tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13783838483780863492024-02-07T17:14:58.689+08:00B E. c o m i n g . . .photographs, thoughts, and observationsJennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-67462376383977452082011-05-05T08:20:00.016+08:002011-05-05T09:12:03.635+08:00Wedding:: Jeff & KyleneJeff and Kylene have known each other for years, it was one of those "it's about time!" when they got engaged. They met at <a href="http://www.indianhillscamp.com/">Indian Hills Camp </a>and, though very different in personality, they just work for each other. They truly compliment and strengthen each other.<br /><br />They were married on a bright sunshiny day at<a href="http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/parks/picnic/flinnsprings.html"> Flinn Springs Park</a> in Lakeside, CA and had a warm, laid back ceremony and reception -- complete with B.Y.O.C (bring your own chair) and a community potluck. It was so relaxed, like a big family had gotten together on a Sunday for lunch to celebrate. Which, I think, is exactly what they wanted. Home-spun details, friends, and family. We even got to take home-made jam as favors! yum!<br /><br />No frills, just the most important things:: <span style="font-size:130%;">each other</span>. amen, to that.<br /><br />They headed off on a jet plane and moved to New York the <span style="font-style: italic;">very next day</span> to start a new life together!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhejJ0fHI2Q1YBRqXbonpoUfyPFD73rbWKg-bA-nAWLR4PZkLqtHNrerudP4Xgj_ppNWliLp8m7JP1oak2zMdEEMcERlesyjEWwU0yyPBL_fpbW5qM3shk8TX6hY4ATAICHIOy9H-jTk/s1600/ceremony+26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhejJ0fHI2Q1YBRqXbonpoUfyPFD73rbWKg-bA-nAWLR4PZkLqtHNrerudP4Xgj_ppNWliLp8m7JP1oak2zMdEEMcERlesyjEWwU0yyPBL_fpbW5qM3shk8TX6hY4ATAICHIOy9H-jTk/s400/ceremony+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603022800619276402" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Jq_16WnQm08kvnoQMDOtPntWuSOb1P1I3c5BF65KBI2iUq3xxYi5esYXLSa3bQDJP3K106CpNoBtv5Crws_8LVw9avzjzCkj6G-7hyXyG7Kcfp-Ccggb3Ci03OqmbLG6Os_SoD5sj-k/s1600/tables.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ13OC3T8vtFLfJewETI3SpLcKhQzBjo1Lu6r39TJCNSaVW3uh8dN8I0as51K4y3SZqhq6o21ywnu-hH2K1IqT79bArQjk1W21fIXemn5z3siwB3GPvJUckpuwoEyKEKzXEoWiuv4DPSs/s400/portrait+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603025279931004930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLoN2YInZsPJCR5lyQMkOuFmbvDjRQ1h0juH9mMNu7aFT9JCpuv1MsolQ0vjB2lF9tTnjWvLO8gp8XjNLYDwHo5ip8CvPI0kss8yJJhRuRoSd4fvoqwCnn_wa8ZBxXG6eHtJ-fpgeIOs/s1600/portrait+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLoN2YInZsPJCR5lyQMkOuFmbvDjRQ1h0juH9mMNu7aFT9JCpuv1MsolQ0vjB2lF9tTnjWvLO8gp8XjNLYDwHo5ip8CvPI0kss8yJJhRuRoSd4fvoqwCnn_wa8ZBxXG6eHtJ-fpgeIOs/s400/portrait+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603024621080207330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3b3HwlnVn7BC20CwPhpYsQLdddN246jXIKT9UhyXBGhVVykWSbdHhK0m5eJ7hLK7jmreRFXnX0ns8kNEMqeGa3O0c1qYKwocBmJUe-oazj2eusLOW1q1DDjZN1VFLUsbbMxUZICVbVg/s1600/kylene+back.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3b3HwlnVn7BC20CwPhpYsQLdddN246jXIKT9UhyXBGhVVykWSbdHhK0m5eJ7hLK7jmreRFXnX0ns8kNEMqeGa3O0c1qYKwocBmJUe-oazj2eusLOW1q1DDjZN1VFLUsbbMxUZICVbVg/s400/kylene+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603024614953650386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuj89OlC6Y8mktoD0dI58EbzOJOkq4hiZXyLBdYogZ8ERaG26gg87AWr6HevOhPTYj5S4odBCAm30ackSzA8H5VclhGu6xNfxWNgpbMe08yULhhGhZ2DRctjN8QEsGdlw-cMev7GYkiI/s1600/portrait+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuj89OlC6Y8mktoD0dI58EbzOJOkq4hiZXyLBdYogZ8ERaG26gg87AWr6HevOhPTYj5S4odBCAm30ackSzA8H5VclhGu6xNfxWNgpbMe08yULhhGhZ2DRctjN8QEsGdlw-cMev7GYkiI/s400/portrait+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603024621636767490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">this one is so Kylene :)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfzNeBp_LRTHWTV5NxJE94eTPLBDYNpsz3iaz5QZ3eDZZYIRyQ7ozzuoa1_9njEeTsIKloVu4j0hYW0L3Hlq7Tj8AnKqX9Igazom7DOw2-uyNNI846fTDejarTDwbDAlvRCg4H_Xd3Qc/s1600/kylene+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfzNeBp_LRTHWTV5NxJE94eTPLBDYNpsz3iaz5QZ3eDZZYIRyQ7ozzuoa1_9njEeTsIKloVu4j0hYW0L3Hlq7Tj8AnKqX9Igazom7DOw2-uyNNI846fTDejarTDwbDAlvRCg4H_Xd3Qc/s400/kylene+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603023898834429890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEktcfzpnTyY2o7vUy5iZHXGR2_ptMlHzUQ5msLAD09LHIh-HRRtnsYZ2N2wNST8EGjBUWNJ71sDk_MHtvPr2gtQAiPr2Wkz2eWVC-GX8zbGiJqOjzqCSM6FsqcMHkVu9WSBy186BtaI/s1600/first+dance+4+bw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEktcfzpnTyY2o7vUy5iZHXGR2_ptMlHzUQ5msLAD09LHIh-HRRtnsYZ2N2wNST8EGjBUWNJ71sDk_MHtvPr2gtQAiPr2Wkz2eWVC-GX8zbGiJqOjzqCSM6FsqcMHkVu9WSBy186BtaI/s400/first+dance+4+bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603023399702775794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations, you two!<br />Thanks again for letting me be a part of your special day!<br /></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-40056329764576358342011-05-01T23:29:00.008+08:002011-05-05T09:14:16.737+08:00Sneak Preview:: Jeff & Kylene<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUybx80cMwx4TWtn9_0PfPYIUdNRo_6Jgmdfg3sEeXs7jUPO-WjB5cW4V7gOcGXT4rp7oqvSlscsfZaCS-NCm6pUKvedIiUH9f92VpWqIkJ1RiL810lXhpvxWu1UQB3oS7pOaYUFq1_EQ/s1600/_DSC0052.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've been working on these images for a few months --- finally done!<br /></div><br />Here's a sneak peak at Jeff and Kylene's beautiful casual wedding at Flinn Springs Park in Lakeside, San Diego.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSo3pzOSOki_GQbg0BTwJNN_-18pGN0Ioo7iHDuufUB3Bh5OuB3cOCXE2hsh_9N4wOcy9HCgN-WcpdmX-yMHFV-GJevfrTT1eTEjaWncMEXX6dJ-akgFarv6eCLFeI15EfyRsxwFLmbo/s1600/_DSC0018+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSo3pzOSOki_GQbg0BTwJNN_-18pGN0Ioo7iHDuufUB3Bh5OuB3cOCXE2hsh_9N4wOcy9HCgN-WcpdmX-yMHFV-GJevfrTT1eTEjaWncMEXX6dJ-akgFarv6eCLFeI15EfyRsxwFLmbo/s400/_DSC0018+%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601772650926777810" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA3uI0E_IaGPzg4Rr_cT3joybxgydnMU5J9feh_SzR8l7iNH6ogU1tPIcoXJkUmxGqPG_AukR-9ooY8KVTShqL1e6kIZEIjube2CW0jTbHIM1s7ALec09odl9IouAYipodzxl3Jm4nKw/s1600/portrait+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA3uI0E_IaGPzg4Rr_cT3joybxgydnMU5J9feh_SzR8l7iNH6ogU1tPIcoXJkUmxGqPG_AukR-9ooY8KVTShqL1e6kIZEIjube2CW0jTbHIM1s7ALec09odl9IouAYipodzxl3Jm4nKw/s400/portrait+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601773996616210994" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUybx80cMwx4TWtn9_0PfPYIUdNRo_6Jgmdfg3sEeXs7jUPO-WjB5cW4V7gOcGXT4rp7oqvSlscsfZaCS-NCm6pUKvedIiUH9f92VpWqIkJ1RiL810lXhpvxWu1UQB3oS7pOaYUFq1_EQ/s1600/_DSC0052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUybx80cMwx4TWtn9_0PfPYIUdNRo_6Jgmdfg3sEeXs7jUPO-WjB5cW4V7gOcGXT4rp7oqvSlscsfZaCS-NCm6pUKvedIiUH9f92VpWqIkJ1RiL810lXhpvxWu1UQB3oS7pOaYUFq1_EQ/s400/_DSC0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601783705348721186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhJOyCbXVwv4a-yPe_hUelK-WziOrNfbZ2sn-Olm6YvNXUaxfDTDRoC4c7I-NTAc0uw-3Bhyphenhyphen1pVTQCfurdOBK_KR-H0eUoQpay5i6LjIE7GQWLwK-tQq5z-fXfCDeUUOP4WehRKvoU4A/s1600/_DSC0022+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhJOyCbXVwv4a-yPe_hUelK-WziOrNfbZ2sn-Olm6YvNXUaxfDTDRoC4c7I-NTAc0uw-3Bhyphenhyphen1pVTQCfurdOBK_KR-H0eUoQpay5i6LjIE7GQWLwK-tQq5z-fXfCDeUUOP4WehRKvoU4A/s400/_DSC0022+%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601771009400987314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">More to come soon!<br /></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-53857885981899720312011-04-28T10:38:00.024+08:002011-04-28T11:35:43.040+08:00Engaged:: Grayson & CarolynThis past fall I was given the privilege to shoot some engagement photos for Evan's little brother Grayson and soon wife-to-be, Carolyn, up in Fresno, CA. They have been together since high school, dating for over 5 years! Now that's what I call love, patience and commitment! They finally tied the knot this past October on a gorgeous sunny Saturday.<br /><br />Though a bit old, I wanted to share some of my favorites form the shoot ---> enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UkOu2Z5bZq4mRsnDZkzrfMWO8n1JDks-M06F11eF_uS5DnR-dxP27NZ9vjHOuOE5ZGnVjBLybrOdo3c4FNXbzGRY_jnPXeUW9M_KMF_Yks6kednmAUOWXI69yQ3dOKGdqeT3jQIKph0/s1600/_DSC0226.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UkOu2Z5bZq4mRsnDZkzrfMWO8n1JDks-M06F11eF_uS5DnR-dxP27NZ9vjHOuOE5ZGnVjBLybrOdo3c4FNXbzGRY_jnPXeUW9M_KMF_Yks6kednmAUOWXI69yQ3dOKGdqeT3jQIKph0/s400/_DSC0226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600470782317007458" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_N6Qned0ee668CAdn92E2VuqzFevIdrgRQ8vqQIEfLHWl4pfrqhZ5_BM6mtuS7ySqfghuIgYe6C90qOheRUKF56kiU1ZuV2kBv13t4ydpez47aiB9s-NjjIhly051m4sheZRfHSaVw3k/s1600/_DSC0230.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KA5HzA7MCC6D1lbP2Rou-ij2h8qzc96I_b_Hs-3A3Q3LcINFq78LO7EgR7HhjDaeXlMdu29FwqXCjgX9C5QiYtXhv2LsPmu62scLbUNEfYBY-9_JSWUxz0-ti3SZHjsZHiX7KieCvJI/s400/400000000000000170875_s4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597827483432738706" border="0" /></a><br />I went to see the author speak a few weeks back. fantastic! Feeling so good and only hoping for better! Seriously, go read her book!<br /><br /><br />I've been working a lot.<br />busy and blessed.<br />paying the bills.<br />thankful.<br /><br />Looking forward to a road trip up to Modesto this weekend to visit Evan's family for Easter.<br /><br />EXCITED!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-75047009492476627502011-04-18T10:40:00.023+08:002011-04-28T10:36:51.070+08:00Eleanor & Riccardo:: EngagedA few months back a dear friend of mine, <a href="http://www.eleanorgreer.blogspot.com/">Elly</a>, allowed me the pleasure to shoot some engagement portraits of her and her fiance. They met in Spain while she was teaching English. Romantic, huh? She's a painter and he's an marketing wiz/coffee connoisseur. We shot in Little Italy, the perfect place for an artist and Peruvian/Italian businessman.<br /><br />The session for me was practice in shooting portraits, and a technical fight against the elements: late afternoon low light, cloudy, dark, almost raining -- it did end up raining at the end, etc. As much as I deeply love people and photography, my portraiture always feels so timid, so rushed.