Unfortunately, it seems as if the stereotypical Seattle weather has caught up with us here in China. Today we got caught in a downpour, and it rained quite heavily yesterday afternoon as well. But like true Seattleites, we refused to let the inclement weather deter us!
Yesterday we spent the entire day at the Agape Family Home, definitely one of the highlights of the trip so far. (On the way there, we saw a solar eclipse! Very cool.) Our activities ranged from playing with the kids to scrubbing the kitchen clean to setting up swing sets. 
After a delicious lunch of their homemade pizza, (plus carrot cake and brownies—both of which were gone almost instantly) we went back to work. Some of the children were supposed to be in school that afternoon, but their teachers allowed a brief interruption for us to teach the kids English. We spent a few hours spelling out words and phrases for them to write, and pretty soon the tables were turned and they were teaching us Chinese! We really liked this opportunity to get to know the kids and interact with them one-on-one, and they seemed pretty excited, too.
At the end of the day, the entire group met inside one of the houses to say goodbye. The children of the Agape Family Home sang us several songs and played the piano for us, and we played the piano for them (none of us had enough guts to sing!)
Today the girls had a traditional Chinese photo shoot in a studio, and in the evening the entire group watched the “Legend of Kung Fu” show. Tomorrow we leave for Xuanhua, a town a few hours outside of Beijing. Until then, zai jian!
FCC-NW Teens
Yesterday we spent the entire day at the Agape Family Home, definitely one of the highlights of the trip so far. (On the way there, we saw a solar eclipse! Very cool.) Our activities ranged from playing with the kids to scrubbing the kitchen clean to setting up swing sets. 
After a delicious lunch of their homemade pizza, (plus carrot cake and brownies—both of which were gone almost instantly) we went back to work. Some of the children were supposed to be in school that afternoon, but their teachers allowed a brief interruption for us to teach the kids English. We spent a few hours spelling out words and phrases for them to write, and pretty soon the tables were turned and they were teaching us Chinese! We really liked this opportunity to get to know the kids and interact with them one-on-one, and they seemed pretty excited, too.
At the end of the day, the entire group met inside one of the houses to say goodbye. The children of the Agape Family Home sang us several songs and played the piano for us, and we played the piano for them (none of us had enough guts to sing!)Today the girls had a traditional Chinese photo shoot in a studio, and in the evening the entire group watched the “Legend of Kung Fu” show. Tomorrow we leave for Xuanhua, a town a few hours outside of Beijing. Until then, zai jian!
FCC-NW Teens
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