So this past
week I (Matt) had to make a trip to Beijing to renew my passport. You have to renew your passport every ten years and my time was nearly up. It was
a good trip. As I mentioned last month a
new family (Jeremy, Lauren and their kids) moved to Xian and actually they moved
in upstairs from us in our building. It’s
been such a blessing to get to know them.
Jeremy came with me to Beijing so that he could pick some stuff up from
IKEA. It was a good trip getting to know
Jeremy a bit more, taking care of passport business and relaxing.
The past few
days in Xian have been really nice. The
sun is out and the cold has decided to back off. So Heather and I have been doing something we
haven’t in months… taking all the kids out at the same time (A.K.A. the traveling
circus.) If you remember we attempted this once a few months ago and haven’t again till now (mainly because of the
emotional trauma of it all). But these
past couple times we’ve all gone out have been a lot of fun and no one has died
yet! How it’s looked is we took the kids
to a lake here with tons of parks and afterwards grabbed some KFC. Then today we took the kids out around our
neighborhood for a walk and some scooting.
That’s right. We bought the three
oldest girls their very own scooters.
And a blast we are having.
Tomorrow I will
begin teaching a Life Education class at a local community center. I’m really excited for this opportunity as it’s
been a little while since I’ve done an entire course. If you remember, this is the course that I teach with the Red Cross. Its focus is
teaching college/high school students how to live healthy lives in all areas of
life. So I will spend a lot of time talking
with them about some very deep and important things. I look forward to it!
Lastly, we have
a winner to our very first Giveaway! Tammy
Morris from South Africa!! Thank you
everyone who participated. I would like
to continue giving stuff away in the future.
Let me know if you have any cool ideas of things from China to giveaway!
"My daughter is officially Chinese as she poses by making "peace signs".
"There was a pet rabbit at the park. The girls begged to see it. I strongly encouraged them to make bunny ears as I took this photo."
"The girls enjoying some family time at the park. Sydney is no doubt making a "peace signs" even though we can't see them in this photo."
"Dinner at KFC with the circus. When two kids is a big family; six sure draws a response."
much love,
the petersons
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