<br /><br />hence, the deep need for practice....<br /><br />Enjoy some of my favorites!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKjbMEl9S1MCDRWJZ7anrcAWUOcnrkoCRbhGbN7e7lQqlIc-LrZlirQVvcvEAHhOGxPk2qocaK_DZY50LLnhbFKh6ZHFdYha6dNd-L9ohLvUrLSp10dypPNpqNKpQyC2z8k21nCNtUGc/s1600/_DSC0013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKjbMEl9S1MCDRWJZ7anrcAWUOcnrkoCRbhGbN7e7lQqlIc-LrZlirQVvcvEAHhOGxPk2qocaK_DZY50LLnhbFKh6ZHFdYha6dNd-L9ohLvUrLSp10dypPNpqNKpQyC2z8k21nCNtUGc/s400/_DSC0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596752442708290082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiex7kL3joTPs2ztB0LNGCJfLtEd8SkhP7vBX7OwUB8pRRQiOH1C39NqIoxRWgN3cFEtG529c_PJe2l9d7QklRwEgaF6pllV0PHncjlIrLHR5gkFsk_xl_HXZmL_9PoLrQQZNGElrieqZY/s1600/_DSC0008.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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His joy was contagious! As he shared his vision, his faith and trust in the GOD who lives, loves, and provides was so BIG. I was humbled. I feel so distracted by "things" and "responsibilities" here in the U.S. But when you have nothing (like in Uganda), your dependance on what really matters is so questioned and heightened, so purely and honestly. Faith like a child. beautiful. What I strive for.<br /><br />Evan and I decided together to sponsor a 12 year old girl named Sylvia who lost her parents to AIDS and has no known relatives. We couldn't be more excited to give $35 a month to provide housing, schooling, food, and hope to this beautiful girl, spiritually and physically! We also can't wait for our first letter to be sent, delivered, and to hear back from her heart --- woo!<br /><br />How about you --- do you have $35 a month laying around that you might consider investing in eternity with? Such a rad opportunity.<br /><br />Think about it!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-64610977472322628242011-03-26T08:30:00.005+08:002011-03-26T10:24:52.322+08:00Happy weekend!This past week was very busy at work and I am so looking forward to the weekend!<br /><br />One of my student's Italian father -- Italian, as in he imports olive oil from his own farm in Italy and sells it on the weekends -- shared this video with me. LEGIT.<br /><br />If you are are Italian or have visited Italy I bet you can resonate with at least one of these. enjoy:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZAJNFoHuLno" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Ciao!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-20622619251627535302011-03-23T08:06:00.009+08:002011-03-23T09:02:08.903+08:00AAAND we're back...It has been almost 6 months since I have blogged -- or rather, it <span style="font-style: italic;">has</span> been 6 months.<br /><br />A lot has gone on:<br /><br />- I left China after 2 eye-opening years of teaching English<br />- I traveled for 3 amazing weeks through Switzerland, Italy, and France<br />- I came back to the USA!<br />- I moved back home with my fantastic parents<br />- I got a job! 2 jobs actually, working for the YMCA<br />- I am now an almost working adult. ha<br /><br />My hope in 2011 is to improve my photography, improve my health, and improve my mind. Hopefully this blog will be a platform in which to do, share, discuss, and learn these things.<br /><br />SO...to begin. 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I am now on a 2 week break enjoying sleeping in, exercising, reading, preparing for summer school classes, cooking, cleaning, and of course, hanging out with Evan. :)<br /><br />The sun has been shining, the sky has been blue, and my A/C is now fully functional with the arrival of summer's heat and humidity. It may sound silly...but I am <span style="font-size:130%;">so</span> very thankful for air-conditioning! Especially having lived in sub-tropical countries!<br /><br />In honor of finishing school and the sillyness that comes with teaching the English language, a video:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00">CLICK!!! </a></span>-----> This hilarious video is what English <span style="font-style: italic;">sounds like</span> to non-native speakers.<br /><br />***Note: they are <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> speaking a language at all, just making sounds, so basically gibberish.<br /><br /> fab. and a good laugh.<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Italic" title="Italic" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 4);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Italic" class="gl_italic" border="0" /></span></span><br />Happy summer, everyone! 9 weeks left until my adventure to Europe and back to the US begins!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-61363149425698445402010-05-21T11:44:00.000+08:002010-05-21T11:46:17.627+08:00wow."I only love God as much as I love the person I love the least." - Dorothy Day<br /><br /><br />Think about that one for a while.<br /><br />ouch.Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-51473489698441113132010-05-14T13:06:00.004+08:002010-05-14T13:42:13.365+08:00Spring weather, books, and learning grace.May is halfway over here in southern China, and the summer warmth is slowly descending. The weather ranges from cloudy and dreary, to bursting sunshine and distant polluted clouds. The sky tries so hard to be blue and on some days, nearly succeeds, amidst the gray haze of pollution. <br /><br />I do so miss sunshine and blue skies. I have concluded that I need it to survive - and not just for biological reasons (e.i. Vitamin D). It lifts my spirit, my being, my whole soul. A photograph of San Diego's Black's Beach cliffs covers my computer desktop at school, bringing memories of the beauty of home, a beauty I have come to appreciate being away.<br /><br />I have been reading and have successfully finished several books:<br />"Boundaries"<br />"Soul Cravings"<br />"The Giver"<br />and I'm currently half-way through Yancey's "What's So Amazing About Grace?"<br /><br />I feel so accomplished when turning the final page in a book, closing the back cover, and setting it back on the shelf. I feel accomplished doing some silly things like:<br />- making and crossing off lists (post-college life has made me a list-maker...)<br />- finishing glass jars of food. like almond butter. I find some sort of serious commitment when opening a glass jar of goodness and I don't like to see it go to waste. <br />- successfully completing a pilates workout, or yoga. ouch! <br /><br />I have 6 weeks left of the school term and, while emotionally/mentally I am winding down, I'm trying to give my best and all these last few classes with my students. I was recently give the ENTIRE responsibility of teaching our summer school program, which began as an unreasonably huge request by my superiors. But with patience, prayer, and several conversations, there has been compromise and it will be doable. At the very least, it will be yet another learning experience for me - I'll be teaching the older grades, which I have never taught before, nor know the extent of their English knowledge,comprehension, or usage. Learn to swim by jumping in, right?<br /><br />With each passing day I am hopeful for the future.<br /><br />I am learning so much about grace.<br />about forgiveness.<br />about love.<br />about trust. <br /><br />"There will be no escape from wars, from hunger, from misery, from racial discrimination, from denial of human rights, and not even from missiles, if our hearts are not changed." - Lance Morrow<br /><br />Hoping for a changed heart as I leave China, to better show His grace and love to this broken world.Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-41440447839998387362010-04-12T11:35:00.004+08:002010-04-12T12:14:56.043+08:00Happy Reasons.Some simple happy reasons having Evan here is making my life so much richer:<br /><br />1. I have someone to cook, eat, and clean up dinner with. <br /><br />2. On his days off (which are usually mid-week days) he can go to the market for me so I don't have to go after a long day of work. woo!<br /><br />3. He helps me clean my apartment. Note** I clean it weekly, but my roommate doesn't, so cleaning the whole place by myself takes hours and effort (and with only 1 day off a week, I'd rather not spend the whole day cleaning). With 2 people it's much faster! yes! <br /><br />4. I have someone to ride the bus, taxis, rickshaws, motorbikes, and walk the streets with - not only is that much safer, but much more fun!<br /><br />5. He can bargain cheaper public transportation prices than I can.<br /><br />6. I have a co-teacher for the volunteer adult English class I teach at the Bible college once a week. It's so fun to teach together! The students laugh at us every week. :) <br /><br />7. Hanging out with my male friends is less awkward, and it also opens doors to hang out with more couples, and people in general.<br /><br />8. I have someone to bake cookies for - who will actually help me eat them. And cook pancakes, french toast, and Mexican food, who actually likes BEANS (sent with love from my parents).<br /><br />9. I have support, encouragement, affirmation and am being challenged daily to live like Him by someone, in the flesh.<br /><br />10. I have a friend daily, who I can talk to, laugh with, learn with, grow with, and strive to love this sometimes frustrating and difficult world with. <br /><br /><br />I am becoming more and more fond of the word "with." I guess that's why God says, "Do not fear for I am with you, do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and keep you, I will uphold you with my righteous right arm." And why Jesus says, "Never will I leave you."<br /><br />Life together - it is truly a gift!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-77437856676161314772010-04-09T16:11:00.001+08:002010-04-09T20:12:59.001+08:005 months left. still naive.The decision has finally been made, the formal letter given, a simple grunt of "okay" received.<br />I will leave Shantou this coming September bound for the beauty of central Europe for a small soul retreat before heading back to the US, back home, back to family.<br /><br />Home is relative these days.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Home is where you and I belong." </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Home is where I belong with you." </span><br />Home is with the people my heart so deeply loves.