yay for Chinese food!

The second week of school was pretty busy. Jeremy has been reading and studying his little head off! I think we are finally getting a routine down. Yesterday we had our first cultural experience in Lubbock with our friends Ken and Debbie from China. They had us and another another couple named Crissy and Robin over for a authentic Chinese meal. As we came into their home we took off our shoes and had a seat on the couch. Debbie served us green tea and fruit and explained to us that in China this is how you would start a meal if you were to have guests over. Next came to food and let me tell you it was great! We each had a bowl of rice and the main dishes were served family style in the middle of the table so you could just take what you wanted and put it in your bowl. We had a vegetable and chicken dish, Potatoes that were in strips and cooked in oil, spicy green beans, and eggs with tomato. They taught us how to eat with chop sticks and that was quite comical! But more that the food was the fellowship. Ken and Debbie were so sweet and hospitable to us. They have so many amazing stories of their life in China and how they came to be Christians. This is their first time outside of China and they are excited to get to know us and our culture. Please pray for them that they will have a smooth transition here and that they will continue to learn and grow in Christ. I will try in the next post to have a picture up of all of us eating with our chopsticks, it is funny!