July 5, 2006

Last day in China. Slept in a bit then breakfast. We did "English Corner" again this morning. Visited the factory and foster home again for pictures. A team from Brazil arrived today. They play soccer and do Brazilian dance. It was pretty odd to meet up with people from Brazil in the middle a small village outside of Beijing, China!

After lunch we settled up our account for our stay and met with Daniel for about an hour. We were able to talk with him about what they have going on here at the compound and how we might be involved later with them. Realy cool stuff. Again, we can tell you more later.

We had a chance to say good bye to the student and staff while they were all working together in the dining hall.

Our driver picked us up at 4:00 PM and took us to the airport, about an hour away. We had lunch there and spent down our Chinese money by buying MMs!

Check in went smoothly. The AC on the plane didn't work for a while, but finally came on after about an hour. Phew! The thought of 12 hours with warm stagnant air wasn't too fun. But all is well.

We arrived at LAX a few minutes early, breezed through customs and met Walter, Maryon, and Andrea at the exit. Josh and Andrea left and Shane and I drove home with Shane's parents. We stopped in Covina area for In-and-Out. Yum, Yum, Yum. Got home to Big Bear about 9:30. Talked with Helen and Spencer until about 2:00 AM. The to MY bed.