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Week Two

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Things were sooooo much better this weekend we are finally getting the hang of things around here! Now when we walk around, we know exactly when we need to plug our nose and hold our breath because it smells so awful it could kill. One funny thing about this place is that there are always (dead) ducks around here, we saw one get its head chopped off the other day...they love eating it over here. But we do not love it, surprise surprise! There is also a fruit here that smells like literal garbage...

Teaching 
So this week I was in charge of teaching gym. But they want us at the table for the first 15 minutes so it's pretty much crafts with a little bit of running around at the end haha. The kids always say " I love you teacher jassy" and I love it! They don't listen 80% of the time but when they do it's awesome. It's pretty much like trying to chase around a bunch of talking chickens and then once you get one in place another one gets up and then you just sing and dance and they watch you cause it's funny and then you teach some English along the way....that's the best way to sum up lessons hahah. Even though they give me a headache every day, they are so dang cute!! 

Adventure time! 
So this weekend we were finally able to get out and see another city! It's only about a 30 minute bus ride from here to Xiolan (pronounced show-lawn) and it was so beautiful! First we went to a GIANT elephant and took some pictures and walked around the park. Then we went to a huge market and looked at clothes which are insanely cheap but everything here is China size so it doesn't fit haha. Especially not the shoes, which is what I wanted. After some shopping we went on these little paddle boats on a pond where you could see a giant temple! After the boat ride we went and hiked up the temple alllll the way to the top and I felt like I could see all of China it was so beautiful! After that we hiked down and found a Pizza Hut!!! We were so pumped for some American food so it was worth it for sure. Everyone is so nice to us here! We add people on we chat every day, it's like Chinese Facebook! 

After dinner we got in some tuk-tuk (taxi like things) and headed to the bus station, but lily and I were in two different ones. My driver took us to a sketchy dark area and we were lost for about 10 minutes, a lot of people were coming up to us and trying to get us to go with them, but I finally called the other group and had the other girls in my group say a quick prayer. The other girls were freaking out too and out of no where a lady asked if they needed help, so she called me and talked to a random guy we met and helped us get back to the group. So after prayers and so many tiny miracles we made it back to each other. It was a huge testimony builder for us! 

CHURCH 
We were so so happy to make it to church finally!! After all of the new things and unfamiliar things in China, it felt really good to go back to something familiar. We had to take a 2 and a half bus ride there and back. We met in a house with about 30 members, they were from all over! Some from England, the Congo, Australia and lots from Utah and Arizona! They fed us food after and it was very yummy, and NOT rice! We were very tired but our hearts were full. 

We have just decided to embrace the craziness that China has to offer!! This week we are only teaching Monday- Thursday then we're headed off to Yangshou for a long weekend and it is jam packed with fun adventures so stay tuned!!