- For our trip to China. What an amazing experience to live in the culture for a month! I think we learned a lot and have a great foundation to continue our language studies. It confirmed our desire for Nadia to know Chinese in case one day she wants to go back for a visit as an adult.
- For our bed. Oh sweet softness!
- For the quiet.
- For our shower.
- For our kitchen.
- For our dryer.
- For central heat and air.
- For being able to READ everything I see.
- For Joy and Janis. Totally awesome people who took care of our house so we didn’t have to worry about a thing while we were gone. We love you!
- For Karen M. watching the KIDS HOPE program for me.
- For clean water from the tap.
- For all our friends and family. We love you!
- For Jess P. and Tahni who celebrated their birthday’s this week. I love you!
Now before you think this post turned into something silly by mentioning the dryer and stuff, it’s not silly. I am so grateful for the conveniences that I use on a daily basis that I basically never think about because they are there and they have always been there. God has blessed me as an American greatly and our trip to China reminded me that I need to be more grateful. It’s just not something commonly mentioned in day to day life in America because we all have it and mostly take it for granted.
Here’s an answer to Mutha’s question from yesterday’s post. In the area we were in, the bottom floor of all the apartment buildings had little businesses. There were hair salons, foot massage places, restaurants and clothing shops. The building across the 6 lane street from us had a hair styling place that pumped out crappy American pop music 12 hours a day. The same 20 songs OVER AND OVER from 8 am – 8 pm. Example songs include Pink’s “Get the Party Started” and a song by Usher. One from Justin Timberlake and the rest I didn’t have clue who they were. Sounded like 50 possible groups that all play the same music. Miss Nadia and I went across the street one day to check it out and they had four-foot tall speakers right outside the doors of the salon that faced our apartment building.
I told Mike I wondered how different our experience would have been if we had been in an apartment that faced inside instead of outside?