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Thesepa stf
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eventsmos tofy oune veri
ma gi
nedy ouwoul dg
ettoexperi
e nce.Fort
he
ChinaHe a
dFi r
st.
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ma j
orityofyout hisst
artedinBeij
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ookbackona l
lthe
Churchi nBe i
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Pag
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experi
e nces
--accomplishedgoals
,“ firsts
,”andsel
f-g
rowth--
y ouhadin
Experi
e nceswithFood..
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Beij
ing,Iama ma z
e dwewe reonlyt hereforashort me.Ik nowinmyl i
feI
SwineFl u???
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Pag
e5
haveg onewe e k
s ,
ma ybee ve
nmont hswi t
houtexperi
enci
ngt hegr
owt h
thatwea llexperiencedintheshortf ewda yswewe r
einBeijing
.We : Teachi
ngLoc at
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7

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Expe r
ienced(noteI di
dn’tsayate)aChinesehot potdinner
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Wa tchedani ncr
edibleacrobatshow
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Saws omebe auful ja
dea tthemus eum/stor
e
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Sawt hea ma zi
ngMi ngTombs
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Wa l
k edont heGre a
tWa llofChina,a
ndl i
vedt ote l
labouti
t
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We nttoas il
kfactoryands awfamousChine s
es i
lkbeingmade
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Wa l
k edthroughtheme morableSumme rPa l
aceS hoppe dat
nume r
ous" fak
e"ma r
kets(andundoubtedlygotr ippedoff,but
polishedtheba rt
e r
ingskil
ls)
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Wa l
k edthroughthea nci
e ntandmy s
teri
ousF orbiddenCity Chi
nes
ePhr
ase
soft
heMont
h
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Ae ndedpr obabl
yt hemos tuniquebranchoft heL DSchurc
hand
hungouta tprobablythemos tAme ri
canhous einChi na. “
多少钱?”
“Du
oShaoQ
ian?
”
T heseareonlythee x
periencestha tweha da spa r
toft heBe i
ji
ngt our;thi
s “HowM
uchdoesitcost”
i
snotme n oningt henumbe r
lesspe rs
ona lexperie
nc esyouha d.Chi na
reall
yforc
e speopleoutoft he i
rc omfortzones.Notj ustbe causeit’sane w “太贵了!”
wor l
d(notjustane wc ountry),butbe causeyouha v
et olearntobei nthe “Ta
iGuiL
e!”
spotli
ght24/7,youha vet orelearnhowt oeatfoodwi ththe secrazyne w “To
oExpen
s ive!”
utensil
scall
edchopsc ks;youha v etoha vetolearnhowt oorderf ood,how
toc r
ossaroa d,andhowt oturnl ooktheot herdirecona nda cceptthings
thatnorma l
lywoul dupse tyoua ndputy ouoff.Myf a
v or
itepa r
toft hi
st r
ip
wa sge ngt owa tche achofy oue nteri
nt oChinalikeaba bye ntersthe
wor l
d--
someofy oune edingtobes l
appe dtohe lpyour eal
izeyoua ct
uall
y
ma deit-
-andwa tchingyoul eaveBe ij
i
ngwi thmor etha njustawhol enew
groupoffriends,buta ssome onewhoi sreadyt oexper i
encewha te ver
Chinami g
htt hr
owy ourwa y.

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 Be
ij
ing Onl
yinChi
na.
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Be i
ji
ngwa sama z
ing!Itfel
tunr ealt
oi nal
lyseea l
lthese .
..
dot heyservethee nr eani
ma li
nthedish.
placesI’veheardabout .TheGr eatWa l
l,t
heF orbi
dde n
City,t
heS umme rPa l
acea nda l
ltheot herplaceswe
visi
ted.Iha dalotoffunba rgaininga tthema rket
s( I
'm
.
..
domov i
ecov e
r snothaveasingl
escenefromt he
sureIg otrippedoffafewt i
me s )
.I'
ms ogladweg ottog o mov ieonthem.T heyhavesomeonee l
se’she
a d
tochurc hinBe i
ji
ng,andme etPresidentLe wisbeforewe onWi l
lSmit
hsbodya l
ongwithascenefromL ost
we nttoours chools
.Thi stri
pr eall
yhe lpedourg roup andpos si
blyCloverfiel
d.
be c
omec l
os e
;infact
,Ic a
n’tthinkofa notherg r
oupof
strangersthatI’
vebe e
ns etinthemi ddleof,andfeelthi
s ...
arethe r
ereall
ywe i
rdEngl
is
ht r
ansl
aonson
closetoins uchashorta mountoft ime !
