headed home!

In less than 24 hours we are headed home! We have loved our time in China. We are also excited to go home and see our family and friends in Texas.

Tonight we had a wonderful dinner with Tom Mooney and family. Colin really took up with Ian and it was good for all of us to connect up with some Austinites. I am a little jealous that Tom and Mimi are living in China for some time. What a fun time and great food we had. Colin about ate us all under the table on dumplings and we think he was ordering things in Chinese from our waitress.

Shanghai feels like NY on steroids. 19 million (second largest city in the World); 2nd tallest building in the world; a whole new downtown area in the last 10 years (pudong); and the worst traffic in the world!! We are out in a suburb with a Carrifour (think French Walmart) where many folks have cars (there is a parking garage on top of the Carrifour); folks live in houses--not apartments; dogs are man's best friend, and you can get every type of food, from Italian to Indian. But for visiting Old Town, I would not think I was in China. Perhaps that is why I prefer Xiaman, Beijing, and that little town our dear friends Hans and Faith live in. Shanghai is just too Western. Shoot, they don't even have a descent squatty potty here!

We are very appreciative of all our support! We have many stories to tell and much work to do helping our friends who are serving in orphanages over here. Pr for those 4 boys at Harmony Outreach who need families! We have learned that for 20% for what it cost for foreigners to adopt, the Chinese can adopt. Also, they can have one bio child and one adopted child. Hopefully we can assist our brothers and sisters in China in taking care of the least of these.

Press on,

Tommy