April 19, 2010
Beginning of week 6 Linyi City, China
The last few days have been very busy since we found out that we would finally move. After 31 days at the Binhe Hotel, we moved to a flat on the Linyi Normal University North Campus on Saturday morning. It is about 5 miles from the New campus where we teach. So far, a ride has been provided for us to teach our classes and spend some time in the office. Surely I am toning some muscles since we walk to go to the stores and shop, up three flights to our flat, and to the fifth floor to teach! God is so good keeping us healthy, please keep praying for that. We did have some student help moving our heavy luggage up three flights.
Our flat is comfortable, and has heat. Thankfully, the weather is warmer this week after experiencing a very cold snap - and even some snow last week. There are many fruit trees in fields near the river on our drive each day and they are all in full bloom. The redbuds and wisteria are just staring to open, so we are enjoying spring flowers.
We took a taxi to church Sunday and met up with 2 English teachers that had we met before. We were talking with them when a man came up and asked if we needed help. He is a Linyi city official who also has an office in the Los Angeles area. He had brought a delegation with a Korean businessman to church (very interesting)! I told him that we wanted to go to Pizza Hut so he took us there in his Buick minivan (only God's care!!) and told us to call him if he could help us in any way. I have his card!! Then Mary Beth and I went shopping in the area, around the city center - People's Square. We found the RT-Mart (their WalMart) and found some American foods that we had not seen before - cheese, butter, ground beef, and chicken breasts! After a taxi ride back to the campus and another long walk, we were very tired. So we had banana sandwiches for supper - and some real cheese imported from America!!
Our TV cable has NO English stations so I will miss hearing the world news and Chinese culture. But we have started to make connections with some other teachers who live on campus so maybe we will be making new friends and not be so isolated.
Continue to pray for our relationships and for our computers to be connected to the internet in our new location. I am unable to send pictures at this time, but hopefully, that will be corrected. I can get on the internet and get e-mail most of the time in my office. HE is at work in ways that we cannot comprehend!!!
Jerry reports to me about your continuing prayers and that is a great comfort to me, I feel those each day.
Love, Martha
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