Is life promised? I don't think so. So my feeling to seize every moment. I'm one of the world's worst procrastinators but I love to travel. Traveling is like a breath of fresh air because you learn so much and it feels like you're in life, living every moment. [View Full Entry]

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Ask, Seek and Knock, Teaching with Christ and Putting Christ in Christmas has given me A Renewed Spirit. Ask and God will give to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. Matthew 7:7. What an awesome message today at COTR. Many people ask--What's China like? Do you like it? I've learned that I can't tell anyone really. Eating with chopsticks everyday food you've never seen before and feeling like an alien on most days because your vocabulary is less than 100 words and that's what you have to use to communicate your needs--It's di [View Full Entry]

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A Christmas Day Hike to the Great Wall We went on a Christmas Day Hike, (12/25/06). One hour from Changping to Ma Fang Tai by taxi, a four hour climb up to the Ruins of the Great Wall and down the mountain to Mo Yashi Ke and then a one hour taxi ride back to Changing. It was about 10 of us and we took the non-tourist path. It wasn't so easy but this was my third trip with these guys so I knew what I was in for. My plan was to stay ahead, in front, so I wouldn't get [View Full Entry]

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Riding through the Village and Into Town to Shop I think the nicest part to our transportation journeys are our bike rides into town each weekend to do our grocery shopping. Yes, parking our bikes is a challenge and of course sharing the road is a challenge too but for me it's a journey back to childhood as I ride through the path in the woods and then on to the village and then into town. I'm never too excited to meet the crowd in town but the adventure of meeting up with every kind of vehicle you could imagine keeps [View Full Entry]

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Everything is different in China. A whole new culture. I've had several questions so let me do a mini question answer log. What are the bathrooms like? China's bathroom are toilets. They vary. Some are just holes in the floor with enamel bases and others are the commodes that we know in the U.S. It's common and advisable to take tissue with you at all times because oftentimes bathrooms don't have tissue. And you can't throw tissue in toilets so you will always have a basket next to the toilet. But if you're just desperate to get the comfort of home, [View Full Entry]

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Hello Family and Friends. Yes, we did arrive in Beijing. August 27th to be exact. TravelBlog is a nice way to stay in touch because it not only allows the travel journal to flow but it gives extra added information about popular sites and places in China. So if you want to come and see, it's all there for you. Now you're probably wondering, why in the world would someone choose China. Well I say 'Why not'. Anyway, come along with me and see why I travelled to the other side of the world. Here's my story: For me, it all [View Full Entry]

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