Monday August 3, 2009 This morning on of my teammate's shared her testimony for her devotional.It brought almost all of us to tears.It was very eye opening.She grew up in Mexico city where her both her parents were missionaries there.On her tenth birthday her family and a group of young college students were staying with them for the summer teaching, much like we are.They all went down to a small city where there was a beach.As they were playing around in the wa...

Sunday August 2, 2009 Today was very relaxing.I thank God for resting on the seventh day so we could have days of rest too.We went back to the 21st century church this morning!I love that church, especially because it is international!It really is so neat to worship with so many different cultures!He is the God of all the nations!We had communion which was wonderful not only because it is so purposeful to remember the sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ, but...

Saturday August 1, 2009 Today was a blast!We went to the Temple of Heaven and did a little bit of shopping afterwards.The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors would go to pray for the harvest.It was surrounded with beautiful flowers, gardens, and trees—it was very pretty.Since it was August 1st, it was national army day here in Beijing.It was like central park—people everywhere playing cards, playing instruments, dancing, and singing.We were tol...

Friday July 31, 2009Today was our Valentine's Day party! We had a regular scheduled morning and afternoon curriculum, but instead of game time after recess we had our party. My kids drew names this morning for their secret valentine and my T.A. made cute Valentine bags for their lockers. After they made their cards they put them in their secret valentine's bag. During recess I filled their bags with goodies. My kids were angels today. I'm pretty sure it was becau...

Thursday July 30, 2009Today we had a really quick day. We had a normal morning. We reviewed rules, vocabulary, and had a daily morning routine. After recess, we watched a movie, had lunch, and then went on our class field trip to the reindeer park. It was beautiful! They had beautiful gardens, peacocks, reindeer, horses(I took pictures for you Courtney), goats, ostriches, and a few other animals. We read Noah's Ark this morning and as we were walking in the park ...