Monday, August 16, 2004

Hey guys, Josh doesn't have an addy book, so instead of sending a mass e-mail he told me to put this up! Enjoy : ) --Lydia.


the past couple of weeks:
after about two hundred hours of travel on trains, buses and taxi's, hiking, plenty of sunburns, exotic species, showering under natural mineral waterfalls, getting sick, tired, losing alot of weight, living in minority villages, seeing the most beautiful sights the human eye could see, meeting a million more friends, family and acquaintances...
we are now safe and relatively healthy in tianjin. this is our final week here and we are extremely busy saying goodbyes and making sure that we offer the most important gifts possible. in about a week, we will depart from beijing to san francisco. after a week in california i will head back to saskatchewan for the fall semester, while sonja will briefly return to ottawa and greet some of you there, prior to returning to london. ;) the last three months have taught us alot, and the past three weeks specifically have quite possibly changed the path
of our lives forever. we have continually noticed that if He is for us, no one can be against us. there is much that i am unable to write at the moment, but would love to tell you when i return - even then, i would not know where or how to begin. if i get the chance i'll upload
a few pictures soon. please continue to think of us... i *hope to see
you all again soon.