I have had my first day off! Thursday, September 19 is MidAutumn Festival here in the Middle Kingdom. And the Xing (shing) knows how to do it right.
Because we're so close together, the FoC-ers from Shanghai and Hangzhou (haang-jo) came here to spend a few days at Zion. Which is the three story apartment our city FoC-ers own. No one lives there usually but we use it on Fridays and Sundays for b.ble st.dies.
Anywhoooo, most of the xing arrived wednesday afternoon and evening, followed by some of Hangzhou, and then more on thursday morning. Then, Shanghai, and more Hangzhou. Our numbers were quite large, with the max one night at 26 (or so). Anyone wandering to the bathroom at night had to be careful, because people slept where they dropped. We have 5 bedrooms two couches and alot of floor. We even had some roof sleepers. (It rained saturday morning... but they came downstairs just damp and went back to bed).
We had some cooking. Making fried rice, hard boiled eggs, regular rice, seviche (french dish). We ate out a few times getting jiousta (meat/veggies inside a rice shell thingy.... its delicious) and Big Pizza the buffet chinglish restaurant. Its chinese take on american food. Good and odd.
We played Ultimate Frisbee one day. It was super hot and the field had rubber hoses sticking out of it in a few places. But we made three teams so there was rest/water breaks regularly. It was a blast. The best part coming when an old man was watering the flower beds.... and we asked him to water us.
Saturday morning after ch.rch we walked to lunch in the pouring rain... it didn't seem bad when we left, then we arrived to eat soaked to the underwear. But hey, it's china....
Good times, new friends, and a referesher in Him.
Until next time.
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