sat on the wheel that was up and across from Raul and Caitlin. I didn't think about the riding backwards part until we had started. I had to turn around a little part of the way.

This is in the bread van (mini-van like thing that looks like a loaf of bread). There are many types of transportation for hire. This is another one. Unfortunately, this was at night so I didn't get a very good picture.

Dinner at the little Italian place. This was our final night as tourists. The next day we stayed at Caitlin's apartment and rested. I wasn't feeling good at all. Then we went to see Caitlin and Raul's school. My camera's battery power ran out so that is probably why I didn't think to take my camera. I found out that my camera eats AAs like they are a snack. Thankfully Caitlin let me borrow her camera for a lot of the trip. We had a good visit. Next time we will go for longer when we have more time and we are not sick. I think it was a bit tough on Caitlin since they didn't have much time off, but she was the best hostess she could be with her busy schedule. Thank you to Caitlin for a good visit.

End of Day 1 - New Year's celebration at the Fellowship

We had a time of worship at the beginning of the service. Mary Ann gave a testimony during testimony time. She grew up in New York City.
The cell groups gave presentations. Many were cultural songs or songs put to the various languages in each group. It was a beautiful expression of how many languages God speaks. It was also a representation of how many Christians there are around the world. Here we were gathered together in His name!


Tehillah was dancing. She is so cute!

Some of the groups just had 1 or 2 people stand and present.

The countdown!

Happy New Year!

Everyone celebrating the New Year. I was turning as I was taking pictures - I guess I should have stopped each time. Don't worry I stopped to wish my husband and my friends a new year. Couldn't miss traditional New Year's kiss :o) with my husband of course.

We started the new year with a song. Then the groups finished up and we finished our party with a celebration song that is sung in many languages. I wasn't feeling the best during the whole thing so at time I had to celebrate from my seat. I hate being sick when something special is happening.

One of the Indian girls came up - she presented the tradition they have in India. They print verses on cards and they become promises for the new year. Each person takes a card and that verse becomes their promise to pray and accept all year. I thought this would be a good idea for future New Year celebrations.

The groups finishing up there presentations. It was so great to see how other cultures worship. The Africans had such great rythm - some of them "set their feet" to dancing - it was an awesome sight. I'm going to try and load some videos on our main sight. I got many of the groups performing.