We enjoyed an incredible visit with the father of our exchange student. He flew in Saturday morning to greet us and brought his own interpreter. He came bearing many gifts -- many that we will wait to open with Mengdi in the states at Christmas . He gave Emeline an authentic little red Chinese outfit so now we can get the infamous red couch photo at The White Swan Hotel. Then he went ahead to prepare a banquet in our honor. We arrived to a great feast held in on upper room --- it was an incredible experience. Certainly one we will never forget. The food was delicious and it was fun to meet Mr Lin's friends. During the banquet we were given more beautiful gifts for the girls and I and Moutai for Eric ( one bottle we will save for Emeline's wedding someday). We were honored and amazed at Mengi's fathers great generosity. What a delightful day!!!! Emeline enjoyed the banquet feast too . The ladies serving us took her for awhile to introduce her to the kitchen staff who were serving us. I was surprised when she went with them without a problem. She fell asleep towards the end of the banquet and then we were driven back to our hotel.
Later in the day we met up with our Bethany guide, Shiyan, and the rest of the Bethany group who had just arrived from all the outlying provinces. We ate together at Lucy's -- Eric and I had french fries as we were still stuffed from lunch. It was fun to meet the others in our group from all over the United States. Emeline tried the french fries but she was not overly impressed.
Today Emeline and I will go sing Christmas carols with the Cantonese believers while Eric meets with Shiyan to finish up some paperwork for our Consulate visit. It is such a delight to be in the house of the Lord -- I can't wait for 9:30.
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