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Archive for June, 2008

My words keep coming up short when I try to describe our local markets in the summer time, so I’ll just let these few photos tell the story…

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Yesterday, six of us shook the dust from our little Chinese village off our feet and went into Beijing for dinner and a ballet.  We started the evening at a casual Hong Kong style restaurant and then stepped it up a notch to see “Swan Lake” at the brand new (and completely unbelievable)  National Centre for [...]

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Wangfujing Street is perhaps the most famous shopping district in Beijing.  Very similar to Times Square, it practically explodes with color, noise, people, and way too many things to buy.  But just a block or two beyond the last store you’ll find a quiet Catholic church with a courtyard out front and a rose garden to the [...]

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As I walked through our front gate this morning, I was surrounded by kids from the foster home all dressed up, ready to head to Beijing for a morning of fun.  The girls were all twirling about in their fancy dresses and giggling when you told them they were “hen piao liang” (very beautiful).  The boys [...]

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welcome summer.

Really wish I could take credit for this photo!  My friend Carrie snapped this shot in Hou Hai in Beijing on the last Sunday in May.  Guess summer is here!

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gideon.

Gideon likes to pretend that anything is a cell phone.  If it’s got buttons of any kind, he’ll hold it up to his ear and say, “Wei? Wei?” (Hello? Hello?) and then double over laughing.

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