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Andr e
wOl s
en
Chineseproduc ts
.

T
hought
sF r
om .
..
dot
pa
he
s
si
yus
ngla
et
ne
hes
.
houl
deront
hef
ree
waya
sa

theAi
rport .
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Youa
ret
oldi
ts'
una
cce
pta
ble
'tonotdr
ink
Whe nwelet heair
porttog otot hehos t
el,t
hev er
yfirst a l
cohol.
thi
ngthatIthoughtwas,"Thisbuss me l
lsli
keciga
ree
smoke.Openawi ndow!"T he nI r
e membe redafewf r
iends
tel
li
ngmet hatpracc a
ll
ye veryonei nChinasmok es
,soy ou .
..
Arey outol
dyoua re'muc hfae r't
hanthe
be ergetusedtothes mell
.Whi lewewe r
er i
di
ng,Iwa s pictureyousent.
l
ookingattheChinesecharactersone verythi
ng,wis
hingI
hadac l
uewha ttheysai
d.Al t
houg hIknewI wantedtobe . ..
Youc anpic
kouty ourownf rogsandsnake
s,but
ther
e ,
Ist
artedma ki
ngame ntalli
stofthingsIknewI would notforpets.
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miss.Thenumbe ronethingI wa sgoingtomi s
s,above
evenmyf a
mi l
y,wasdefinitel
ybe i
nga bl
et oflushtoil
et
paperdownt hetoi
let
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Doc hil
drenst
alkyouint heg r
oceryst
ore,
but
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veHos for
d hidea nymey oulooktheirdir
econ.

[2] c
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 MyF
irs
tDa
yTe
achi
ng
Thei rstda yIt a ug htEng lishi nChi naIonl yt aug htonec l
as s
(that'llne ve rha ppe na ga in).S oIwa sf eelingpr e ttyc oni de nt; I
me an, howha rdc a ni tbet ote achmyna tivel ang ua g e,right ?
Wr ong .Ia r riveda tmyc la ssi nY ong zhou#1mi ddl es c
hool andg ot
started, andf ort hemos tpa rt,thos eki dsc a ug htma ybe20or30
pe r
ce ntofmyl es son( ifIwa sluc ky).Ii g ure dIha dl ande ds ome -
whe rebe twe en" The seki dsdon' tunde r stande noug hEng lis
ht o
learna nyt hi ngf rom me "a nd" Iha vez er oEng lish- teachi ngs kill
s.
"I
cons i
de rt ha ti r stles sont obeadi sma lfa i
lur e. Iwe nthomea nd
satonmyc ouc h. Izone di ntowha tIca ll"S am mode ,
"whe rethe r
e
isnoi nt era ction, onl yde e pt houg ht,anda llIc oul dt hinka bout
wa showi fmyt ea chingl e vel wa swhe reIt houg hti twa s( l
e vel0),
andi fa llmyc lasse sa rel iket hisone ,the nmyt imei nChi nawa s
goingt obepr ettyr oug h. S oIde cidedi twa st imet or ampupmy
ownl ear ningc ur ve.Is tar tedpl owi ngi nt oabooka boutt ea c
hing ...
."Failureisthemot he r
Eng l
is ha sas e condl ang ua ge.Iwa ssur pr iseda thowmuc hI ofs ucce ss".
..
.Ihav eno
learne di ns uc has hor tt ime .Cons eque nt ly,mos tofmyc lasses ideawhe r
ethatpr ove r
b
ha v
ebe e na ma zing .Il ov et he seki dsa ndIa mi mpr esse dwi t
hhow c
ome sf rom, butthemor e
muc hEng lisht he yknow, butt ha ti r
stda yr ea llys pur redmei ntoa
diff
er entmi nds et.Iwa ntt oi mpr ovemy selfnowa ndg i
v et hese
Ithoug htaboutitt he
kidse ve rythi ngIc a ni nt hel i
t t
let imeIha vewi tht he m, a ndnow
mor eI re al
iz
edt hatt hi
s
thatIf ee ltha twa yIc anr e cog nizes i
g nii cantde velopme ntin
wa st ruef ormys tude nts
my self.
