Sunday, November 29, 2009

A Shandong Thanksgiving

What happens when 20 English teachers from North America descend on a Chinese city for Thanksgiving? Food. (Also, fun and fellowship.)

Highlights from Rizhao, in no particular order:

-Hiking up a nearby hill
-Playing Apples to Apples
-Reuniting with friends from training
-Eating pie
-Staying with the wonderful Sara Gawronski
-Singing praises together
-Seeing the hills and terraced farms on the bus ride there
-Hearing what God is doing throughout our province
-Septupling the size of my team, if only for a weekend
-Experiencing hospitality
-Reading the Thanksgiving cards made by team Rizhao's students
-Smelling baking dinner rolls
-Resting
-Laughing
-Playing
-Praying

Lowlights from Rizhao:

-Doing dishes

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  1. Linda MackNovember 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Yes, this sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving--would have been perfect if you had incorporated the traditional potato activity made infamous by your uncles!

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  2. rachaelDecember 6, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    Yes! Playing Apples to Apples! I love it!

    Did you get a picture of you by the mound of dishes? I love that photo from our first HC Thanksgiving!

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