While standing on a bus for an hour and a half, one can't help but find something to talk about. Today's topic: being overseas. There is a comfortable feeling that comes from being outside America that I can't explain. There is an excitement to each day because I don't know what to expect. I don't need to know what is going on around me and I am comforted by hearing Chinese everywhere. I like feeling small in the middle of a giant crowd. I like being a small piece of a huge puzzle. China has stolen my heart. I wonder if I will feel at home in the same way in other countries.
Life here consists of being out and about each day. We meet with college students we have met or others who just stop us on the street to say hello. Yesterday we ate lunch with a girl who has stopped us on the street to take a picture with us. She knew some English so she asked to hang out with us again. I would love to live a life that consists of meeting college students and loving on them. I want to invest is people who feel alone or ignored or unknown. I get a wonderful feeling when people are staring at us and I say "Ni Hao" and their faces light up. Multiple times a day we are asked to take photos with locals. There is a fame we have as a foreigner that would easily open the door to many new friendships and conversations. It's just not the same in America.
I hope to discover what God has for me when I return from the Race.
