An exotic beginning!

 

So I thought I should give you an update of how I am doing while here in China. :) Its only been six days but already it feels like two weeks! My flight was forever long but I finally landed and we spent a few days in Hong Kong. We went to Victoria's Peak, which is the highest peak in China! :)

 

I loved being up there and seeing just how neat each building is. We then went to a fishing community in the middle of Hong Kong where fishermen live on their boats. That was pretty interesting. ;) We were able to see the worlds largest floating restaurant which is called the Jumbo restaurant. :) It was huge!!!

 

 You ride a boat out to the restaurant and you eat dim sun, which is kinda like eating buffet style for us. 

My favorite part of our few days in Hong Kong was definitely seeing the big Buddha. The big Buddha is located in Ngong Ping island. Its a part of the Buddhism religion, and its one of their female gods. It was truly an amazing sight.

I will never forget the exquisite sights that I saw while there, that was a very good day for me. The island was so beautiful, so many trees and beautiful bodies of water, it reminded me so much of North Carolina, it was like having a little piece of home with me. :)

 

 There are so many people in Hong Kong! They all drive on opposite sides of the roads than we do, and they also have the steering wheel on the right side of the car, I thought that was pretty neat! Apparently its because British were the first ones to settle Hong Kong, I had never heard that before!

So far I have loved being in China, overall I have had a good experience. Of course with everything in life, there is definitely difficulties that come with living here. The squat toilets are one of those very large difficulties!!! haha I'm getting the hang of them though! Its also hard to be here because everyone stares you down and takes pictures of you even though they don't know you. Its almost like I'm a celebrity to them here. I have a hard time having any sort of attention focused on me, so you can imagine my face turns red often!! The food is also a bit difficult, along with the fact we have no air conditioning or heat. But I'm loving every second of it. I'm so grateful that I have this opportunity to be in such a remarkable country. I just think of how blessed we are in the States to have what we have. I have seen so much poverty since being here, and it breaks my heart to see it, I can do nothing more than smile at them and let them know that I care. I try every day to smile at every person I come in contact with. I want them to walk away remembering that Americans are friendly, and that we care.

I just arrived at the school I'll be teaching at, and its gorgeous. The children love me, and I love them. We have not started teaching yet, but already I have had so many wonderful memories with them. I love to play with them! Just today I played with about ten of them with a bouncy ball. :) I felt like it was a little piece of heaven. :) There are two girls that just love me to death and will come sit with me during lunch and dinner, and they always hold both my hands and never want to leave me. Its very touching and I have to say that it reminds me of just how much God truly loves his children. One of those girls started crying to me today because she misses her mom. All of the kids in China LIVE at their school, they never leave until there is a break. I can't imagine being a little child away from my Mother. I would cry too!! Well I'm super tired, I have had no sleep that past few days, and could use a nap. I just wanted to update you before I did. Hope you are doing well! Miss you and love you guys!!

PS. To see the rest of my pictures from Hong Kong, follow this link: Hong Kong China pictures by ambertoy3