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  • Sunday afternoon we meet for thefirst of what is to become a weekly gathering of people looking for "depthconnection." Shaffer introduces me to my yoga teacher by saying,"This is Pu Tian. Did you know she teaches yoga?…

  • In Beijing we ate delicious pizza with dark delicious beer between deliciously arching brick walls. Kicked through thick piles of leaves on the long walk home. Breathed cold, crisp air, saw stars. Modern dance - impor…

  • In Beijing I met up with Kate, who's also from Virginia, and also did her undergrad at EMU. We walked a square block in our ski jackets, sky blue and blood red, until we were back to the corner where we'd started and fo…

  • Yippee! I sent an official email in Chinese! (With a lot of help from my coworkers.) We wrote this beautifully polite email to ask the software company if Friday's classes could be moved up half an hour. They said yes…

  • Turns out we were headed to Hubei this week, though we did have to go through Henan on the eight hour drive. The pastors of two counties were gathering - for all sorts of reasons, one of which was to learn more about pas…

  • We're off tomorrow to Chengdu, to see the Sichuan opera, then Xian for the wall and the warriors, then Nanjing because that's where I'm going to spend the next year. The canals of Suzhou. Mom and Dad fly out of Beijing…

  • Even with Mom's help, exams and final grades are coming along slowly. Tonight's wedding was better than last night's. One key improvement was having the flowergirl come down the aisle BEFORE the bride. pictures from t…

  • I've been having more trouble with proxies; the one I've been using for months (along with many others) no longer works. Nicely though,Wikipedia is okay of late. I gave my writing exam yesterday morning. Felt good abo…

  • Rain isn't depressing when it's spring. I'm so happy to be home. And it does feel like home. Last night I ate with Teacher Xie's husband's family. Deb and Phil made homemade donuts for Fauschnaught day (how do you sp…

  • I realize that the positive insinuation of the phrase "people made me cry" might not be obvious. For the record, I mean that as a good thing.I'm going to try to get to Catherine's brother's place after breakfast to hang…

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