Hello from Beijing!
Hope you all are having a better start of the semester than me; my first few days have been rough. For starters, Peking University campus is huuuuuuuge. It’s probably the size of Wenham, no joke, and no one speaks English. But that’s just the beginning. Besides being sick when I got off the plane, on my first day, the ATM took my card and wouldn’t give it back (I got it back a few days later). After a day of orientation we took a small trip to Chengde for a few days to see the Wall and some temples which was cool, but I still felt sick. The day we got back, I realized my wallet was gone. This was the last straw. I went to the office and told them I was ill with a fever and that my wallet was gone… They brought me to a “special” clinic (the ones for people with possible swine flu) and was given a face mask. After taking a blood test and chest x-ray, they sent me back to my room under quarantine until they had results. Crazy right?!
But in all this God is faithful….. The morning I realized my wallet was gone (and the day I was first quarantined) I prayed to God that He would bring me my wallet, because I couldn’t find it; I asked for a miracle. That night, when I was down, alone in my room and isolated, a girl from my program knocked on my door and handed me my wallet w/ all my money intact! And as I type to you now, I am off quarantine-- I’m on the mend! Praise God!
School starts on Monday for me and I will hopefully moving into my host family soon, once I’m a bit better. Hope all is well in the USA. Please continue to keep me in your prayers.
Nigel
That's great! Praying for you.
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