Our organization had it's annual conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was such a wonderful time for us all. It was exactly what each one of needed to go into the 2nd half of the school year. We got to do a couple extra fun things as well. Good times!

University students are pouring back on campus for the beginning of the next semester. We are excited and ask that you lift up our impact on the freshman we teach this term. We are also excited to see the friends we made in the fall. Sent from my iPhone

Our family, another family, and three students went to a ski area last week. It was an hour bus ride and the snow was man made.  We had a really fun day. It was perfect weather, too. Kenz and Caleb did a lot of instructing throughout the day. That was cool to watch. The cost was the most amazing. 65 RMB for the bus ride, lift ticket, and rentals. Thats about $10! 

That picture was taken 10 hours before the doors are opened.
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This is the crowd to get an iPhone 4s at one of the four Apple stores in China.  The crowd started at 6pm for a next day 7am release. There are so many police officers. Completely crazy.  

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Our first semester is over and some of our friends took us out for Hotpot. It was a terrific evening eating, laughing, and just hanging out! We tried a few new things (nothing crazy) and ate until we were all stuffed.

A view from our window.  Last day of classes. I can't believe the school year is half over.  Time flies when you are having fun! Take care.
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Our dear friends Alan and Jay visited us for a short time here in Beijing.  It was so good for our hearts. We have been so fortunate to see a number if friends in the past couple of weeks.  Friendship is such a blessing.  
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What Fun! Some friends invited us to accompany them to the student dorms for trick or treating. (Usually we wouldn't be allowed to be in there) The students were waiting for the kids and everyone had a ball. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, the kids or the College students. Since the students knew we were coming they stocked up on their candy. Now, trick or treating is not part of the culture here so the students off- loaded all their candy on the 11 kids in our group. The students were so generous! Some kids gave full snickers bars, others gave whole containers of chips, and of course there were lollipops and an assortment of other goodies. Caleb was Bruce Lee (Lee Shao Long) and the students absolutely loved it, and Kenzie was a princess. They loved her costume as well. We really thought that not being in the States would mean that the kids wouldn't have much of a Halloween. The truth is that they loved every second of it. Actually, this was the easiest Halloween we've ever had, yet still tons of fun.