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| Hi, This is Laura's Mom letting you know that China has blocked Xanga and John and Laura are no longer able to access this site. Recently China has cracked down on sites such as these. In China it is called: The "Great" Firewall. Please find them at their new site: www.wittysinchina.com. Although John and Laura cannot access this site people outside of China can and there is a link on the new site to direct you here. John and Laura ask that you would please continue to lift them up to be flexible and understanding of the country He has called them to. Susie Whitten | | |
| Ok, so as you can read below Chinese New Year was on February 18...
But I guess nobody got the memo to light all (or even most) of your
fireworks off on that night because pretty much every night since then
we still hear what sounds like bombs being dropped around our apartment!
Yee Haw! Light 'em if ya got 'em!
Can't wait for the 4th of July - too bad I can't bring some of these fireworks back.
Something tells me the airlines would never go for it.
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| Hi Everybody,
We've recently returned to our home here in China after a refreshing
time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Our organization brings all of its
teachers together during the winter break for 9 days of rest, teaching,
and corporate fellowship and praise. It was also a great time to
reconnect with other teacher friends we had met during our orientation
training in Beijing last August.
Here we are doing our best job to soak up as much sun as possible!
What's really cool about this midyear meeting is that ALL the teachers
from our organization attend. That means that the 600+ people who were
there traveled from all parts of China, Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, and
Vietnam. It was awesome to see all the faces while hearing the stories
of how things are going everywhere across Asia!
And on a random note: the name of the conference is the Annual Thailand
Conference, or ATC for short - and whaddya know, we're walking around
the streets of Chiang Mai and we see this manhole cover!
It was especially fun and encouraging for Laura to see Monica who was
there as conference staff!!! For nearly 2 years before we came to
China, Laura and Monica worked together back in southern CA holding
down the fort at the home office.
Here I am trying not to look lost as we wandered around the city the day before we left. (I was only sort-of lost...)
Our homecoming to Chongqing was complete when
we picked up
our cat, Dutch, from a student of mine who had been watching him. I
think that his deep expression in this photo really captures just how much he missed us...
And in other news, here's a picture of the newest nephew to the family!
Congratulations Tim and Liz! Parker Freet came into the world to greet everybody
back on January 21, but the photos weren't released by his press agent
until now. 
What a cute little guy!
Chinese New Year is this Sunday, and so far our experience here over
the last few days certainly beats any parade at your local Chinatown
there in the States. We'll put up some pictures of all the holiday
craziness soon and in the meantime do our best to have an extra large
helping of the unidentifiable smoked meat that seems to be all the rage
this holiday. (You already got yours, didn't you? Mmmm. Yummy!)
Thats all for now!
Love from China,
John & Laura.
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