<br /><br />I am at peace with my decision. Though it will be difficult to leave the little faces I have so deeply poured my everything into, the often frustrating culture that I have so tried to understand and learn from, the new experiences, the places, the faces, the laughter and tears, the new life I have somehow constructed and lived on my own, my time is coming to a close. I can say goodbye in peace. I feel I'm being called to a season of "normalcy;" a time with family, working, paying bills, being an "adult," sorting through all my heart, mind, and soul have seen and experienced, <span style="font-style: italic;">being</span>. "Normal" now will become my new adventure. yikes....<br /><br />Chris Rice sings so many of my heart's questions these days well:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">How long until You defend Your name and set the record right</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And how far will You allow the human race to run and hide</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And how much can You tolerate our weaknesses</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Before You step into our sky blue and say "That's quite enough!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Am I naive to want a remedy for every bitter heart?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Can I believe You hold an exclamation point for every question mark?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And can I leave the timing of this universe in bigger hands?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And may I be so bold to ask You to please hurry?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I hear that a God who's good would never let the evil run so long</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But I say it's because You're good You're giving us more time, yeah</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Cause I believe that You love to show us mercy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But when will You step into our sky blue</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And say "That's quite enough, and your time is up!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Am I naive to want a remedy for every bitter heart</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Can I believe You hold an exclamation point for every question mark</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And can I leave the timing of this universe in bigger hands</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And may I be so bold to ask You to please hurry?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Am I naive...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Can I believe...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And can I leave...in bigger hands</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And may I be so bold to ask You, to ask You, to ask You</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How long?</span><br /></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-62535201984130187182010-03-06T15:09:00.002+08:002010-03-06T15:25:09.954+08:00News from AGES ago...Hello world (outside of China)! <br /><br />Yes, I am still alive and yes, still very much in the PRC.<br /><br />Due to horrible internet connectivity and a lessening amount of patience, along with Chinese New Year holiday and a fabulous vacation home to the beautiful southern California, I have been M.I.A in the blog world.<br /><br />SO....what's new? <br /><br />1. I am currently loving and thankful for btunnel.com - though I can't post pictures or leave comments/interact, I CAN check Facebook, my blog, and other such censored and blocked sites here. woo!<br /><br />2. My vacation home was absolutely fabulous. It included sleeping, eating Mexican food, visiting family and friends, digging a HUGE hole in our backyard to help my mom plant fruit trees, enjoying the beach, sunshine, blue skies, warm weather, a soft bed, real water pressure, a roadtrip to Modesto with my mom to visit Evan's family, a visit to Old Sacramento, a weekend in Big Bear playing in the snow, and overall just loving being home.<br /><br />3. I am not alone anymore! Yes, it's true. My boyfriend Evan came back to Shantou with me to teach at another school in the city. He currently has a 6 mo. contract helping adults better their English skills and helping high school students prepare for exams allowing them to study abroad in English speaking countries. The work is easy, the pay decent, and I am MORE than happy to finally have a friend and companion in this often lonely city. Praise God! My dinners are no longer eaten alone in front of my computer screen and my weekends now have a buddy to roam the streets with. yay! <br /><br /><br />China is still big, busy, and full of people. <br /><br />I have 6 months left in my contract and am currently praying about extending it or moving onto my next adventure. <br /><br />I am back at school and busy as ever, doing my best do learn this teaching thing.<br /><br />HE is still good. <br /><br /><br />"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life." - Proverbs 30:12 <br /><br />Seeking my dreams, still finding my heart, and knowing it all leads to Him in the end.Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-19739117556204682052009-12-28T17:46:00.019+08:002010-01-04T18:07:54.593+08:00Christmas 2009 (a little late)Well, Christmas and now New Years has come and gone here in southern China. I have been trying to post for weeks but due to the "Great Firewall of China," my interent would not allow. Anywho...this year's holiday proved to be new, different, special, and memorable (such a change from last year. ugh). Praise God!<br /><br />My Christmas 2009:<br /><br />This holiday season I have been more aware, I think, than ever before, just want this holiday is truly about. As I struggle to share my life and therein my faith with those around me, my lack of words, my lack of close relationship, and the barriers and blocks of an ancient culture deeply rooted in tradition, have left my heart sobered and thoughtful as I gaze at the faces I pass daily. They don't know my Jesus, they don't know his grace, his hope, his joy, his freedom, nor the life that he brings. So I desperately tried to share that joy in the small ways.<br /><br />Christmas week at school I scrapped "real" learning and we did crafts and learned holiday words. The kids were gearing up for their big dance performance anyway, and didn't need a load of new English words on top of their little pressured heads. So why not have fun?<br /><br />we made hand-print Christmas trees:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-ClWYZNuEghW-oMkhDjSy60PQNmhN_LmWbHn1RbxP9o28wfg7WrSdNT0AlExQEep5g58N0BwLq_hoTEUkqTcnNFKJJc9bEGH66qsxUIm9b3u9gsiKk9Wje1Sc_wRx-ZDXFdz-6EpgDw/s1600-h/_DSC0141.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-ClWYZNuEghW-oMkhDjSy60PQNmhN_LmWbHn1RbxP9o28wfg7WrSdNT0AlExQEep5g58N0BwLq_hoTEUkqTcnNFKJJc9bEGH66qsxUIm9b3u9gsiKk9Wje1Sc_wRx-ZDXFdz-6EpgDw/s400/_DSC0141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420243823464855330" border="0" /></a>I let each teacher make the star - to be a part of our tree :)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvPMjQzpNsuqI9Vof7rMwBhlOX47sFRChuSNKOJYgWT7Pm78BS8fuu2IehHLKRkqMWeqsnoi1Vk8yWEXaw4VjRu1GR-PGqQ8A_CRL9BF_l1J9XTnEX4ohY_4eHCuYapXEqF7666nYuFA/s1600-h/_DSC0102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvPMjQzpNsuqI9Vof7rMwBhlOX47sFRChuSNKOJYgWT7Pm78BS8fuu2IehHLKRkqMWeqsnoi1Vk8yWEXaw4VjRu1GR-PGqQ8A_CRL9BF_l1J9XTnEX4ohY_4eHCuYapXEqF7666nYuFA/s400/_DSC0102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420248536632649442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR0etyZPgF6VTK0M2GFmKreZt7rrhBc0s0x2zYHt8EPO69B1_E01XiirwD-9lNQCY8FbHyvBJJj9rlA01S33dJHW8oHTUUiKPzby-ow-oWKMNeLrJGgP14-quf0DfQgGuYXXyGFobriQ/s1600-h/_DSC0106.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR0etyZPgF6VTK0M2GFmKreZt7rrhBc0s0x2zYHt8EPO69B1_E01XiirwD-9lNQCY8FbHyvBJJj9rlA01S33dJHW8oHTUUiKPzby-ow-oWKMNeLrJGgP14-quf0DfQgGuYXXyGFobriQ/s400/_DSC0106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420248538718753474" border="0" /></a><br />we made paper stockings that they sewed together with string.<br /><br />I then filled them ALL with candy the night before Christmas for them to find the next day at school. It was a total hit ---> :)<br /><br />we also made snowmen which ended up all sorts of fabulous colors:<br /><br />And then Christmas Day afternoon the kids put on their dance and song performance. Pictures to come...too many to sort through right now.<br /><br />My holiday weekend (in which I was given 3 days off this year! woo!) finished with the self- assigned challenge of cooking an "American Christmas" dinner for several dear friends I have made here. After 2 1/2 hours of cooking, 6 potatoes, 4 breasts of chicken, 2 lbs. of green beans, lots of yummy caramalized onions, 2 sweet potatoes, 1 loaf of French bread, and a box of Stove Top stuffing somehow balanced between 2 stove burners and limited cookware, equaled a pretty tasty dinner all eaten in paper bowls with chopsticks - Chinese style.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJ56R0aGZOJXcU8pA0xysV-mti28FmQeyzQdAXSPpWDMZqySehAp7pR9akVd4njcTaBLPN3wrrNYtFGRYKtk0ZwZNdKw3Eo2VppsKF-uRRXYF3FWEgLGI8Uy_mRaBNsnvjYQf8NHLB6M/s1600-h/_DSC0269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJ56R0aGZOJXcU8pA0xysV-mti28FmQeyzQdAXSPpWDMZqySehAp7pR9akVd4njcTaBLPN3wrrNYtFGRYKtk0ZwZNdKw3Eo2VppsKF-uRRXYF3FWEgLGI8Uy_mRaBNsnvjYQf8NHLB6M/s400/_DSC0269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420242093772694466" border="0" /></a>I don't have enough dishes to entertain and it's silly to buy them, so paper it was.<br />And no one here likes forks anyway.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOefLW7Ukp-4MZjm3AUE2Pydube5BcKneTKze0btm2HMWLJ-L0yavlWAJfZ4MjPDZDeyqXAwJnGGt4ZAx61xU4XBbuiKPRPHPOkikzyQNwan0_1CnG4mEh7kS4fYe9IXXlUoRM5Ztpv4/s1600-h/_DSC0268.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOefLW7Ukp-4MZjm3AUE2Pydube5BcKneTKze0btm2HMWLJ-L0yavlWAJfZ4MjPDZDeyqXAwJnGGt4ZAx61xU4XBbuiKPRPHPOkikzyQNwan0_1CnG4mEh7kS4fYe9IXXlUoRM5Ztpv4/s400/_DSC0268.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420241002251048482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">My roommate Sammy even joined for a little while (that's amazing, trust me!).<br />R to L: Joy, Sammy, Johny (Evan's future boss and friend), Terry, and Anita.