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lh
Friday, October 15, 2010
Another video...
The people group we live and work among are closely connected to the people spoken of in this video.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
A video!
I have finished up the story part of our trip to the village and want to take a little break before sitting down to write a bit more explaining certain things. In the mean time, enjoy this short video! :)
--da
--da
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Village Trip--Part Four
After we returned from the temple, the women once again set to work on cooking food. Logan sat downstairs w/ the men where they had set up the grill to cook some pork. I went upstairs into the house and tried to be of some assistance, but pretty much just got in the way. YH's dad kept telling me and Logan to watch tv or take a nap, and Logan eventually made his way into the house to sleep for 20 minutes or so. They finally let me peel and slice cucumbers, but SY didn't like the way I was using the knife, so that job didn't last long. (Chinese and Americans seem to use knives differently. I've experienced this twice here.)
Around 11:30, a few of Mr. Luo's co-workers arrived from the school. Logan and I sat under the house w/ them in the shade and talked about what it would take for them to go to America. Almost any conversation w/ new acquaintances goes this way....how much does a ticket cost, do you need a visa, how much does the visa cost, where does the plane land, how long does it take to get there, and so on. The night before we had the same conversation w/ three of Mr. Luo's other friends, and one of them declared that if he ever had the chance to go to America, upon arrival he would get off of the plane, eat a bowl of soupy rice noodles, and then get on a plane to come back to China. At this, his friend replied that he surely would not be able to find soupy rice noodles in America.
The women called us all into the house, and we were all able to sit down to eat. That is, everyone but Yi Han, her parents, her brother and sister-in-law. They kept cooking and replenishing bowls of food and sliced cucumbers and DL hot sauce. (Which is delicious.) After I had eaten enough food and had sat there for a long enough time to be polite, I excused myself to go sit w/ Yi Han and her brother and sister-in-law at the entrance of the house. Her dad and mom were nowhere to be found, and in fact when we left about an hour later, they still weren't there and she did not try and find them to say good bye. (Perfectly normal I'm sure....)
After Yi Han had finished eating and we had all talked for a little bit longer, we gathered our things to leave. We were given left over food to bring back home w/ us, and then we loaded up into a van and headed off to the bus station. We found a bus and arrived back at home 2 hours later.
And just like that, our weekend in the village was over. We are hoping for a chance to go again soon!
--da
Around 11:30, a few of Mr. Luo's co-workers arrived from the school. Logan and I sat under the house w/ them in the shade and talked about what it would take for them to go to America. Almost any conversation w/ new acquaintances goes this way....how much does a ticket cost, do you need a visa, how much does the visa cost, where does the plane land, how long does it take to get there, and so on. The night before we had the same conversation w/ three of Mr. Luo's other friends, and one of them declared that if he ever had the chance to go to America, upon arrival he would get off of the plane, eat a bowl of soupy rice noodles, and then get on a plane to come back to China. At this, his friend replied that he surely would not be able to find soupy rice noodles in America.
The women called us all into the house, and we were all able to sit down to eat. That is, everyone but Yi Han, her parents, her brother and sister-in-law. They kept cooking and replenishing bowls of food and sliced cucumbers and DL hot sauce. (Which is delicious.) After I had eaten enough food and had sat there for a long enough time to be polite, I excused myself to go sit w/ Yi Han and her brother and sister-in-law at the entrance of the house. Her dad and mom were nowhere to be found, and in fact when we left about an hour later, they still weren't there and she did not try and find them to say good bye. (Perfectly normal I'm sure....)
After Yi Han had finished eating and we had all talked for a little bit longer, we gathered our things to leave. We were given left over food to bring back home w/ us, and then we loaded up into a van and headed off to the bus station. We found a bus and arrived back at home 2 hours later.
And just like that, our weekend in the village was over. We are hoping for a chance to go again soon!
--da
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