WE'RE HERE!!

News from China‼ (Our news has been delayed because the internet at the hotel has been down until this morning)…


We are here and we are so excited! Sorry I have been unable to write until now – Sharon and I arrived safely on Thursday Dec. 2nd in the afternoon Beijing time (around midnight on Wednesday in the Colorado). We had a great flight – very smooth and wonderful seats with lots of room. Both of us slept well the first night and awoke on Friday fairly rested.

We met with Hope in the morning and had training with our first group from 1pm – 4pm on Friday and the second from 7-9pm. Today (Saturday) we attended the Family conference with Jim and Judy Burrows n the morning – they had a very nice turn-out and it seemed to go along quite well. After a quick lunch near our hotel we conducted training with another group at a Christian Tea House‼ Whew – we had not had time until tonight to go to the grocery store to get our supply of water for the week …

We have seen 35-40 women so far and they are so enthusiastic, have so many questions and we are amazed at how far they drive and the effort they put in to be wherever we are. It is a blessing to serve these open and dear women – the need for leadership training is great. We are excited to plan consistent follow-up for Hope to do when we are not here and to announce an upcoming leadership retreat for the spring!

Much more to come tomorrow and pictures to share. Actually, the internet is down in the hotel so I am writing this in a word document in hopes of pasting it into the blog. Sharon says to tell you all that your Saturday will be wonderful – we checked it out ahead of time for you‼

Love,
Peggy