First Meals -- in China

Breakfast at the hotel. Wonderful!! There are many chefs in tall white hats behind stainless steel cook stations. The raw ingredients are on display. They cook it right in front of you. There were many choices of fruit, cereals hot and cold, pancakes and meats, many things I recognized and many that I did not.

We could choose whatever and how much we wanted. I was ready for an adventure. I tried the boiled tofu, surprisingly delicious. an omelet. some rice cake, a filled "puff" of bread, a wonderful green vegetable, and of course Tea!

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Lunch was at a local restaurant. Our guide, Jerry Wong, order for us and we shared everything. pork slices with cabbage, soup with egg and seaweed, steamed celery and carrots. There was enough to eat. It was good.

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I am learning to eat with chop sticks!!

Supper on the other hand . . . .well, suffice it to say, "I do NOT like Peking Duck!"
It was quite a show. they slice it into exactly 108 pieces. You brush the sauce on a small "tortilla", place a few pieces of duck, vegetables and onion and then roll it and eat it.

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After supper we were all still hungry so we walked to the local grocery store to buy some snacks. We shared a box of ice cream bars -- 5 bars for 15 Yuan is about $2. A can of Coke cost more.

First DQT in China

Acts 13:1-5

Paul and Barnabas were getting ready for whatever God had for them to do. prayer and fasting.

Lord, today I CHOOSE to sit in YOUR presence. Sitting at the feet of Jesus, like Mary.

Zeph 3:17 The Lord is in my midst. A might one who will save. He will rejoice over me with gladness. He will quiet me with His love. He will exalt over me with loud singing. Amen.

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know I AM God.

You are God. Amen.

As I prepare to go see the sights of this awesome place today, let me be ever ready, prepared, and eager to give a WORD for you if an opportunity arises. Let every word of my mouth and every action be pleasing and glorifying to you, O Lord, my Strength, my Redeemer. Amen.

Beijing -- just arrived . . .

The 6-29-2009 at 9PM "China Time" I am here.

Beijing, China. 24 hours of flight time . . I could not sleep.

Months of planning and preparations went into this trip. Meetings, lesson preparation, making copies. Writing letters and thank you notes. Prayer, prayers, and more prayers. Working the garage sale with Zizi. Telling everyone about it. Reading books about China.

I got no sleep on the trip over . The first leg -- I had a window seat beside a young sailor returning to Groton, CT. I used to teach computer systems for the submarine crews there. We had an interesting conversation.

The second leg- I had a MIDDLE seat between a

graduate student returning from her first visit to America and a Chinese studies professor at Princeton. The student was interested to talk about her adventures on her vacation and learn how to crochet. The professor wanted to tell me the whole history of China. I was quite interested in both.

Our hotel in Beijing, the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel, is luxurious! I am sharing a room with Phyllis Mills, she would have preferred to have her own room.

Some of the local Christians met with us in the lobby the first day we arrived. It was exciting to hear their stories of how God is still working miracles in China these days. The fellowship and stories were wonderful and amazing, but I was exhausted, so my thoughts kept wondering off.

Hopefully, a quick, quiet dinner, then off to bed!!