December 28, 2014
Dear family and friends,
Happy New Year to you all!
We hope that this year has been a great one for you and that next year
will be even better.
We have had a very busy Christmas week. Besides teaching every day, including
Christmas, we did the following:
Monday night: Singles
FHE (food and farkle….again….they love it)
Wednesday night: Dinner
with Jinan BYU teachers, then Bryan and Omar came over. We read the Christmas story, sang songs and
ate goodies. It was a very special Christmas
Eve that we won’t forget. They gave us a
porcelain cat (we call him Bomar as well as an Erhu for me) They are leaving on Tuesday and we will
really be missed!
Thursday, Christmas day:
Special night with our Jinan group at our apartment. We played games, ate Chinese food and snacks
and watched “It’s A Wonderful Life.” The
boys brought a Chinese friend, Melody and they watched “Elf”. We really enjoyed being together.
Friday: Adam Yang picked us up at our apartment and took us to
his home where we ate dumplings, pizza, salad, fruit and cake. His wife, Susan, two nieces, little 7 year
Jessica and 7 other friends were there.
We really enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year from Peter, their 17
year old friend.
Saturday afternoon: Trisha and her son, Bill came to our
apartment. We played Bingo and a game
called Left, Center, Right then made No Bake Cookies. We loved their company and appreciate their
friendship.
Sunday: Church (my last one for 2 months with our group) at
the Hanlin Hotel. Richard will be there
next Sunday, but I will teaching and we will be in Beijing on the 11th
then traveling throughout China the rest of the time. Today at 5 pm, we will have dinner with the
other foreign teachers. They asked us to
bring white elephant gifts. We found
some old (still edible) Moon Cakes from the Moon Cake Festival in
September. We think they may “take the
cake” for bad prizes. J
As this semester and year draws to a close (Jan. 9th),
we are grateful for all of you and for the opportunity to be in China. We loved Skyping and talking on the phone
with you this week and hope that you will know that you are loved and
missed.
Love from China!
Mom, Carolyn, Grandma, Richard, Dad, Grandpa
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