Well it is Thursday in Qiqihar and we are all happy and well into this day.  This is our fourth instructional day and the students are soaking up all we have to offer not only in terms of English but also in terms of relationship.  More and more questions are coming forth as they see the light shine within us. 

Day 3 at camp Qiqihar finds us working hard and loving our time here.  All are physically fine and maintaining a balance between rest and exhaustion.  Whe we work we work hard which is from about 7 am to 8pm and when we rest we rest well.  Thankful for the accomodations HE has provided right down to the mosquito machines Jerry secured our rooms.  No more late night battles with buzzing bombers.  Teachers are working their curriculum to prepare students for the special days they have planned with HE will be honored.  This includes building relationships, vocabul ...read more »

Messages from your folks in Qiqihar:

Hey everyne, goodbye to Shenyang and Hello Qiqihar.  It’s luxury, not the same as America, but compared to Shenyang.  Miss you all mom, dad, and little kids.  See you.  PS Carson I love you.  —Jess

Outstanding classrooms, hotel, assistant—great camp! First meal-raw cow stimach and jelly fish.  Ynmmy!  Miss you too much!!  —Beaner Sleuth

It worked!!!!  So here is more from Qiqihar.  To bring you up to date and some messages from your loved ones and friends.

Greetings from Qiqihar where all is GREAT.  I want to keep this very short as yesterday I typed for 3o minutes and when I finished and hit the send button, the server at the school had been cut off.  I lost all I had wriiten to you.  So let me just say we are ALL fine, happy, learning much about the STORY HE has WRITTEN for US in QIQIHAR.

If this sends this time, I will type more immediately.

doug for the team

Only one week to go before the Qiqihar Team heads off to China.  Five of our team members are already in China working at the Shengyang Camp.  It will be great for all of us to meet and gel as a team.  Members of our team are from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, New Jersey, Kansas, and New York.  You can Remember us in Travel!!  Doug on Wednesday, 21 July as he travels to Qiqihar a day before the rest of the team to work on camp logistics and strive for an easy welcoming for the rest of the team who l ...read more »

Hmmmm, you ask, where is Qiqihar in China?  Well, it is in northern China between Inner Mongolia and North Korea.  It is in Heilongjiang Province and the closest big city is Harbin. ...read more »

Well it is Friday morning here and the teachers and assistants are working with the students to prepare for the closing ceremony this afternoon. There are many goodbyes being said and the students are giving us many little gifts. I sure there will be tears as we leave this afternoon. ...read more »

Family and Friends,

Sorry about no blog for the past few days. We actually typed a lengthy blog yesterday but it did not transmit. Who knows for what reason. I tried to retrieve it to resend it but to no avail. I apologize for loosing the messages your loved ones sent you I have asked them to rewrite today. ...read more »

Friends and Family,

We are two days into our second week here at Kunming. It is Tuesday morning around 11 am as I write this. If I am writing you must know that things in Kunming are going well. ...read more »