ANDf orme ..
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Intha ti r stwe ekoft e ac hingIpr esente de a chc lasswi ths ome
ba s
icr ule s.Onewa s," Itisg oodt oma kemi sta ke s.
"Ima det he m
allrepe ati ta nde xpl aini tt omet oma kes uret he yunde r stood.
Aboutmyt hi rdda yIa ske dwhyi tisimpor tantt oma kemi s t
ake s
(Iaske de ve ryc lasst hi s).Oneofmys tude nt sg avemea na nswe r
thatc aus edmyj awt odr op. I
nEng l
ish, hes a id, "Failurei st he
mot he rofs uc cess .
"Iha venoi de awhe ret ha tpr ov er bc ome sfrom,
butt hemor eIt houg hta bouti tthemor eIr ea l
iz edt ha tthiswa s
truef ormys t
ude ntsANDf orme .
Chinaha sbe e napa radi g ms hiftforme . I'
m us ua llyt hepe rson
whowon' ttr yunt i
l heknowshec anki ckbut t.Butf ail
ur ei sthe
mot he rofs uc cess .Soj us tlikeIwa ntmyki dst ot ryEng lisha nd
ma kemi s take s,Iwi l
l studya ndt hendot hes a mei nmyl ife.Iwi l
l
try,andIwi llma kemi sta ke sa ndl earn. I'lldot hiswhe nIt e ach,
whe nIs pe a kChi ne se, andi nal otofot he ra re a sofmyl ife.
Ne edles stos ay, I
'm pr e ttyha ppyhe re.
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3] c
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 Chi
naHe
adF
irs
t Chur
chi
nBe
ij
ing
Whe nI fir stde c i
de dI wa sg oingChi na ,Ionl yha done
Ae ra ne x treme lylongfli ghtt oS hang ha iourpl aneg ot wor ry: Iwa sa f
raidI woul dn’tbea blet og ot oc hur chor
divertedt ot hedome sca irportont heot he rs ideofS ha ng- pa rtak eoft hes a crame nt .Ididn’ tk nowhowI wa sg oi
ngt o
hai.Me anwhi l
eS pe ncer, whowa sme e ngusuponour gof ourmont hswi thoutt hat. Nowt ha tI ha vebe e ninChi na
arri
va l
, wa ssl latthei nte rnaona lairports e archingf orus . f ora l
mos tt hr eewe e k
s, Irealizewha tabl e s
s i
ngi tisto
Whi l
ewewa i
te de veryonea roundwa se xtreme ly( ov e rl
y ) a e nd chu rch an d p ar cipate in th e B ei
jing In t
e r
n a onal
Distri
c tBr anc h. Thefir stwe e kofc hur chwa sa ma zing.
helpful.A e rtwohour s,Spe nc erfina llyar r
iv ed. Heha d Whe nwee nteredt hec hur ch, Ifeltt heS pi ri
thi tmel i
k ea
goe ns tuc kinr e
a l
lyba dt rafficonhi swa yf romt heot he r bus.I twa sa lmos tov erwhe l
mi ng .Andbe caus eI'mi na
air
por t.Het ookust ot het r ai
ns taonwhe r
eweboa r de dour pl acewhe reI can'tope nlydi scusst heg os pe l,Ifeel Iam
overnig htt rai
n.Wes lepts oundl y(we 'dbe enups inc e4a m!) a blet or ec og ni
z et heS piritev enbe e randa pprec i
a t
ei ta
andwok eupt hene xtmor ningi nourc ity.TongChe ngi sa l
o tm o re. D u ri
n gs acram e nt m ee n g, Pre sident Stra o rd
compa re dAmmon’ sexpe rienc et obe ingi nChi na .J ustlik
e
reall
yc ool place :
thes tre etsa relinedwi thlil ev endor sa nd Ammon, wea r
et e achingt heChi ne sepe opl et houg h
farms ta nds ,pe oplea rez i
ppi nga roundonbi kes service .Wec a
nbee x
a mpl est ot he m. Eve ni fwec annot
everywhe r e--
it’
sv ery" China ."T i
na ,ourl iais
on, wa swa ing be a rourt esmoni esbywor d, wec a nbe arourt esmony
forusa tthet r ai
ns taon, andwewe nts trai
g htt ot hes chool, t hroug he xampl e.
