Summary: Morning started off with visiting the magnificent Olympic center. I was in awe. The place is huge, beautiful, and you just are amazed at what China accomplished with the 2008 Olympics. We hung out with the kids and brought them their goodies as Jason's other suitcase arrived. The kids LOVED all the candy and stickers. So genuinely happy. Spent a lot of quality time getting into deeper discussions, taking a lot of pictures, playing with my iPhone, and enjoying the kids. Please continue to pray for us as we are just starting our trip...we leave for Tibet at 9pm tomorrow on a 48 hour train ride. I miss family back home and playing with all these kids makes me miss home even more.
Check out the photo album for day 2! (Keep in mind, these pics are taken with my wimpy iphone 2 megapixel camera. Jason brought his SLR, so he'll post it later) Again, more details are in the captions! =)
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2nd day on the subways and Jason and I are pretty much feeling like experts. We know how to hop on and off, blend into the masses, go against the masses, transfer lines, and read the map to get anywhere we want. The olympic sports center was awesome, inspiriring, and MAJESTIC. The best deal/purchase I got was getting a popsicle...it was the most refershing thing in 90+ degree weather. It was only 1/15th of a PENNY! So so so good.
Handing out lollipops and stickers was such a great joy. It really warmed up the kids to us and made things so lax and comfortable. Day 1 was nice and comfy too, but just this bonding experience was great...and the families joined in too. I had other snacks like fruit roll ups, gummy bears, gushers, red vines and shared it with everyone too. We all have sweet tooths. Yes, I made Pasang give the kids several reminders to brush their teeth as I probably gave them a whole months worth of sugar in 1 day. Boys got super hero stickers (batman, spiderman, Cars) and girls got princesses, unicorns, and other girly stickers. We also handed out goodies to the other roommates in the room, trying to witness to others as well. All the kids loved it.
We just ended up staying in their rooms, talking to them, learning about how they live life. Apple did a great job making the iPhone intuitive to use for anybody of any age for any culture. The kids loved looking through my pictures and listening to songs. Some they had heard of...and talking about the Christian praise music opened up doors to many good discussions. They can't read english but somehow they choose a lot of Chris Tomlin and Hillsong songs on my iPhone. Blasting this music in a chinese hospital, learning about how some of the kids attend church, witnessing to others...very surreal. Don't know how to describe that one. Jason did all the conversing/translating on his own too! Pasang was out with other parents taking care of their needs. Sometimes Jason and I found ourselves just with the kids with NO parents around...i'm glad they felt comfortable they could just leave while we hang out. Good times!!!
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