And in no particular order, I now present to you my first village trip! We left the farm around 9 and drove about 3 1/2 hours to one of the student's village. We went to convince his family that working on the farm is a good thing. But they are quite wealthy and don't want to move... It will probably take a few more dialogues to get this family willing to come. But some of the highlights of the trip: Manon rode on the back of a motorcycle. She wore no helmet. And it was weird for China standards because there were actually only two
people on the bike, not three or four, and one of them was actually an adult! But all is well; she made it safely. At one of the homes we visited, they wanted to take our pictures. So first they brought out Wa clothes for Manon and dressed her up. Then they decided Germaine needed clothes too, so she got a shirt. Then they brought Monty a vest. Last, they wanted me in something. They brought our a shirt. The shoulders are too small, so I had to scrunch them together, and then the last button cut off access to my lungs, so I couldn't breathe, and I was laughing hysterically, and they were laughing
hysterically, and this is the picture that came out... We also got the opportunity to visit a C. More sunlight on wooden benches... Maybe mom can email me the poem, and I'll post it. I don't have it with me here. Anyways, that was great. Monty gave a talk, and we sang some songs. Along to way, we stopped at a chicken farm to take a look at their set-up. It smelled pretty bad. Manon wanted to explore, so I followed her. She was almost all the way down the row when something startled the chickens. Then came the sound of three thousand birds in one thousand cages flapping
their wings. It was loud. We got out as fast as we could... We also got to watch some men strip down bamboo. They cut it all down until they are half inch by 2 1/2 foot strips. They use the strips to tie up sugar cane. When they wrap the strips around the sugar cane and twist the ends together, the friction of the opposing fibers holds it all together. Bamboo is nature's twist-tie! So that was pretty awesome. I had a great time on the village trip, and hope I get to go on another one before I leave.
And in no particular order, I now present to you my first village trip! We left the farm around 9 and drove about 3 1/2 hours to one of the student's village. We went to convince his family that working on the farm is a good thing. But they are quite wealthy and don't want to move... It will probably take a few more dialogues to get this family willing to come. But some of the highlights of the trip: Manon rode on the back of a motorcycle. She wore no helmet. And it was weird for China standards because there were actually only two 
people on the bike, not three or four, and one of them was actually an adult! But all is well; she made it safely. At one of the homes we visited, they wanted to take our pictures. So first they brought out Wa clothes for Manon and dressed her up. Then they decided Germaine needed clothes too, so she got a shirt. Then they brought Monty a vest. Last, they wanted me in something. They brought our a shirt. The shoulders are too small, so I had to scrunch them together, and then the last button cut off access to my lungs, so I couldn't breathe, and I was laughing hysterically, and they were laughing 
hysterically, and this is the picture that came out... We also got the opportunity to visit a C. More sunlight on wooden benches... Maybe mom can email me the poem, and I'll post it. I don't have it with me here. Anyways, that was great. Monty gave a talk, and we sang some songs. Along to way, we stopped at a chicken farm to take a look at their set-up. It smelled pretty bad. Manon wanted to explore, so I followed her. She was almost all the way down the row when something startled the chickens. Then came the sound of three thousand birds in one thousand cages flapping 
their wings. It was loud. We got out as fast as we could... We also got to watch some men strip down bamboo. They cut it all down until they are half inch by 2 1/2 foot strips. They use the strips to tie up sugar cane. When they wrap the strips around the sugar cane and twist the ends together, the friction of the opposing fibers holds it all together. Bamboo is nature's twist-tie! So that was pretty awesome. I had a great time on the village trip, and hope I get to go on another one before I leave.
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this comment has nothing to do with this blog post but is totally in response to your comment on my blog. :)
i'm so glad you saw!!! all day saturday i was like "dang it, i wish i could call chels!" and i couldn't cause you are so far away! but i'm sure bella would love some international attire! i can't wait to see you! 2 months baby, 2 months!!!!!!!! love you so much!
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