ahug eboa rdings chool justout s
idet hec i
ty.Af e wda ysa e r My first Su nd ay i
n Yong zhou, I felttheS piritjus tass trong
asI didi nBe iji
ng .T he rewe reni neofusa ndI knowwea ll
arri
ving ,T inac amee arlyint hemor ni ngt obr ingust os ign fel
tt heS pirit.I
twa ssohumbl ingt obei nas ma llbe droom,
ourc ont rac t
.Ont hewa yov ertot hea dmi nistraonbui lding ha vingt hes acrame ntbl essed. Ife l
ts og rateful tobea bleto
sheinf orme duswewoul ds tartteachi ngt hatmor ning !(T he r ene wmyc ov enant sa ndt hinka boutChr ista ndt heAt one-
Chine seha vey ettof ull
yg raspt hewe s t
erni de aofa dv anc ed me nt.I twa st rulya nama zi
nge xpe r i
e nce .A e rt heme et-
no c e)S owes ignedourc ont ract
s ,
a ndt he nwe nts tra ightt o i
n g,w e h ad r
o l
l callo verth e t
e leco m . Peo p l
e ca l
led in fr
om
20ot he rl oc aons !I ns ome ,the rewe rela rgeg roupsl ike
ourfir stc la s
s. Weha dno met og etne rvous , wej us tha dto our s ;ins ev eralot he rplac es,justoneol de rwoma nc alle
d
gofori t!A e rweha dfini she da llourc l
ass esT inac a met ot el
linbyhe rself.I f
e el l
ikeI ha veac onne cont oe veryone ,
ustha tt heHe adma sterwoul dl i
ket oi nterviewus .Webot h e vent houg hI ha veonl yhe ardt he irv oice sa ndha vene ve
r
figure dhewa ntedt oa skusa boutourfir stda yoft e a chi ng me tt he mi npe rson.Whe nI us edt ot hinka boutc omi ngto
andi fwel ikedt hes chool .We ll
..
.that'swha twe Chin a,I feltth atI w as m i
ss i
ng o ut o n spiritua lm a ers. Let
mej us ts ayt ha tthe sepa sttwowe ek satc hur c
h, Iha vef el
t
thoug ht...un l weno c edt hebi gT Vc ame ra sa ndt hemi cro- t heS pi r
its trong ert hanI havei nal ong me . TheBe ij
ing
phones e tup!Appa rentlywea rene wswor thy! I
nte rnaona lDistrictBr anc hisa we somea ndI fee lpri
v i-
l
e gedt obea bl
et opa rc i
pa tei ns ome thingl iket his.
-S adieKnowl ton&Ma ddi eCl owa d t
r hi
s .
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xpe
rei
nce
swi
thF
ood
Atthes choolcaf
e t
e ri
aweha vee atenduc kfeet, c
hicken
feet,ande el
.Theduc kfeetwe renotlikec hic
ke nfeetatall
.
Chickenfeetarefulloflilef ootbone s; t
heduc kfeetwere
actual
lymos tl
ye dible,atl
e astwet hi
nkt he ywe re.They
we
l
ag
rec
et
he
ota
wy
st
,
a
el
ndi
i
ke.
twa
Wi t
sj
ha
us
l
lt
twha
hes
ty
pi
c
ouwoul
e
sa dde
de
din,
x
t
pe
he
ctc
yta
ar-
s
ted Whoha
sSwi
neF
lu?
al
l ri
ght.It
’salilewe ir
dbe causewedi dn'tknowpe ople
ateduc kfeet
!Plus, whok nowswhe r
et hosefee thave AsI lef orChi na, Iwa sr eallye xcitedt obeg oingona
bee n?!I
twa sfunnyt oma k ethemwa lkaroundourpl at
es. greata dv entur e ,butt ha tfateful Tue sda ywhe nI
Thee elactual
lytastedpr e yg ood,too. I
twa sal otoffun reache dt hea irport, myt empe r
a tures ta r
tedc l
imbi ng.
