The last month

The street outside of our school's front gate.  This is where we eat a lot. 

Same street.  Other way. 

My apartment from the outside.  It's on the bottom right. 

The croquet court/field outside my apartment.  Older Chinese people love their "Gate Ball."

My study room. 

My kitchen/bathroom.  Pic 1 

My kitchen.  Pic 2 

Bedroom 

Mandi and I at a dinner with our school. 

This is the building where most of our classes are.

Mandi in her apartment.

Hello again everyone!  Sorry for the long break between posts (as usual).  Above are some pics around our school and apartments so you can see a little of what I do every day!

A few highlights of the last month:

School Breaks!!! - Mandi and I had a few surprise breaks off from school, which is always nice.  Our students had a "sports meeting" which is basically a school track and field week where classes compete against each other.  Some students love it, while others hate it, but I think they all enjoy the break from classes!  We also had a few days off later while our students had exams.  It was a great time to relax and get caught up on a lot of things.

Time with Friends - We've been able to visit with a lot of friends in Jingzhou as well as our old city of Wuhan.  My best Chinese friend Patrick (who lives in Wuhan) came to visit for a few days.  We had a lot of fun hanging out and riding a 3-person bike around the Jingzhou city wall.  It was more difficult than I thought!  Mandi and I also made a trip into Wuhan during a break to visit some of our American friends.  We even had a very early Thanksgiving party/feast with our Wuhan fellowship.  We've also been meeting and hanging out with some new Chinese friends in Jingzhou which has been great.

Wedding Date - Mandi and I finally have a wedding date set!  We will get married on July 27, 2013 in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  While we would love to have a big wedding, because of all the planning we'll be doing in China and the cost (We haven't exactly been making a fortune over here!), we're going to have a small wedding there, and we're planning to have some kind of a reception in Spring Arbor later that summer or fall.

That's all for now.  I will try to do a better job from here on out with my blog updates......but no promises!

Hebrews 11:8