<br />These people have been an answer to <span style="font-style: italic;">many</span> prayers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTMDGocevnIB9LOnpLbQIklQaRpxh55eW9Wn3cK8SvOVYZr87bX1qeyUYRAMXQWjv-hym1hKs-Cmz6ShyNbPj13ABQnHJHisiEQhqpv7XJwSImtLX9xTVuVqCbgPqpH-_rL7Id0-orLE/s1600-h/_DSC0265.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTMDGocevnIB9LOnpLbQIklQaRpxh55eW9Wn3cK8SvOVYZr87bX1qeyUYRAMXQWjv-hym1hKs-Cmz6ShyNbPj13ABQnHJHisiEQhqpv7XJwSImtLX9xTVuVqCbgPqpH-_rL7Id0-orLE/s400/_DSC0265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420238461882800482" border="0" /></a><br />beautiful people. beautiful experiences. a beautiful life.<br />I am truly blessed.<br /><br />Happy New Year, everyone!<br /></div></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-64050334799914489392009-12-16T17:32:00.022+08:002009-12-16T20:09:06.711+08:00Joyeux Noel and Christmas Bells<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>191</o:Words> <o:characters>1093</o:Characters> <o:lines>9</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1342</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>11.1282</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotshowrevisions/> <w:donotprintrevisions/> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-NWzkgNsjmOxHDrTFdEDdCEb21nfEmgno8up1ekXGS_7-BxEkXs8JM6iFcH9iTTVrRZuXtjYu2EZ9jzzrGvZYd6u1xNkTyK5BVdkWYwCEBFKK3rl3wQyT-IydOiEw_G5_JjikiiHPj8/s400/joyeux_noel_ver3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415773810394352658" border="0" /></a><br />I wept because it honors the story of the historical cease fire that occurred on Christmas Eve during WWI between the Scottish, French, and Germans.<br /><br />I wept because it displays how ugly people can be, fearful, prideful, arrogant, ignorant, capable of so much harm.<br /><br />But I also wept because it so beautifully displays people and their desire and capacity for good, for love, peace, friendship, desire for home, the desire to do right, even in the bleakest of times and toughest of circumstances.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJoTIMx_lGbRlxDCkralPfrgbdFiZYvpyLtexCvF6j9c-h_GCUIElFoGJT6FV7vDvTqSeo1GUIrYlpCM4Gkjf5IYBfPM6iy1xItyjyOC2q5YP453aBE5GhtJ_ESfnsSmoF-lTCLhlp6o/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJoTIMx_lGbRlxDCkralPfrgbdFiZYvpyLtexCvF6j9c-h_GCUIElFoGJT6FV7vDvTqSeo1GUIrYlpCM4Gkjf5IYBfPM6iy1xItyjyOC2q5YP453aBE5GhtJ_ESfnsSmoF-lTCLhlp6o/s400/01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415791964506677234" border="0" /></a><br />I wept because it showes life, our broken world, the horrors that have happened, the lives that have been lost, history that has been shaped for good and bad, and the never ending cry of a world needing a Savior.<br /><br />I wept because it was beautiful, the message was so absolutely beautiful. And something I so needed to be reminded of this Christmas.<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes in his poem (also about war times) "Christmas Bells:"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><br /><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > I </span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" >HEARD</span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > the bells on Christmas Day<br />Their old, familiar carols play,<br />And wild and sweet<br />The words repeat<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > And thought how, as the day had come,<br />The belfries of all Christendom<br />Had rolled along<br />The unbroken song<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > Till ringing, singing on its way,<br />The world revolved from night to day,<br />A voice, a chime,<br />A chant sublime<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > Then from each black, accursed mouth<br />The cannon thundered in the South,<br />And with the sound<br />The carols drowned<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > It was as if an earthquake rent<br />The hearth-stones of a continent,<br />And made forlorn<br />The households born<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > And in despair I bowed my head;<br />"There is no peace on earth," I said;<br />"For hate is strong,<br />And mocks the song<br />Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-size:100%;">Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:<br />"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;<br />The Wrong shall fail,<br />The Right prevail,<br />With peace on earth, good-will to men."<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;">This poem chokes me up.</span><br /><br />Living overseas has opened my eyes and heart to this world in more ways than I <span style="font-style: italic;">ever</span> could have imaged. I resonate with Longfellow's cry about a world filled with hate, mocking, and war. I have experienced (albeit on a much smaller scale) just how real that is. I have been broken. I have cried. I have been left standing in awe, absolutely confused about all that is behind, beside and before me.<br /><br />But I have also heard the bells peal victoriously that <span>"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; the wrong shall fail, the right prevail, with peace on earth, good-will to men!"</span><br /><br />I cling to those words daily. The bride of Christ is broken and ugly, be she is <span style="font-style: italic;">still</span> the bride, and she is ever growing, ever changing, ever bettering, daily. I am a part of that body of Christ. And I have been called to love a world that does not know the hope of eternal peace, that hates, mocks, and fights. But He is coming back! He is alive! And this Christmas I am clinging to this truth and promise more than ever before.<br /><br />Joyeux Noel, Merry Christmas, from my heart to yours!<br /><!--EndFragment-->Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-76909644785699801012009-12-12T10:19:00.034+08:002009-12-13T20:27:42.084+08:00THANKSgiving!This Thanksgiving 2009, I was fortunate enough to go home for a <a href="http://www.allisonve.wordpress.com/">dear friend's</a> wedding right around the time of our holiday of thanks, so I swung my holiday time to include my country's beloved festivities before I headed back to the PRC.<br /><br />Though my family is small (um, 3 of us), our holidays have <span style="font-style: italic;">always </span>been fantastic, A+, amazing in every way, from decorations to food, festivities to family traditions. Yes. But this year, my family and I went north to <a href="http://www.hirsalgrounds.blogspot.com/">Evan's</a> home in Modesto to spend the holiday with his family = woo!<br /><br />I didn't do much shooting because, well, basically, I just wanted to sit back and enjoy the people (sometimes I get so wrapped up behind the camera that I spend the whole time shooting, which can be good - I guess it has it's pluses and minuses...). I'm not around people who know, love, like, and don't stare at me often. ;)<br /><br />It was <span style="font-size:180%;">big</span>. Let's see, 18 people I think?<br /><br />Loud, warm, yummy, wonderful...but waaay too fast.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayqgbCS5Yom6AebCDSp6hVeTAfcD_DHJn-CTBtMBKZyRixpCMFo_2smuytJJqDryCAAAa-CWFi_dC1E6R89XcbqV3ASSd05bzgH5uRebV6uyV8Y6fueH6oXaBjnAyWnqHuurReWGPQ0M/s1600-h/_DSC0173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayqgbCS5Yom6AebCDSp6hVeTAfcD_DHJn-CTBtMBKZyRixpCMFo_2smuytJJqDryCAAAa-CWFi_dC1E6R89XcbqV3ASSd05bzgH5uRebV6uyV8Y6fueH6oXaBjnAyWnqHuurReWGPQ0M/s400/_DSC0173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414652412980578162" border="0" /></a>THE bird.<br />26 lbs. of it!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHaT86SOM4OGGaVYCgXV6aZdzgo2Obo_Qn7C9YH2UJ8C2n6Ht1gwyqhbWNT0J_BJbcS47OImm5dMWVoiD1K1LX-atHHR3Y6McccyRfgdpvHvMdxm5xioYVHrODgpvWbZRCqnue6qKmoE/s1600-h/_DSC0176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHaT86SOM4OGGaVYCgXV6aZdzgo2Obo_Qn7C9YH2UJ8C2n6Ht1gwyqhbWNT0J_BJbcS47OImm5dMWVoiD1K1LX-atHHR3Y6McccyRfgdpvHvMdxm5xioYVHrODgpvWbZRCqnue6qKmoE/s400/_DSC0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414652861243778994" border="0" /></a>Evan and THE bird.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ9fkm4uDtnZ0KpvG3gBVwITTjoGem6X9_goiP4pjws_uNVIqGCXlEy7a9Ep5CWCSSgqWvntkPpavZNKQrnejeIFAfHlLA9S5D_4rdhz0DtRJzyD7e9PD9WxyUh1dDdcFxt4TtpeGOk8/s1600-h/_DSC0193.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQ9fkm4uDtnZ0KpvG3gBVwITTjoGem6X9_goiP4pjws_uNVIqGCXlEy7a9Ep5CWCSSgqWvntkPpavZNKQrnejeIFAfHlLA9S5D_4rdhz0DtRJzyD7e9PD9WxyUh1dDdcFxt4TtpeGOk8/s400/_DSC0193.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414653296637332866" border="0" /></a>Megan and Dustin's new kitty, Monkey.<br />yes, the cat's name is Monkey.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8f_mz7S6IqJXg2bki0J6NLQHNMiZN0K6NKg6IBqDqaM5gRIdvRvSBj73cVUACbV5KfYOQNYEhTJYdWI6q-ijaU36-VcCCpeLw0LSHumuYA9ZDLf6dwTw1bAq9Gpjy-ycA9FFTnoTu6w/s1600-h/_DSC0197.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8f_mz7S6IqJXg2bki0J6NLQHNMiZN0K6NKg6IBqDqaM5gRIdvRvSBj73cVUACbV5KfYOQNYEhTJYdWI6q-ijaU36-VcCCpeLw0LSHumuYA9ZDLf6dwTw1bAq9Gpjy-ycA9FFTnoTu6w/s400/_DSC0197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414654751469105938" border="0" /></a>family :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAdp20HKxNinIIol6lY9EozEaFY8XjoqCA411qngtfKzlnJgUjPIf8X47uTf4ShXJS0QlszwvN_Kw_hs2qvmrJDOzW2heuFmgoAiHT5oR5dMwxKYgXlVmLCCRlPeipM3axFyvDlSvRRE/s1600-h/_DSC0279.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAdp20HKxNinIIol6lY9EozEaFY8XjoqCA411qngtfKzlnJgUjPIf8X47uTf4ShXJS0QlszwvN_Kw_hs2qvmrJDOzW2heuFmgoAiHT5oR5dMwxKYgXlVmLCCRlPeipM3axFyvDlSvRRE/s400/_DSC0279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414668184531114210" border="0" /></a>Tayla - how adorable is she?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_Jau4_aXEnsGEqsysq_aSmz3td4fU42FdXIs0V0OQkvT5SjS0mdCxBwkng7mogWZ3r_xPiy_XxHKHRcSkWQe2NtvzviiSYJMhPXPwNlxkS4nMIgcqj0BHvhWsLbkdaR7yXB6nm5c6PI/s1600-h/_DSC0217.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_Jau4_aXEnsGEqsysq_aSmz3td4fU42FdXIs0V0OQkvT5SjS0mdCxBwkng7mogWZ3r_xPiy_XxHKHRcSkWQe2NtvzviiSYJMhPXPwNlxkS4nMIgcqj0BHvhWsLbkdaR7yXB6nm5c6PI/s400/_DSC0217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414658156013482914" border="0" /></a>Grandma Maggie's hands<br />making bread for over 80 years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRZcZYEJKtk8827UnRmgR_kHbeOnFG9ABdPSCvRhxffh5cvSTScf0AU1RQ5GnxAik7-e2_2BfJPOsST3Vfq9HU1WKhi8d4tZ5rvQIjM13rah5uQkE9bwVng2ccN211D4i1n7VqvOtaV8/s1600-h/_DSC0241.