Opportunities

October went by in a flash, I am in denial that it is holiday season again already...I think that might be a sign of aging. I think another reason it passed so quickly was because it was our busiest month yet. Our first 2 months here we were able to develop fairly surface level friendships with people and within this last month we have been walking through the steps accepted by Chinese culture to deepen those friendships. I do not have pictures from all the events, but it has mainly been hosting people at our house. We were able to have a group of 6 Chinese students over one night to make dumplings from scratch and a fish. The students were also able to interview us for their intercultural communications class.

Making jiaozi is something every foreigner needs to do with their Chinese friends



They went after that fish like nobody's business with those chopsticks!

We were also proud of ourselves for successfully making Western food for 5 other people. The menu included lemon crusted chicken, fresh broccoli, and rice pilaf. Logan has taken on an extra teaching responsibility for the next 2 weeks, this is a great opportunity for him! I am preparing for my upcoming midterms, I have 3 classes and each one has its own exam. I am mainly nervous abotu forgetting my characters or not knowing all the vocabulary I should to communicate my thoughts freely (probably not an irrational fear of somebody that has only studied for 2 months)! Lyla is busy being as cute as ever. I have now spent hours trying to upload more photos but the connection is not good enough. I will try to upload more soon!