Home at last!!

•      30 hours filled with taxi, 2 planes and a long long car ride finally brought us to our doorstep.  The trees are bare, the temps are cold, the sky is cloudy with bursts of rain or snow  but my house is cozy, comfy and smelling like home!  

     How awesome to see old friends, taste the most amazing food on earth and explore new cities!  One of my favorite restaurants in CC serves huge lamb legs.  I have thought about eating one for the past 2 years.  We walked from our hotel about 1 mile to the restaurant..the whole time I am praying it is still there!  To my joy, it was!  As I held the foot long leg in my hand and gnawed the delicious roasted lamb meat off the bone I kept saying, oh man, this is good...whoa, I love this!  Needless to say, we revisited the Mongolian restaurant on our last full day in country and I ate not 1, but 2 whole legs!! (Who knows the next time I will have the opportunity).

     In one city that has an awesome Russian market I bought a bunny scarf.  My dear friend Joy bought a matching one..so as we strolled the streets shopping, both attired in our long black coats, bunny scarfs and black hats I am sure we were mistaken for Russian women!  So fun!

     At a city by the sea an old lady had a tired looking misplaced camel.  For 5 yuan I was able to sit on it and have my picture taken.  I couldn't resist. So far I can say in my adventures abroad I have ridden on the back of a yak, rode an elephant, lifted by an elephants tusk as a chair and now sat on a camel!

     Many stories filled with trips on trains overnite, meeting old and new friends,eating countless true food, sleeping on rock hard beds, and walking a million miles  made for  3 weeks jam-packed full of adventure!  How blessed Donn and I feel to enjoy life to the max where ever we go!  Until next time and hopefully some more hours of sleep, I hope you all step out of your comfort zone and walk the path HE prepares for you each and every day!  Livin' the life...Dianne

  

Walking once again in the land we love

Precious Partners on the Path,



The moment my feet touched the ground of our beloved country Donn and I felt immediately at home. The journey here has begun and we are having another awesome adventure with Father!


Four nights were spent in our hometown on this side reconnecting with old friends and easing our traveling buddies into the life here. Just seeing with our own eyes and hugging those we love and did not know when our next meeting would be was like heaven to me. I know that is what we will feel when someday we pass to the other side. An unexplainable joy and happiness to be in the presence of long departed loved ones and family and finally see HIM face to face!


As we visited our neighborhood eating spots, my anticipation built to gigantic proportions to taste REAL Chinese food. I was not disappointed! I must have said, "ahhh" a million times with eyes closed, savoring each delicious bite!


The work is going great in our city and we see our local friends prospering in the endeavor to reach and teach! We are so grateful to Father for that!


Linda and Mike had the chance to exercise and dance with the locals early early one morning in the park...:), an experience we captured on film, very interesting!


Traveling to a city further north we were able to spend time with a former teammate, a dear friend. Joy brought us to one of her English corners (Linda and Di) and that evening we introduced a new brother to our Dad. How wonderful it was to tag team with Joy again doing the thing we love to do! She said, "it feels like normal now with you here". It was good.


The next day we went to a school led by a brother and spoke to 27 teachers, sowing and spreading seeds.


The experiences are daily and endless. M & L are keeping journals also, so those of you in MI will be hearing exciting tales of their adventures when we return.


An overnight trainride with all of us in a small compartment with lower and upper berths followed. The clackety clack of the rails and swaying motion once again rocked me to a much needed good nights sleep.


Two days ago we ventured to the city we are pr*yng about adopting. I feel in love with it immediately! It is a seaside area. The contact we had that guided us is not yet a brother but "on the way". We spoke to him of our Dad, and feel one day he will accept. His name is Robin, please remember him and his new wife of one month. He introduced us to his sister, Betty. She owns an English school teaching children 4-14 years old. She also is anxious to meet with us and has opportunities for us to work some with her students.


Last night Donn and Mike shared with a local group in yet another city. Please remember this group led by 'sally'.


Our journey is only half over, with many more stories to tell. Please continue to lift us up for continued good health, safety and divine appointments.


Be asking Father how you can be involved in this BIG privilege of working on this side of the world.


We are blessed, we are blessed, we are blessed.


Walking again in the land we love....


Love, Dianne and Donn