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRZcZYEJKtk8827UnRmgR_kHbeOnFG9ABdPSCvRhxffh5cvSTScf0AU1RQ5GnxAik7-e2_2BfJPOsST3Vfq9HU1WKhi8d4tZ5rvQIjM13rah5uQkE9bwVng2ccN211D4i1n7VqvOtaV8/s400/_DSC0241.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414659738220851154" border="0" /></a>Grandma Dorothy<br />I think I just have a thing for grandmas :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibAlCHuMiYA_dv02RLLI0XkPl62Wzl-kbuvXBCyk4DN28F84Gy1yeGwiEyM0oHoT-Du0MkKVi1UaON25OgQdSN0XBUx7z-cYmbopsJfk9GWIJwV9JUi46G8Vfyl3a-yyb6qm_suUu0co/s1600-h/_DSC0253.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibAlCHuMiYA_dv02RLLI0XkPl62Wzl-kbuvXBCyk4DN28F84Gy1yeGwiEyM0oHoT-Du0MkKVi1UaON25OgQdSN0XBUx7z-cYmbopsJfk9GWIJwV9JUi46G8Vfyl3a-yyb6qm_suUu0co/s400/_DSC0253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414661344472908658" border="0" /></a>my amazing mom :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-T1yjfgb9uRRgaaRz0JI-huBV5W-VP_Q4sNUPpHfwcXMSKt7MXGOBYRACiByPz_58XZZdIDtELE9UspsHVyWIbn2VLeWYbhyTU9JRIBdxjEN0g8e_kg7xj5LWIWScgQp_brfHsTWzXg/s1600-h/_DSC0258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-T1yjfgb9uRRgaaRz0JI-huBV5W-VP_Q4sNUPpHfwcXMSKt7MXGOBYRACiByPz_58XZZdIDtELE9UspsHVyWIbn2VLeWYbhyTU9JRIBdxjEN0g8e_kg7xj5LWIWScgQp_brfHsTWzXg/s400/_DSC0258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414662218749053570" border="0" /></a>the kid table<br />oh, Dustin... ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrc0rFPst0rgIDsQjVLgnxqxvQosRrHY5W6rdR5zZUMP5wLTEjg8l5XGPDSv11sBiUt3ATzP5GeCGFvTAwDvcPIaQut62I6gQSR7K8lPFVvRDkYFuaourKkatU4RWgyWWamflhhrhNiCc/s1600-h/_DSC0259.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrc0rFPst0rgIDsQjVLgnxqxvQosRrHY5W6rdR5zZUMP5wLTEjg8l5XGPDSv11sBiUt3ATzP5GeCGFvTAwDvcPIaQut62I6gQSR7K8lPFVvRDkYFuaourKkatU4RWgyWWamflhhrhNiCc/s400/_DSC0259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414663595641832610" border="0" /></a>the adult table<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoMU3WhJAQezKyhWTr4ESUFmofH6vtsuB1DncLxiZlaLMfe2eZ-a-CLuwlhOW-HEoEdwpcuV1iSNiDrjMaBdmWd8CC9Frr8y1UMbyqpGkj6l9POxgcyp75w9ZMJVgJK_utKC00ahNzaE/s1600-h/_DSC0290.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoMU3WhJAQezKyhWTr4ESUFmofH6vtsuB1DncLxiZlaLMfe2eZ-a-CLuwlhOW-HEoEdwpcuV1iSNiDrjMaBdmWd8CC9Frr8y1UMbyqpGkj6l9POxgcyp75w9ZMJVgJK_utKC00ahNzaE/s400/_DSC0290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414666447333048962" border="0" /></a>PIE!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cpVaiBR47FXuAR1roC1kiovomRgxRfNVKYWp4ru7XvfrpWk4XYdRS91kCqqWYRmyxIv9Zw9AQIhWG0Vi7G6fxYIHu5Dl0FDf7MhJ1D7YDnCLEhGeqjtC9wXvgtFPDeJQvH9EK-0Gtaw/s1600-h/_DSC0291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cpVaiBR47FXuAR1roC1kiovomRgxRfNVKYWp4ru7XvfrpWk4XYdRS91kCqqWYRmyxIv9Zw9AQIhWG0Vi7G6fxYIHu5Dl0FDf7MhJ1D7YDnCLEhGeqjtC9wXvgtFPDeJQvH9EK-0Gtaw/s400/_DSC0291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414665691998685442" border="0" /></a>5 homemade pies baked by my very own mother!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThvG18w3uxZan_8XDZdnE7w4Ei0GbEnKezsJbrliEnK2nO6x3qYNkD9dX7Thp_99zbh25mshS99bXWqrH7byNH9WDgDogFVleDAILAZg2oiF-vnfpSO_q8jZqNZDugI8CsU9jDRBmhGg/s1600-h/_DSC0288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThvG18w3uxZan_8XDZdnE7w4Ei0GbEnKezsJbrliEnK2nO6x3qYNkD9dX7Thp_99zbh25mshS99bXWqrH7byNH9WDgDogFVleDAILAZg2oiF-vnfpSO_q8jZqNZDugI8CsU9jDRBmhGg/s400/_DSC0288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414667227536537618" border="0" /></a>If getting accepted into the Conrad/Ford family<br />was based on the taste of pies,<br />we're SO in now.<br />A+!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunzOvJ3Ooa-MZbnScnBGjUdW50pHXH3WJDh_BFrp6FmuJJZr5HfMU07wH6GLtMU1PgnNtbsJFgrAN6itMMr68bf_9l04Rs3cfiPWpkdqM7qXxQEmWBjV21ut5qQznGRNXPvXhIysbawM/s1600-h/BG6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunzOvJ3Ooa-MZbnScnBGjUdW50pHXH3WJDh_BFrp6FmuJJZr5HfMU07wH6GLtMU1PgnNtbsJFgrAN6itMMr68bf_9l04Rs3cfiPWpkdqM7qXxQEmWBjV21ut5qQznGRNXPvXhIysbawM/s400/BG6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414669089141870594" border="0" /></a>Modesto was even nice enough to give me a good splash of fall color before I left.<br />Not much yellow in subtropical southern China.<br /><br /></div><br />I have so much to be thankful for (even though it's December now and almost Christmas):<br />- my salvation<br />- God's grace and love<br />- my wonderful family<br />- Evan<br />- wonderful friends<br />- this opportunity to serve and learn in China<br />- the list goes on and on<br /><br />As we are a few weeks out for Christmas, may Jesus truly be the reason for the season, for your life, for the reason you wake up everyday, for love. Today and always!<br /><br />Let the world see that today in you!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-16428733869796362422009-12-11T19:03:00.004+08:002009-12-14T18:27:01.916+08:00art...yes!!!My dad sent me this video link the other day to this <span style="font-size:180%;">fab </span>Chinese artist working out of Beijing...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv4iCKJ4mc7jTVQbWTuyb4mHTsV-Th2SYE3UuG7EmvBa8vfTUXonG5_lZcpen-P5VZmBFrpWUhWVqwrlRRPAYJt-KqJV2FkIvHLiuJPJ3Fvq6KC4FKXCNRHiYmkmqThwcaFoNf2DMr9Y/s1600-h/camouflage-art-liu-bolin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv4iCKJ4mc7jTVQbWTuyb4mHTsV-Th2SYE3UuG7EmvBa8vfTUXonG5_lZcpen-P5VZmBFrpWUhWVqwrlRRPAYJt-KqJV2FkIvHLiuJPJ3Fvq6KC4FKXCNRHiYmkmqThwcaFoNf2DMr9Y/s400/camouflage-art-liu-bolin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415030150906498114" border="0" /></a><br />Check it out! it's <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> work the click -----> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9296647">Liu Bolin aka "The Invisible Man</a>"<br /><br />Also check out his info and photos of his work on <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/425227158/liu-bolin.html">artnet</a> = yum!<br /><br />As someone who has been to Beijing and seen the change he addresses taking place first-hand, his work seems to be something that can really speak to China right now, as well as our ever changing world. With China's history of war, warlords, cultural revolution, to communism, holding to the past while moving forward is a constant push and pull for all people. Also, Beijing has a really influential and active art community, if you didn't know.<br /><br />Thanks for the link, Dad!<br /><br />yay for art!Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-43414726627242803182009-12-05T20:59:00.008+08:002009-12-05T21:44:23.575+08:00just because.It's not just because he's handsome, is wearing plaid, and is climbing around in the mountains ---> all very good things. ha.<br /><br />basically...<br /><br />I just really enjoy these images.<br /><br />so enjoy.<br />because I do.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AigXDLkSW3-peS3Qlughmmp3k-bTYZ5Cp4RgWxyp-BTxYJfXKkv4OsufYGkfNsdP4vF3qLXCpAPreTkptYHJkvfRPfNjZ4jspJ2KQA8tXm1eLRVWJQKVFCfSDoDLlGnUOB_wtFrRVzo/s1600-h/_DSC0037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AigXDLkSW3-peS3Qlughmmp3k-bTYZ5Cp4RgWxyp-BTxYJfXKkv4OsufYGkfNsdP4vF3qLXCpAPreTkptYHJkvfRPfNjZ4jspJ2KQA8tXm1eLRVWJQKVFCfSDoDLlGnUOB_wtFrRVzo/s400/_DSC0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411745310814023506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiXdDWABvF8BhG1vhVnCIIzqhf1OdGqJiWi6t5MCujC3YMQq_Wt8tiwnDCX5Cy4LNSnW-KKF7B21VvSQGRHt1a-l5ZPDIOi4oeO7cPmCJHJGzeHwsCBU6p1bYCS-Zp58JC4SOqR4l4ak/s1600-h/_DSC0036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiXdDWABvF8BhG1vhVnCIIzqhf1OdGqJiWi6t5MCujC3YMQq_Wt8tiwnDCX5Cy4LNSnW-KKF7B21VvSQGRHt1a-l5ZPDIOi4oeO7cPmCJHJGzeHwsCBU6p1bYCS-Zp58JC4SOqR4l4ak/s400/_DSC0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411739208891575314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksIqC4ot67pdW50Gzc34iph26CQ1n-BB3Zw-Le8kEvC8HmxlCmrB5QZpHEeBGpzcMAP7O33YISJ0Fr-7DYi-7JwossNAKECFkqRdqhN2JFAd1dzahSCbSIw1H2oBFu1ricvasX5MkwaE/s1600-h/_DSC0039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksIqC4ot67pdW50Gzc34iph26CQ1n-BB3Zw-Le8kEvC8HmxlCmrB5QZpHEeBGpzcMAP7O33YISJ0Fr-7DYi-7JwossNAKECFkqRdqhN2JFAd1dzahSCbSIw1H2oBFu1ricvasX5MkwaE/s400/_DSC0039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411743288606973266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cnCQVOjdTAxiA5PV8_jhmqYsEL8dyxWTyTD1JNWZMntfaaP4ffwG5T9vqI6stMWoguH2uAMfxAQl4hdwZsyRmD6Fo9QvSjNx2Os3Gf6-XZPtFIw7yXhGlQEOM-cjytvio3YIHjZcCsY/s1600-h/_DSC0038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cnCQVOjdTAxiA5PV8_jhmqYsEL8dyxWTyTD1JNWZMntfaaP4ffwG5T9vqI6stMWoguH2uAMfxAQl4hdwZsyRmD6Fo9QvSjNx2Os3Gf6-XZPtFIw7yXhGlQEOM-cjytvio3YIHjZcCsY/s400/_DSC0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411743279024824722" border="0" /></a>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-21986613782355558232009-11-30T17:57:00.030+08:002009-12-02T18:44:57.204+08:00A quick trip home: Allison's Wedding and Julian7 days + 4 major events + 1 holiday = one amazing but busy week!<br /><br />I just returned this past weekend from a whirlwind trip back to California for a week to be in a dear friend's wedding, take a trip to the mountains outside San Diego, up to LA to see my girlfriends, and celebrate a beautiful and blessed Thanksgiving up in Modesto with Evan's family.<br /><br />**Side rant: I say <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">up</span></span> because Modesto is north and north to me implies up. Evan always says down, which to me implies south. And it can't be south because we drive north. San Diego is south, down, Modesto is north, up. ha. Seriously, opinions anyone?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Anywho...</span><br /><br />7 days of jam-packed activity, fighting off a cold, jet lag, and major time difference, but it all was covered by prayers of dear friends. I survived (barely) and after 3 planes, long layovers, and horrible airplane food I am back in Shantou.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My trip began with celebrating Evan and I's 2 year anniversary of dating...