July 4, 2006

Hey, Happy belated Fourth!!

I'm sending this from Big Bear, updating our last days in Beijing. By now you have seen many of us in town. I'll see most of you at church on Sunday where we will do a short report. We are planning a longer presetation for later.

Today, while here at the compound we helped out with "English Corner" for the students a couple of times, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. We took a trip with Shane's friend Dave around and through the countryside. We picked up some supplies Dave needed for some ropes games he was playing with the students later that afternoon.

For dinner we had a 4th of July BBQ with the compound staff and families. Hamburgers, hotdogs, pasta salads, chips, soda. No pickles or cheese for the burgers though. Lots of fun. Volleyball, croquet, repelling off the school building. Then when it got darker, they set of a bunch of fireworks. Rockets into the sky, but only about 50 feet above our heads. Pretty exciting!

That evening a bunch of staff and family and the Musketeers played a bunch of goofy games at our house, we'll teach the to you sometime!

Tomorrow is the last day in China!