Saturday, September 12, 2009
And we’re off! Today we left Luther Dell for our Rally Day booking! It was sad to say goodbye to all of the national teams – we won’t see them until the sending service. I know, it is only about a week, but we have become a family. It is strange living in a closed community like that, with virtually no contact with the outside world. I have no clue what has gone on in the world since starting training.
Our Rally Day booking was is in Woodbury, MN. We got there early! Our contact was very nice – she bought us Yang’s for dinner! We played Ultimate Frisbee with a group of about 7 church members plus us, and then had a campfire. We sang a bunch of sing-alongs and some cross cultural songs, Dave did a devotion, and then we had s’mores. It was a lot of fun!
The boys and girls in our team stayed at different host families. Kaitie and I stayed with a family with 2 really cute little girls – and they are smart!! One is learning Spanish and the other is learning Chinese! I was very impressed. The family was very kind and let us do laundry – what luxury! We had a great time just telling stories and laughing until bedtime.
#1--Did you remember any of your Chinese from car-pooling with Linda M. and the girls?
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Xie tien!
Linda and fam
Yes! From leesons in your car I remembered hongsa and fenhongsa - red and pink, and longsa, which I always forget if that is blue or green.
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