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpcE3GuucONiORg56tCAQXYIYwJLrwPpYyLs7w1aYCU1-4fny0KeKTriK9n5g_Xu7UcChZhcWJZJnL13A9su2ukk01NmIUO3KayIsBtFzrqefy5sSjhYh23qF_Muzfvaqc3iAdg6lTiI/s1600-h/BG1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpcE3GuucONiORg56tCAQXYIYwJLrwPpYyLs7w1aYCU1-4fny0KeKTriK9n5g_Xu7UcChZhcWJZJnL13A9su2ukk01NmIUO3KayIsBtFzrqefy5sSjhYh23qF_Muzfvaqc3iAdg6lTiI/s400/BG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410549781141605650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I made him a paper crane mobile from copies of journal entries about him over the past 2 years ---> :)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2zZ-YrX3PK9vVsbnkZg2cEz637q_RbWe61mgzw5rE6kBe4IJAFUOKNAZIbtrbxwPO97_3TOP-4GraDMr4teA6Ap3TgFjYjIuaTyiJ02Gv83Vbp9n1RQsk3K-KI5PekjU70W0iirS5_s/s1600-h/BG.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2zZ-YrX3PK9vVsbnkZg2cEz637q_RbWe61mgzw5rE6kBe4IJAFUOKNAZIbtrbxwPO97_3TOP-4GraDMr4teA6Ap3TgFjYjIuaTyiJ02Gv83Vbp9n1RQsk3K-KI5PekjU70W0iirS5_s/s400/BG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410549486947482658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Then the <span style="font-style: italic;">gorgeous</span> wedding of Nathan and (now!) Allison Van Egmond =<span style="font-size:130%;"> yay!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmxPZG6dkWJqODCjhwdCmBqgWPHkBPJPnDam78o7IsVtjoBo8qtNEdZe1eNq5M2o2wsOF3m6zMZMuSrTigwM05h02vy3WER1OGzYQpNvZpt8UKyJ6Uo2DvS7Hcx74N6Tli9_4DGgt338/s1600/_DSC0082.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmxPZG6dkWJqODCjhwdCmBqgWPHkBPJPnDam78o7IsVtjoBo8qtNEdZe1eNq5M2o2wsOF3m6zMZMuSrTigwM05h02vy3WER1OGzYQpNvZpt8UKyJ6Uo2DvS7Hcx74N6Tli9_4DGgt338/s400/_DSC0082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409843966401258722" border="0" /></a>Allison and I have been friends since before we were born.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />yep, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >before</span><span style="font-size:180%;">.</span><br /><br />Our mothers met in an pregnancy aerobic class and we were born 2 1/2 weeks apart.<br />We have been to every birthday and major life event over the past 24 years so of course, though I currently reside in China, I <span style="font-style: italic;">had</span> to be there and was blessed to be a part of it.<br /><br />Isn't she beautiful??<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOHxUmestfMOcTjHRO81_4C3kwfUEt7HVz9QnGRt1U3S3K0LX4e10-7Ntha-_94Ea9osxqDXl0D7gOnsVuPglrzjH1-uDn1Yyd3HCJ41XEQODQm2qRtuGywrp_W7bNhOhhzy6KPiPWRM/s1600-h/BG4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOHxUmestfMOcTjHRO81_4C3kwfUEt7HVz9QnGRt1U3S3K0LX4e10-7Ntha-_94Ea9osxqDXl0D7gOnsVuPglrzjH1-uDn1Yyd3HCJ41XEQODQm2qRtuGywrp_W7bNhOhhzy6KPiPWRM/s400/BG4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410548530240052002" border="0" /></a><br />Then it was off to a day trip up the mountains outside San Diego to the small town of Julian.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkYeLBag5pPtvF1SAStQAdoma8ROWKCDN0503k06Ydy_v4jalecfDzJPK-8sEenlsDPsrntsAQZ7T1VSdGbVBBqFT3O9a2QQ3C_5Q5hU-uvKG4Vsa8G_8RwcF85fF4lgKrlbHz86m8UI/s1600-h/_DSC0004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkYeLBag5pPtvF1SAStQAdoma8ROWKCDN0503k06Ydy_v4jalecfDzJPK-8sEenlsDPsrntsAQZ7T1VSdGbVBBqFT3O9a2QQ3C_5Q5hU-uvKG4Vsa8G_8RwcF85fF4lgKrlbHz86m8UI/s400/_DSC0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410549793715745298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">which of course turned into a photo shoot. ha.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHI2XN9SXB9Qn7gvFEGR-iKbZTBvcM3SfOOj22fN5xBrwgEUI6GoT-XhJDKtDuBn4ddLiHVr1siMkAmT7XGJgRSf-K9EaQ59F9VZgKUHdYMwCuWxXeIfIbsWu6z3Gl46zdLjHmwM9y0BE/s1600-h/_DSC0014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ7hbsnnB3a6u8yf8GqPHquSYwccf1V8vrZ3AIu0v58egeMKs41L-fjaC6YWfNn9dbPI9lg3KSD6srew2RhF1D-nA3qSCS9bmJyXFg129TLk_1e7eohbfJyDENN2oU2URVs0b7poz-QE/s400/_DSC0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410561117415052274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5PfwU36KWRCQvFb9pGFvSQ2rq_O2nRMTkKTRXHlrk5l6e-U16BC4v1dl8yLjg3WsMxyzmTGXWJ1njqEjOlIlHyLZD8rT-U08TP5JXK1-L11Nhy4KbXfr4ECODxCKC_QXxguxiuyAkDA/s1600-h/_DSC0038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5PfwU36KWRCQvFb9pGFvSQ2rq_O2nRMTkKTRXHlrk5l6e-U16BC4v1dl8yLjg3WsMxyzmTGXWJ1njqEjOlIlHyLZD8rT-U08TP5JXK1-L11Nhy4KbXfr4ECODxCKC_QXxguxiuyAkDA/s400/_DSC0038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410562408210687714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97X1dMP5XZvhYg_lh_V-Qf3aJKGUMW7J0p1weCaFilS4Fq27i5CwwJkvSOrFK42E4airYofikLPImktdhissTRN5EEw0Q8JITZ51gFCCO5TiFjb8y9yonLi8IKw8svmoh7Ac1w128zOw/s1600-h/_DSC0095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97X1dMP5XZvhYg_lh_V-Qf3aJKGUMW7J0p1weCaFilS4Fq27i5CwwJkvSOrFK42E4airYofikLPImktdhissTRN5EEw0Q8JITZ51gFCCO5TiFjb8y9yonLi8IKw8svmoh7Ac1w128zOw/s400/_DSC0095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410564704993450002" border="0" /></a><br />The hills and mountains were gorgeous in their fall color!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaNQDu1qLPgjnysh-CK8PJ2ws9GhvduT6akgPKazE88YMJ7F-FJ2ZPK9x625UZWfO170A4CGjFclStnc_z2zS08YjfxCjIRP5itSxB5aTGZoruQ7gF23D0Odka2AjcowZmB8y4_q2cZc/s1600-h/_DSC0030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaNQDu1qLPgjnysh-CK8PJ2ws9GhvduT6akgPKazE88YMJ7F-FJ2ZPK9x625UZWfO170A4CGjFclStnc_z2zS08YjfxCjIRP5itSxB5aTGZoruQ7gF23D0Odka2AjcowZmB8y4_q2cZc/s400/_DSC0030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410561125137247298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGvEAvu9bH3UboNEUVyT-sclFX3zCQvmxZCcGctAstUbEi5mAAmeIC5XopKf6C9_fJfMHSkGxlAH_YMzHR_AlQBIoCj2CUkKIBdvG0SfGGDs3OnJFN0WTcNhw5v7beqMtyfFJBdy2ECo/s1600-h/_DSC0083.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGvEAvu9bH3UboNEUVyT-sclFX3zCQvmxZCcGctAstUbEi5mAAmeIC5XopKf6C9_fJfMHSkGxlAH_YMzHR_AlQBIoCj2CUkKIBdvG0SfGGDs3OnJFN0WTcNhw5v7beqMtyfFJBdy2ECo/s400/_DSC0083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410562413358947250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have SO learned to the love the desert and it's beauty growing up in San Diego and it's surrounding area.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqifliUV7oVrO3HFvwuJcKu53Vr_R-OfP7FdX3n3QO2pQkxtQ0PaOauWMHX2DCy5gHPyP2VkqqStj9nEU0z-x8ofwBkAXJdAYAXBsT9Bqg2nzFC4ETPLRmuDJ0m9PYs4m4abn1_SuNt0/s1600-h/_DSC0101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqifliUV7oVrO3HFvwuJcKu53Vr_R-OfP7FdX3n3QO2pQkxtQ0PaOauWMHX2DCy5gHPyP2VkqqStj9nEU0z-x8ofwBkAXJdAYAXBsT9Bqg2nzFC4ETPLRmuDJ0m9PYs4m4abn1_SuNt0/s400/_DSC0101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410564698352566146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYXFFj6sXpxpV5Rk-aP5xRU5Z6iYmOTEbkZ4p6RwpgD_dnUm7bObLgUaOi2TwuXjDR9lmsMr9VNlbHB4MzQ_GiNsQKUdzWMYOgsRKyqUWXfn_0W1dCHunE0vPwF9G-LXQtk0ck45Sbms/s1600-h/_DSC0103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYXFFj6sXpxpV5Rk-aP5xRU5Z6iYmOTEbkZ4p6RwpgD_dnUm7bObLgUaOi2TwuXjDR9lmsMr9VNlbHB4MzQ_GiNsQKUdzWMYOgsRKyqUWXfn_0W1dCHunE0vPwF9G-LXQtk0ck45Sbms/s400/_DSC0103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410564692351391522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Julian was quaint and lovely as always...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3QcYRKwTUWEHPjcHJH-3VWrmGLIYmetT49txdPXkPD27x8iyBfGD3LysOKg7cSzpwF_0wooT-oCvdXzqJtIC5ySp-WD_m6rhew_4_Dg6gSgOltJ-DRakRMsvFv6NPlLIyGU4_iB1JW4/s1600-h/_DSC0122.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3QcYRKwTUWEHPjcHJH-3VWrmGLIYmetT49txdPXkPD27x8iyBfGD3LysOKg7cSzpwF_0wooT-oCvdXzqJtIC5ySp-WD_m6rhew_4_Dg6gSgOltJ-DRakRMsvFv6NPlLIyGU4_iB1JW4/s400/_DSC0122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410566934008674354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDb4HDPFiX-QgGZd7gJ8FTFBtCMjSR951B9sk_DtRrsXkz77LN9q4hfYEEvdKKguM9chx-CrxxBJ8PdPwf9fAyiRH8CqEofZVwoKB34aH5jMs8QWCLrn0a3Gu9k2j5hiGeAk4Azj-GmU/s1600-h/_DSC0126.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDb4HDPFiX-QgGZd7gJ8FTFBtCMjSR951B9sk_DtRrsXkz77LN9q4hfYEEvdKKguM9chx-CrxxBJ8PdPwf9fAyiRH8CqEofZVwoKB34aH5jMs8QWCLrn0a3Gu9k2j5hiGeAk4Azj-GmU/s400/_DSC0126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410566941631814514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtarQvMza75O81K5oYujdsqSJ3ERfm4HJBJtQWnx_26J-Ot4Slhd81U4rSU2scr2OtTbYWDA0B1AVxxXrT-JjU1K6WcPpEv5iecTH8G2y4Rup65svuO_nrCD4tJQawUzeECmi8GwEM3vE/s1600-h/_DSC0148.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtarQvMza75O81K5oYujdsqSJ3ERfm4HJBJtQWnx_26J-Ot4Slhd81U4rSU2scr2OtTbYWDA0B1AVxxXrT-JjU1K6WcPpEv5iecTH8G2y4Rup65svuO_nrCD4tJQawUzeECmi8GwEM3vE/s400/_DSC0148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410569867926340994" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlA_F956etQgR9P_Xmk5ur4LU2o10rosaKyizSvmkUEbtE-TsBDgyPBaLG0ridsA64Pd-P3OrHaa58y9IVVPqYj2ln6HXngh-lOIVemjoi3KC9yu3ulbnktWunxBxisL8mkzpWPPJaok/s1600-h/_DSC0128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlA_F956etQgR9P_Xmk5ur4LU2o10rosaKyizSvmkUEbtE-TsBDgyPBaLG0ridsA64Pd-P3OrHaa58y9IVVPqYj2ln6HXngh-lOIVemjoi3KC9yu3ulbnktWunxBxisL8mkzpWPPJaok/s400/_DSC0128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410566947061316722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We, of course, ate Mom's pie (but not as good as <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> mom's)...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgXJfwkjJNDINGf6OomMJXyWWixfAHJypLH3gN6DcbKZHwycWyLiVVuK7RmrXee7XrCdS2Oj3IcLv1Pxp7onT8es9LvOVtgaSaV0vCWi0pqX1G6k5u0TFVzfN0db95uRTjy0e5Zawnzk/s1600-h/_DSC0147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgXJfwkjJNDINGf6OomMJXyWWixfAHJypLH3gN6DcbKZHwycWyLiVVuK7RmrXee7XrCdS2Oj3IcLv1Pxp7onT8es9LvOVtgaSaV0vCWi0pqX1G6k5u0TFVzfN0db95uRTjy0e5Zawnzk/s400/_DSC0147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410569862613821298" border="0" /></a><br />And we, of course, tried on hats.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK0EFS1FYnmK3xqeokUYkMLtMx428Mmzrx4yEF8OVPv9bJPU2EWzmlA-6YFCJK5nbfF_LQow9n_Wzn3iDa5GdHPdkQT1CRNuYGjv5dE3D3aNvgwvrNf_b9Cr2Y5wEntMD_8Ci3JEGU9s/s1600-h/_DSC0134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK0EFS1FYnmK3xqeokUYkMLtMx428Mmzrx4yEF8OVPv9bJPU2EWzmlA-6YFCJK5nbfF_LQow9n_Wzn3iDa5GdHPdkQT1CRNuYGjv5dE3D3aNvgwvrNf_b9Cr2Y5wEntMD_8Ci3JEGU9s/s400/_DSC0134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410569881390142962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">many hats.