Relaxing day---MIke

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Morning

Tracy woke up not feeling well—the cough she’s had for the past couple of months was not treating her well in the “fog” (that’s the government’s term for the smog over here), so she didn’t sleep well. After another awesome breakfast (smoothies, doughnuts, dumplings, cocoa crisps, ham, omelets, chow mein, etc.), Tracy came back up to the room and went to bed while I got ready for church. Two stops west on Line 1, four stops north on line 2, and one stop north on line 13 brought me across the street from the Jin Tai building, the fourth floor of which is where we meet. During Sacrament meeting, our speakers were a Venezuelan (and his son!), who were followed by a Norwegian, who mentioned a Ugandan in his talk. I also heard a British accent and possibly an Australian accent as well. There was a gentleman from Ghana in the back. Now, we sit in our wards in the States, and hear about church members across the globe. But to see the diversity here in Beijing really brings it home. There are people who believe in Jesus Christ everywhere!

Afternoon

We went down to the poolside and did some reading, and unwinding. Then, we came back upstairs and watched the new Transformers movie (not anywhere close to as bad as I thought it would be—it was actually pretty good!). We have no speakers, so we had to wear our headphones, but it was okay. Dinner was back down at Gourmet Street, and more experiments—same type of meals, but different flavors. If we keep going, we’ll be able to dial in what we like and what we don’t.