Life in China Means…
Jiaozuo (Henan province) is home
Living in a “small” city with only 3 million
Proper roads and traffic laws
Smog almost 24/7
Red sunsets and harvest moons
Crisp fall weather
Weekly game night
Ordering food off menus we cannot read
“De-nee-suh” – an actual grocery store to shop at
Canadian Thanksgiving with a bunch of Americans
No one really speaks English
Trying for too long to catch cabs (up to half an hour in the rain)
Cab rides are $1.50 when you would pay $10 in Canada
It costs me $1.50 for a haircut
4 piece suit = $80
Sleeping in bunk beds
Sharing an apartment with 12 people
2 bathrooms
Mostly cold showers (with heat lamps)
Using a washing machine
6 AM wakeup
Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred
Still not able to drink the tap water
Lack of water and electricity for 3 days
A lack of real coffee (only instant or else freakishly expensive)
Too many Chips Ahoy
Birthday Cake Oreos (quite possibly one of the best cookies)
McDonalds fries and icecream
Baking pumpkin pie from scratch
Breakfast: bread, PB, puffed wheat, yogurt, eggs and fruit
Other meals: Noodles, rice, mystery meat, tofu or eggs
Veggies: Green beans, broccoli, bok choy and eggplant
Awesome street food
Freshly made noodles
Baustsa dumplings
Church once a month in a city 1.5 hrs away
Difficult to find alone time
Reading through Psalms
Leading worship at an International Fellowship
Working with Eagles Wings
Painting the school and murals
Helping teach preschool-1st grade
Playing with kids
Hugs all day long
Doing outings with the kids
Taking city buses with 12 disabled kids
Wheelchairs in a non-wheelchair friendly country
People staring all the time
Baking for over 100 people
Picking for lice…again
Hiking up the Great Wall of China
Spending a day biking around Beijing
Navigating the crazy Silk Market
Enjoying Starbucks coffee for a weekend