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzWkcaTwPklfTS5LTW-C_MfbateRhVtTHmFU3RYF4FEH9erTOirHPsXHaxSXXbmf9n2hLEc3Sw2WgvfEqvvgqkwNiwUu7z-D9e1VO7HHojnLJy-vW-XqvhJ2cqlM7TVSe5O2wU7iH-QA/s1600-h/_DSC0163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzWkcaTwPklfTS5LTW-C_MfbateRhVtTHmFU3RYF4FEH9erTOirHPsXHaxSXXbmf9n2hLEc3Sw2WgvfEqvvgqkwNiwUu7z-D9e1VO7HHojnLJy-vW-XqvhJ2cqlM7TVSe5O2wU7iH-QA/s400/_DSC0163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410572672392961522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL6y-xcn3lTnRgYNRg5KABsBmuKX2ySDUpCrv62-G-ADBrhOSaDGW8DbroRwti5jzvYnK-MKFsR2IfAPlyfA61O4gajHxvW6qTPDohRUbuKjNSd7RyWdohVWuaSXRN4WULhPqncMCDD0/s1600-h/_DSC0161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL6y-xcn3lTnRgYNRg5KABsBmuKX2ySDUpCrv62-G-ADBrhOSaDGW8DbroRwti5jzvYnK-MKFsR2IfAPlyfA61O4gajHxvW6qTPDohRUbuKjNSd7RyWdohVWuaSXRN4WULhPqncMCDD0/s400/_DSC0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410569871870924626" border="0" /></a><br />because we're rad like that. :)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93V9OfRXiksGj6_8vFxBY2z1Ul_ngbuYwk8gM3rlwlBbD_Cj-cQJGvmALxuhL5lksArWlOgUljcczcSqfJ5I1KfBOoragC7iLMcSbmzSu3GGxUX3cpe5EtFui_NcPfBuh5aOJ0RCekfQ/s1600-h/_DSC0160.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93V9OfRXiksGj6_8vFxBY2z1Ul_ngbuYwk8gM3rlwlBbD_Cj-cQJGvmALxuhL5lksArWlOgUljcczcSqfJ5I1KfBOoragC7iLMcSbmzSu3GGxUX3cpe5EtFui_NcPfBuh5aOJ0RCekfQ/s400/_DSC0160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410572665267759282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My mom is lovely as ever.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW_B5YiJIgtINbrawaRrZ3ihAHLp6osvzjeb9SSCuVkIbmMbbaHu4HgopfEdThPBJC6cQg8jMXV2xI0w7JATB17bc6DqfhVB1iPZjQf8YDsV6QXPe0u44E3blhGYAGtX8nuPkZwEZjAg/s1600-h/_DSC0141.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW_B5YiJIgtINbrawaRrZ3ihAHLp6osvzjeb9SSCuVkIbmMbbaHu4HgopfEdThPBJC6cQg8jMXV2xI0w7JATB17bc6DqfhVB1iPZjQf8YDsV6QXPe0u44E3blhGYAGtX8nuPkZwEZjAg/s400/_DSC0141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410569879845254450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the setting sun as we drove down the mountains back to San Diego was just stunning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAG7lv1JtMIUV9qwXCnzr07c0HXwUBtOpcisQdaWTiK8wqO1MF5HTwDZaaZzmezpQPn5CXRglOotMFo6d4TJU2G8OfD-SrvcyYu8YiUAlbeIcWknupdNvIk61QRH0BLyrG57ovu1izMU/s1600-h/_DSC0169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAG7lv1JtMIUV9qwXCnzr07c0HXwUBtOpcisQdaWTiK8wqO1MF5HTwDZaaZzmezpQPn5CXRglOotMFo6d4TJU2G8OfD-SrvcyYu8YiUAlbeIcWknupdNvIk61QRH0BLyrG57ovu1izMU/s400/_DSC0169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410572689984793890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzYmL6AeemTDWR2pX7bBEyCI3BZrHeB5y0tfhbzQyWsKhwQPYTeCbiyE4m84eAsm-wNv1HZU1keth1mPIMsNh_8feVfeZCADnDoUu6TYNf3rhUtg0iGpvbAedcvFwvjLK-6bWJX6a5C8/s1600-h/_DSC0172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzYmL6AeemTDWR2pX7bBEyCI3BZrHeB5y0tfhbzQyWsKhwQPYTeCbiyE4m84eAsm-wNv1HZU1keth1mPIMsNh_8feVfeZCADnDoUu6TYNf3rhUtg0iGpvbAedcvFwvjLK-6bWJX6a5C8/s400/_DSC0172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410586557752488498" border="0" /></a><br />dusk is my absolute favorite time of day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjjsM6dnypCFVhrCJlGG3r7DYB_kVgcB2-AicjjIpzhcectZ-bsoHyWybObvTP0puUcTznTex4S0O0mE-RFUXaWZhApAfK8BlBc_dmyCa4wiUIcyiVBuUVUbQfI5-AoZ7v-i7qhB32MY/s1600-h/_DSC0167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjjsM6dnypCFVhrCJlGG3r7DYB_kVgcB2-AicjjIpzhcectZ-bsoHyWybObvTP0puUcTznTex4S0O0mE-RFUXaWZhApAfK8BlBc_dmyCa4wiUIcyiVBuUVUbQfI5-AoZ7v-i7qhB32MY/s400/_DSC0167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410586997554019602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSN6p96wPDiua7gYmwGhlIwPfR542TaQDlvvwUF-eJ6VzCTAZRdFpEc9bJ_R3K0FdAf1hApseM_3GnJK5AGBJ78Zt3LconY4lyqNR9WKKi5ztRE5xZgk-pAqwjxdsOMcmiAdlvbYgInE/s1600-h/_DSC0171.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSN6p96wPDiua7gYmwGhlIwPfR542TaQDlvvwUF-eJ6VzCTAZRdFpEc9bJ_R3K0FdAf1hApseM_3GnJK5AGBJ78Zt3LconY4lyqNR9WKKi5ztRE5xZgk-pAqwjxdsOMcmiAdlvbYgInE/s400/_DSC0171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410577662794216914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRNNHgMnb1yDNsQWNdFclpRsgYzeNPI79hngDwgp7N_Ditky81nhv639-FttqhApl57uAfSMBVY6lqwpbg4DSMZsqP3Muwy7vxVoac8TGGcn-tabHZCCt8c3MVh-fzk5UnyIXWHQhak/s1600-h/_DSC0165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRNNHgMnb1yDNsQWNdFclpRsgYzeNPI79hngDwgp7N_Ditky81nhv639-FttqhApl57uAfSMBVY6lqwpbg4DSMZsqP3Muwy7vxVoac8TGGcn-tabHZCCt8c3MVh-fzk5UnyIXWHQhak/s400/_DSC0165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410572684014773938" border="0" /></a><br />AND that was just my first 3 days back! whew!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My amazing (but fast!) Thanksgiving up in Modesto with Evan's amazing family photos coming soon!<br /></div></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-58444370955583707092009-11-12T16:21:00.004+08:002009-11-12T16:38:16.198+08:00A Chinese Hotpot experience.My internet has been off lately not allowing me to post - sorry to my few readers... :)<br /><br />Anywho...<br /><br />Since "winter" is slowly dawning upon us here in Shantou (we really only have summer and spring with one month of winter), the season of eating hotpot has begun. "Hotpot" is basically a style of eating where you have a table with a burner in the middle where a pot is placed filled with broth. Plates of meat, veggies, and noodles are brought out and the eaters cook and eat as the like by putting the various edibles in the broth and then fish them out with ladles, spoons, and chopsticks. It usually takes several hours to eat leaving room for much laughter, drinking, and of course, eating! I am always stuffed after eating hotpot. It supposedly keeps you warm and helps you sleep - but I think that's due to overeating, not the hotpot. ;) It's a great meal to eat on a chilly evening and in the company of good people.<br /><br />Last night I went to have hotpot with some employees from Lafayette. We went to a supposedly really good lamb, or as they say, mutton, restaurant. We entered a large, noisy, crowded warehouse type room, typical for many Chinese restaurants, and sat at a large table with, of course, a large burner in the middle. Our broth was brought out (it had a WHOLE tomato in it - ha, usually they take the time to at least cut it) and our plates of meat arrived.<br /><br />Now I know lamb is usually gray in color, but not <span style="font-style: italic;">this</span> gray. And I have eaten plenty of weird things in China, but this array of meat was one of the most bizarre...and frightening:<br /><br />- lamb heart<br />- bones (some identifiable ones)<br />- tendons<br />- thick pieces of skin<br />- lots of lamb fat<br />- big chunks of veiny stomach<br />- lamb balls (balls of meat, not testicles)<br />- one item that resembled either a tail, ear, or toe<br />- 1 identifiable dish that even <span style="font-style: italic;">they</span> didn't know what it was<br /><br />You know it's bad if <span style="font-style: italic;">even Chinese peopl</span>e can't identify the food or want to eat it . . .<br /><br />Yikes!<br /><br />I watched as my friends slowly started to say they were full, " wo chi bao le" and didn't want to eat anymore. They started out being polite about it (you know, save face), but eventually the walls came down and we all began to laugh about the grossness of our meal. We ended up serving most of the meat into poor Gordon's bowl, the man who had suggested the restaurant in the first place. I think we all unanimously decided that we do NOT want to see lamb for quiet some time! <br /><br />I am thankful for an open mind...and an open stomach, the ability to laugh, and gag reflexes that stayed quiet.<br /><br />Ah, China. You never cease to give me unforgettable experiences.<br /><br />*thumbs up*Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-22596275830990947762009-11-04T16:55:00.005+08:002009-11-04T17:31:50.286+08:00And they grow up so fast.This past week has marked my 14th month living in China. crazy!<br /><br />And in that realization, I have been very aware of just how much my students are growing up - "like weeds" to coin the old expression. In the past year, I have watched their little minds and bodies change so much. They have grown taller, last year's uniforms now sporting their brown ankles, they have cut their hair, their English has improved. I have developed deeper relationships, friendships almost, and I have gained trust as their teacher.<br /><br />Trust.I stop sometimes in awe of that little word.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8TlaCeuvEZFI8wjLdUG7ptp9lsp1c1JaBeL0dntgiIk9NNUGCQDuoW3PYwJh7ag9jMNTaQaSuiIB0BrzK1bT5mf6m1QKSbG6lgUZmEtj22w937lzVg0MZvtfQAy_F-1Mt5wwVY_eNWg/s1600-h/girl+eating+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8TlaCeuvEZFI8wjLdUG7ptp9lsp1c1JaBeL0dntgiIk9NNUGCQDuoW3PYwJh7ag9jMNTaQaSuiIB0BrzK1bT5mf6m1QKSbG6lgUZmEtj22w937lzVg0MZvtfQAy_F-1Mt5wwVY_eNWg/s400/girl+eating+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400175039017975922" border="0" /></a><br />Do you ever stop and think about just how many things in your day you are trust to work/happen/go? Like, will the chair hold you when you sit in it? Will your car drive you to your destination? Will the bus/metro/taxi/bike travel safely? Will your computer work and allow you to check this blog? ha. Etc. I realize my students really have no basis for English outside the walls of our little school, so everything I tell them, they take in - correct or incorrect, grammatically sound or not, correct pronunciation or not. I have made my mistakes. ha. Pressures on!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYVhzq1PbdYpP3DPOb2KjwyE5nnPJBvIhpRKGjWdc0T7l6BVWDX7ALXphcBUhPpQqks9xtmJEXdzsvRz6RkxGTHtDsWcYGtwSkVT2ueSMKzw3ZYhhZ0iqMPzlVdbUZhOXcWN06U_j3NI/s1600-h/amanda+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYVhzq1PbdYpP3DPOb2KjwyE5nnPJBvIhpRKGjWdc0T7l6BVWDX7ALXphcBUhPpQqks9xtmJEXdzsvRz6RkxGTHtDsWcYGtwSkVT2ueSMKzw3ZYhhZ0iqMPzlVdbUZhOXcWN06U_j3NI/s400/amanda+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400175033582035506" border="0" /></a><br />Their little faces I have come to know. I can pick out their voices in the bathroom as they chatter loudly. I know generally how they will do on writing assignments, activities, games, review. Their little faces, expressions, and mannerisms forever imprinted on my mind and heart:<br /><br />---> the little girl who's whole face lights up in ecstatic contortions as she tries to formulate sentences.<br /><br />---> the boy who points at himself with a huge, gaping, smiling mouth when I call on him to answer a question, as if to say, "Really, ME?!?!"