Dashing Around

Today was crazy, but the Lord's hand must be in our efforts because the timing of everything worked out OK. Jace and I spent the day dashing from one appointment to the next trying to make sure all body parts are in working order. Teeth are good as long as he brushes well, ears are good as long as he actually want's to hear what you are saying. :-) We made it home from the appointments just in time for me to remember my appointment with the sister missionaries. After that Jace cooked dinner - yea!

Brad and Jace and I went to the book store to look at some Chinese Mandarin language resources. Always read the reviews on Amazon before you fork out the big bucks! Doing this saved us a lot of money. We did not buy the very expensive "big name" language program after all. Turns out the format doesn't work so well in Chinese, though it's great in many other languages. We bought some other resources for a lot less money that will work out better for us. We still plan to get some other things but we will wait till we are in China for that.

We also heard today that a friend of ours is moving to the same area to teach at the "international school". Wouldn't it be something if he was teaching at the same school our kids were going to? It will be strange enough to know someone else in the church branch we'll attend. Small world.

Apparently Google and China are having some challenges getting along, and Google was cut off in China for a couple of hours last week. If there are bigger problems that develop and you think I may not have email access to gmail, send email to my alternate address (I will never check this unless there is a problem with gmail or Google) which is: ilovewarmsocks2@yahoo.com . I hope there won't be any lasting difficulty, but it pays to be prepared.

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Catching Up

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So, to catch up some of you who haven't been talking to us for the last week or so, here's the general set-up (or breakdown depending on the moment ;-) ):

We are moving to Clifford Estates, Guangzhou, China. The college students will stay here and work their hiney's off (besides someone has to take care of the dog and cats). The younger ones will be attending an international school. The timing for getting all the documents in order seems to be coming right down to the wire, so keep us in your prayers, we can use all the help we can get. Meg will continue her homeschool studies for her senior year of high school.

We will likely be living in China for several years, with long vacations to the U.S. in the summers. We're hoping to be able to work in Girls' Camp with our "home ward" for Sara each year and maybe some sort of Scout trip for Jace.

We will be attending an English-speaking branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, composed of international members of the Church. We are not allowed to meet with members who are citizens of China, and proselyting is prohibited.

Brad will have a long commute to work everyday, and the kids' school is about a half-hour bus ride from where we will likely live. No, we don't have an exact place chosen yet, that's why we are leaving on the 27th of July. (YIKES!) Any other questions?