tal
kingwi t
htheot he rteachersa ndtryi
ngt ofig ureout
wha twewe r
ee ang . Aswepa s s
e dt hec he ckpoi nta tt hea i
rporti nBe i
ji
ng ,a
-
Wi nnieBa l
l
ard Chine sema ni nama skc ameupt ome , andi nbr ok en
Eng l
ish, sai
d, " Yourt e mpe ratur eisal il ehig h. Foll
ow
me ."Myf ev err educ e rha dn' tdonei tsjob,s ot he ytold
meI ne ede dt ot akea na mbul a nc et ot hehos pitalsoI
couldbet e
s tedf ors wi neflu, butt ha tthe r
ewa sonl ya
1%c ha nc et ha tIha di t.I gott ot hehos pit
al whe r
e
theyg e sturedmei nt omypr i
v ater oomwi thapor table
toi
let, whi c
ht he ywe rev erye xc i
te dt os howme .The y
evenbr oug htmes omef ooda ndbo l edwa te r
.T he
testwa spa i
nl es s
, j
us tamout hs wa b.L a t
et ha te vening
thedoc tortol dmeI wa sfreet og o.I t
or eoffmyma sk
(myf av orit
es ouv enir )a ndwonde re dwha tI woul ddo
onceI gotout side .ButI wa sha nde dov ertoar eall
y
Thel e ade rsa tmys chool knewmybi rthda ywa sc omingup,
niceChi ne seg i
rltha ts pok eg r
e atE ng li
s h.Shet ookme
andt heyk e ptme n oninga l
lthiss t
ufft heywe reg oi
ngto
doa ndhowi twoul dbeabi gc el
e braon. T heni ghtofmy backt oourhos tel.I wa ssoha ppy !Ac tuall
y, myqua r
-
birthda yt he ypickedusupt ot akeustodi nne r
. Wedr oveto an nee xperie ncewa she avenl y.I didn' thav et owor ry
ar un- downbui ldingi nthemi ddleofnowhe r
e.E v er
yone aboutmyba g s, I
di dn' tha vet og ot hroug ht hea i
rpor t,
I
gotout .Tur nsout ,thiswaswhe rewewe ree ang !
gotaf r eeta xi ri
dei nt ot hec i
ty, Iwa sse rvedl unc hin
Nor ma l
lyt heyta keusoutt oreall
yni c
epl aces,s othiswas
kindofs tra nge.Ther ewe r
ec hickensa nddog sr unning bed, andI gott os l
e epa llda ya e rar ea l
l
ylongfli g ht.I
arounda tourf ee t
,a ndwef oundoutt hos earet hedog s can'tc ompl a i
nabi tot he rtha nI mi ssedoutont he
the ye at!T hes me ll
wa sawful a
ndt hef oodwa spr e ybad, acv ie soft heda y, butI thinkI woul dha vee nde dup
too, butt he yma deust rye ve
r y
thing,ofc ourse. Thenas
sle
e pingt hroug ht hes howa ny wa y!
dinnerwaswi ndingdownI l
ookedupa ndsawac owwa lk-
i
ngt owardsourt able!Isa
idsome thi
nga boutitandnoone
seeme dpha sedforsomer eason.I
tjustwa l
kedrightupto -
Jami
eShe
ffer
ourtablea ndwouldha vee a
tenthef oodoffourpl atesi
fa
wor k
erha dn’tcomea ndc has
e di
ta way.Asittur
nsout ,
thatwa s
n’tmybi rthdaycele
braona ta l
l
,butitwa s
definitel
yadi nnerI wil
lal
wa y
sr e
me mbe r.
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i
sonHubble

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Ma ttCa r
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on He ngyang
Me ganSu therl
and He ngyang
Sh aneGa gnon L i
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Ho l
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All
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J
e ssiEpley Longhui
Ha i
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Emi l
yS oule Shuangpai
Mad di
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d T ongcheng
SadieKn o wlt
on T ongcheng
E v
eHo sfor
d Xiangtan
Lea hDu nn Xiangtan
Lau renS i
sto Xi
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SynthiaF l
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Da neNi else
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AleshaNi else
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