These pictures were taken by my grandson during our visit to the China Science and Technology Museum. One of our reasons for visiting the museum was to see the Marco Polo exhibit. We almost missed it, but found it on our way out of the museum. We were all tired, but very glad we stopped…
A Great Day
The kids are all out of school, so today we went on our first family adventure. We spent the day at the Chinese Science and Technology Museum. We left the apartment early and made the cold trip to the subway station. I had forgotten how many people you can fit into a subway car if…
Photography
Before he left to return to China one of my grandsons was given a very nice camera. He has taken some pictures with it but hasn’t begun to explore what it is capable of. We spent some time playing with the camera yesterday and today was our first field trip to explore what he had…
Cold
I never thought I would consider 40 degrees warm, but now I look forward to the next 40-degree day. It was bright and sunny yesterday afternoon and we decided to go for a walk to the local street market. Someone said it was cold and we were all encouraged to put on our long underwear….
Vertical
One of the things I’ve observed during our short time in Beijing is the vertical nature of cities. The most obvious things are the high rise apartment buildings we see every direction we look. We live in one of those, so any time we want to go anywhere we get into an elevator. On our…
Quiet
The apartment is very quiet now except for the clicking of keys on keyboards and the constant coughing of the adults still getting over colds. The grandchildren are all away at school. That’s good news because it means they were all well enough to go. They have a half day today, so the quiet will…
Snow
It was still dark when we woke up and my wife invited me over to the window. The ground was covered with snow. It was early enough that the white blanket had not been disturbed. After breakfast clean up we got bundled up and took our granddaughter outside for a walk. Almost immediately she began…
1 Corinthians 8
Big Idea: Love may require you to limit your freedom. 1 Corinthians 8:1-2 Are we allowed to eat meat sacrificed to idols? That’s the question and Paul begins his answer by addressing the attitude problem that seems to infect everything in the Corinthian church. It seems that there were some in the congregation who were…
Rhythm
It was an amazingly quiet day given that all the grandkids were home from school. It had been a long tiring week and they all slept in until a little after 8A. That is past their television turn on time, so all the kids gathered in the living room and we watched two episodes of…
Yeah Ducks! Yuck Ducks.
The last time we visited China our grandchildren were much younger. One of the regular parts of their daily routine was spending some time sharing their Yeah Ducks and Yuck Ducks before saying their prayers and going to bed. Yesterday was definitely a Yeah Duck and Yuck Duck day. We spent most of the morning…