a view of the moutains from a hostel. we were out on my first hike here. 

my good friends, who i had the opporutinity to spend a sweet 2 months with...i will miss them dearly, but i will see them again.  

the whole gang! this was a goodbye party for some of us who were moving to another city. wow, goodbye's are hard! i'm sure most of you know, but I have moved to another city because my team leader returned to the America. but i'm so glad that Dad will continue to move in the hearts of the people with or without me! woohoo! 

my good friends and colleages 

in English these would be translated as dumplings. they are one of my favorite meals, especially homemade. all of my chinese friends know this, so this was a going away dinner from my DVD friend. this was before i moved to my new city. 

friends on the way to the big dunking

the two boys in the middle just got "dunked" in the mountain stream...all 3 of these friends are "family"!

one friend getting "dunked"...that water was brrrr! 

the celebrating meal!

great sunset picture 

my friend and her dad, who i've had some good games of ping-pong with...we are actually pretty evenly matched. i like playing him, because i don't get whooped everytime...lol! 

she's picking green beans for dinner...i love her! we had green beans and potatos, a pretty common summer meal here. this lady was the mother of one of the students i met, and i fell in love with their whole family. they were actually related to the ping-pong people. 

i'm not really sure what you would call this, but it was pretty cool...you rub your hands on the handles and water kind of jumps up 

my 3 kiddos! we are now on different teams, so i don't get to hang with them anymore. i miss them!  

Dr. Pepper!! mmm, i know you may not appreciate this as much as i do, but this was the first time i actually was able to buy it.  

my last climb up the mountain

friends and I climbing the moutain 

the biggest butterfly i've ever seen

Hong Kong from a ferry 

the old gang eatin' some good ol' American food at Hard Rock Cafe... 

this is my little buddy i've told you about. he was jammin' at Hard Rock Cafe in Hong Kong.