Home!

Hey, friends!  I just wanted to let you know that we made it back to the States safely!

 

I (Katie) am home unpacking and doing laundry.

 

Amber is sitting at the airport waiting for her final flight home.  Our last flight was the first one delayed.  Of all flights to be delayed, this one is the best. 

1. Because I'm not on it... just kidding, a little.

2. If she gets stuck here too long, it'll be easy for me to go pick her up again and bring her home.  She won't be stranded in some random city.

3. Her original arrival time was in the middle of rush hour.  Now they get to miss the traffic!

 

We realized from Friday morning until Monday-Round Two (we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner before our plane landed at 8am and then we had to do the whole day over again) we slept 15 hours (that's a generous estimate).  Last night between Monday-Round Two and Tuesday we slept 16 hours.  No middle-of-the-night swimming or sunrise on the Lake... and no complaining about it!

 

We are slowly going through and adding pictures to the previous posts where we mentioned photos.  (Slowly because we had a little mishap with a camera card... it involved my dad trying to help, some tweezers, a trip to Best Buy, and my computer being in the technology hospital for the night... that story is in our final video blog update).  We've also got stories to tell that have not yet been told and video blog updates from throughout our trip.  SO this blog is far from being closed down!  Even though we're back, keep checking for updates, video blogs, stories, and photos.

 

Correction: In an earlier blog I made the comment that there are no international churches in China.  That's wrong.  I misunderstood.  There ARE international churches in China, but an international passport is required for entrance to the church.  Chinese people cannot worship at international churches.  Some foreigners go to international church to worship and some go just to interact with other foreigners.  My confusion came from the fact that foreigners cannot minister in China.  Well, foreigners cannot minister or lead worship in Chinese churches not in all of China.  I think I understand it now, even though it's a bit confusing, so feel free to ask questions for clarifications.

 

Ping An,

<>< Katie