Monthly Archives: March 2008

The festival is over, and I’m exhausted, but very pleased! It was so wonderful to accompany for a great director, and the kids sounded fantastic!! It was nice to have a bigger group than last year – 23 as opposed … Continue reading →

We’re in Tianjin, with one day of choir rehearsing down, and one day to go… it was a long day for Sarah, who spent most of her day at the pianoor conducting the women, while with a cold.  (It’s her birthday … Continue reading →

Happy Easter to all!  Our Sunday morning service here in Chengdu was refreshing and invigorating.  We had visitors from all over the world, including a couple from North Carolina come to pick up their newly adopted child.  Fitting for the … Continue reading →

The title there just about says it all.  I’m kinda proud of it.  The weather has unexpectedly given us a beautiful day today.  (We would have known if we paid attention to the weather report; we usually don’t.)  It was … Continue reading →

For our students, the past week has had an emphasis on college planning.  We had an admissions representative from Loyola speak to the students on Tuesday; on Thursday there was a field trip to the US consulate for a talk … Continue reading →

We’re telling our students this week about our decision to return to the US.  It seems early, but people more experienced at this third-culture thing say that we need to give them time to process before we go.  Hopefully that … Continue reading →

Time flies.  Sarah and I have about three months left in China before we head back to the US – clearly less than 100 days.  And we will have spent three years of our lives, the first three years of … Continue reading →

After many weeks of unseasonably cold weather here in Chengdu (and around the world, in fact), we have started to see signs of spring.  Winter in Chengdu is depressing; though it never snows (well, almost never), the sky is dreary … Continue reading →