What is the meaning of church? a location? a building? a service? a hierarchy? The meaning of the word “church” was addressed in the message at the first international church that Denny and I attended in China. This wasn't what we would have normally experienced in...
It seems most of my interesting stories revolve around food because that is where I come into communication with the Chinese people. A vendor's dog enjoying some Chinese food on a plate. So the story of today revolves around this man here. We have been generally...
BLUE MOON CAFE This little cafe, located on the first floor of our apartment complex has been a safe haven for my husband,Denny, and I since we arrived to China. Denny and I love juiced beverages and this place offers it for 18UN. Which is less than Whole Foods in the...
Eating street food in China is an adventure every time! A co-worker introduced us to this woman who sells fried-pork on rice with three side dishes. I decided to order just the rice and pork the day of these pictures. The trick with street food is to get out there...
Yesterday in Tianjin, China after a rainfall the city was beautiful. You could see blue open skies. I didn't think it was possible. I thought the city was always going to be smoggy foggy. The weather was so nice my husband, Denny, insisted we walk to work instead of...
To me the grocery stores in China are like FREE museums that I get to tour or sometimes they are concerts I have to endure. It's a museum because there are so many unfamiliar food items I have never seen before that intrigue me. The experience starts feeling like a...
Denny and I learned the other day that most of the street vendors in China do most of their selling during lunch time. We were in a hurry to work but peaked quickly on the street and saw these really cute eggs that look like dinosaur eggs. Do you know what kind of egg...
It has been difficult to blog since internet is sparse with not living in a permanent place. We will hopefully get internet tomorrow. In the meantime we have been living off of a sim card on one of our IPhones. To update you my husband, Denny, and I recently moved to...
I am really excited about the adventure my husband and I are about to embark on but of course I have a tiny “first world” American voice whispering to me of comforts I’m going to give up moving to China for a year teaching English. I was reading a love letter in a...
Readers it has been a long time since I have written anything, but I can honestly say it has been a chaotic month for me. A month ago I volunteered to take wedding photos for a refugee couple from Berma. The photography gig was a wonderful opportunity for experience...