<br /><br />---> the girl who tries to so hard to win at EVERYTHING that she breaks into tears when she looses the game or mixes up words, making students laugh.<br /><br />---> the girl who truly does know it all, and sits quietly, trying to hold herself in, so others have to answer. Or the funny fact that the whole class looks to her for direction and answers - she's 8 years old! sheesh!<br /><br />---> the boy with the cutest dimples, the one who practically chokes trying to get those tough English words through his lips, the little teacher's pet who is an angel in every class, the ones who come up just to touch me and be close for a few minutes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCNbjczBxdLV2ullWAtb5j3Ii9hXhuvriR7wpSoGEks7Q5nxgJ4ORZ8yyzxMJECfDMq2wDLq6x-gusyw3xNXcl9PIsBADYC1JZ4qHOFhxHp5KrBkumfh91VHSj5cEEnO64b-GZYb2nO4/s1600-h/_DSC0217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKCNbjczBxdLV2ullWAtb5j3Ii9hXhuvriR7wpSoGEks7Q5nxgJ4ORZ8yyzxMJECfDMq2wDLq6x-gusyw3xNXcl9PIsBADYC1JZ4qHOFhxHp5KrBkumfh91VHSj5cEEnO64b-GZYb2nO4/s400/_DSC0217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400177576158779458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH-6tQF8XAJ8p3a0b_dvrnPlU31bTiyLKkLHUbdw_KHpeYbf3cEAPAed8W0pyvT6BSrdpL-7BaHz7UtgXDxljNQQyYziFhbdfnNYrcYAo1XdlNyFO2VtKwon8jxO9wLoDmLhEcNcuecQ/s1600-h/booger+boy+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH-6tQF8XAJ8p3a0b_dvrnPlU31bTiyLKkLHUbdw_KHpeYbf3cEAPAed8W0pyvT6BSrdpL-7BaHz7UtgXDxljNQQyYziFhbdfnNYrcYAo1XdlNyFO2VtKwon8jxO9wLoDmLhEcNcuecQ/s400/booger+boy+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400175035914883522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hr96ReoaIYhAX6qf3sM73nEbnYra2tjdnVDIvJnDGbkixFKltKgdd83iNE0ZXJv1Tezl3Y9fZzC7U5IjgyiJ304lMcDvkOX159XZmHIVrFVwJtsODycA_KcugsoyCPr_FDKg9t-Eh1U/s1600-h/_DSC0208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hr96ReoaIYhAX6qf3sM73nEbnYra2tjdnVDIvJnDGbkixFKltKgdd83iNE0ZXJv1Tezl3Y9fZzC7U5IjgyiJ304lMcDvkOX159XZmHIVrFVwJtsODycA_KcugsoyCPr_FDKg9t-Eh1U/s400/_DSC0208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400177579072554802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXDmclAWBXnI36RkbsJ3b8Inb1zfZSQBLonIU0J4fn0QKoHpir8BCvrGcZEi0RqN_Odit06WdcpoWNHvyQ-KZEu2t-Sg4UdO0WCLM8UUrNIokQbuo6tyTxFQIIVv5a9V54wvTET04o9s/s1600-h/_DSC0242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXDmclAWBXnI36RkbsJ3b8Inb1zfZSQBLonIU0J4fn0QKoHpir8BCvrGcZEi0RqN_Odit06WdcpoWNHvyQ-KZEu2t-Sg4UdO0WCLM8UUrNIokQbuo6tyTxFQIIVv5a9V54wvTET04o9s/s400/_DSC0242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400177572006882930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I know those faces and I have come to love them so.<br /><br /></div>And I will miss them when our roads part someday... but they will forever be in my heart.Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-35239144577062478252009-10-25T08:42:00.010+08:002009-10-26T17:37:54.079+08:00Thoughts on long distance.I have had a somewhat furrowed brow lately when a certain subject comes up: <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">long distance relationships.</span></span><br /><br />People mean well when asking about Evan and I's relationship status, but there's a part of me that is frustrated by the question. Let me explain...<br /><br />Evan and I will have been dating for 2 years next month and over half of that has been apart. Not by choice, mind you, (I mean, I <span style="font-style: italic;">did</span> choose to move to China...) but it's just the way life and the Lord has lead each of us as we are two separate individuals. Often people ask us, "How are you guys doing?" And of course I love to answer positively, but often the question is asked with a little doubt and hesitation. Especially when other guys ask Evan how <span style="font-style: italic;">he</span> is doing with it. Like are you two still okay, still together, still willing to do this, etc.? Are we going to survive this distance or fail? I find myself a bit frustrated at this stereotype - as true as it may be.<br /><br />I know the statistics of long distance relationships are slim and many (if not <span style="font-style: italic;">most</span>) do not work well or survive. But I think the survival is based on what the relationship is founded on:<br /><br />- friendship<br />- love<br />- commitment<br />- loyalty<br />- honesty<br />- trust in each other<br />- trust in the Lord<br />- A LOT of determination<br />- surrender of a life that I do not own, both mine and his<br /><br />It has to be - whether you are living in the same city or across the world. It doesn't change. You're still two different people, with different pasts, different baggage, faults, perks and quirks. It's work to be with someone, choosing to be selfless, honest, give and not always receive, take when it's sometimes difficult, to listen, to share.<br /><br />But an ocean, continent, or time zone doesn't change that - or I don't think it should.<br /><br />I left US soil with tears in my eyes as I looked at that tall, handsome, bearded man. But I never for an instant thought this was going to fail when I chose to go to a whole new world for 2 years while he continued living in his. And I don't see it in the future, ever.<br /><br />So long distance stereotype, take that: 2 wonderful years and going strong! And here's to many more wonderful years together - whether physically present or not.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpri2gbDEesPNKTpELeieym_mfnstcefSCuPu5RXCuNEP1MOAIYlEnUhIZHVO4HM7rYdoCkxRbvAn2zHhuoVji7z9_dTOPmWwwiueImDebNbMwrK-XGvu3lJh3OiM1_EqJqxr7J7I6W4/s1600-h/DSCN1112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpri2gbDEesPNKTpELeieym_mfnstcefSCuPu5RXCuNEP1MOAIYlEnUhIZHVO4HM7rYdoCkxRbvAn2zHhuoVji7z9_dTOPmWwwiueImDebNbMwrK-XGvu3lJh3OiM1_EqJqxr7J7I6W4/s400/DSCN1112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396457405166947970" border="0" /></a>AND for all of you that <span style="font-style: italic;">do</span> ask, I mean no disrespect. I thank you so much for lovingly asking how we are doing. And I love to tell that we are, still, amazingly well. :)Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-1603286720404675972009-10-23T17:34:00.005+08:002009-10-25T17:31:35.936+08:00The most beautiful candy in the worldOr it has to be <span style="font-style: italic;">close</span>.<br /><br />I was given a little box of candies for my birthday by a dear friend in Hong Kong. I opened it to discover these magnificent little works of sugar.<br /><br />Check out these little beauties:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJZlwaxrVjjfdKaZo1fNSkaGcAXYM5Fjl-st3w84EzLxDFNjHEvjITxlObEBMrhAd6xtQp9KFKXg44oSTMNfDbUSJzdONHdYytyLP2WVSn9GbHC6iRNeG4cwyEn1coiOedl0GLbfxakY/s1600-h/candy+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJZlwaxrVjjfdKaZo1fNSkaGcAXYM5Fjl-st3w84EzLxDFNjHEvjITxlObEBMrhAd6xtQp9KFKXg44oSTMNfDbUSJzdONHdYytyLP2WVSn9GbHC6iRNeG4cwyEn1coiOedl0GLbfxakY/s400/candy+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395729242453891122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They are made of 2 gum drops and decorated with hard sugar frosting -<br />you have to lick quite hard to remove their features and accessories.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKCcaEpKq37kKAEJ2mThPxLUEz2TyyGa1-3pEx84hu4mGe0LO-47NuEGFwhpekzw0w5WGwt9zLUWGpjYHVvJikG8Ji-YU5SOOfA14Ed7tPqeuCIVh1d1zCzC-YdephKqUk-Y_GgGC4gU/s1600-h/candy+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKCcaEpKq37kKAEJ2mThPxLUEz2TyyGa1-3pEx84hu4mGe0LO-47NuEGFwhpekzw0w5WGwt9zLUWGpjYHVvJikG8Ji-YU5SOOfA14Ed7tPqeuCIVh1d1zCzC-YdephKqUk-Y_GgGC4gU/s400/candy+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395729237853803826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A blue penguin holding a basket with bread and an apple inside.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">How cute is that?!?<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_a9TmZe7QAbbPIQ4Bv-WjBOgPRJWDqWXiPanDC3Al2Nh9P284AkJctqs6qoYJVPl3o2yxNX67b_FQ9t3K7QxafNjY6quB1umNAKBxJCHglWTWVinKPwHNlKVvJIcfuMSNOEu2j0EDCQ/s1600-h/candy+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_a9TmZe7QAbbPIQ4Bv-WjBOgPRJWDqWXiPanDC3Al2Nh9P284AkJctqs6qoYJVPl3o2yxNX67b_FQ9t3K7QxafNjY6quB1umNAKBxJCHglWTWVinKPwHNlKVvJIcfuMSNOEu2j0EDCQ/s400/candy+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395729222791520658" border="0" /></a> a penguin<br />a monkey complete with scarf and leaf<br />a duck complete with basket and decorated egg<br />and a yellow tiger holding a small bunny<br /><br />Amazing. I almost hate to eat them they're so fantastic.<br /><br />But alas, they are slowly disappearing...<br /></div>Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1378383848378086349.post-27410881564044706522009-10-18T19:16:00.005+08:002009-10-18T19:52:26.313+08:00It still happens...Today was a beautiful breezy Sunday in Shantou. After finding out this past week that our new 2nd grade teacher is a fellow believer <span style="font-size:130%;">(um so rad!!!)</span>, AND that she goes to church weekly at the church <span style="font-style: italic;">behind my house</span>, I asked if I could join her for service today. Though I only understand about 5% of it, I still went and I still try. ha.<br /><br />I crossed the street to "Love Church" meeting my new friend and her cheerful face. We climbed the stairs to the 2nd floor of the building where the main sanctuary is located, and sat down in one of the long, yellow, wooden pews. An elderly lady eagerly sat down next to me asking if I spoke Chinese and looking in awe at my thick English Bible. She patted my arms enthusiastically telling me I was beautiful.<br /><br />A few minutes later, a woman came in and sat a few pews before us. She was holding a very small baby. Several women crowded around her and a hushed conversation and questioning began to ensue. My friend went over to ask what was going on. I was amazed, shocked, and horrified to hear her report:<br /><br />The baby, a little girl, maybe a few months old, was found on the side of the road with a bag of clothes and, I think, a note scribbled on some scrap paper that the ladies were passing around. The one woman had heard her crying and found her. Apparently, the little baby is sick. She was "thrown away" my friend told me in broken English. The women all gathered around, passing her little body from one pair of brown weathered arms to the next, the baby's little head flailing about, her little black eyes staring up blankly. They rocked and hushed her, trying to feed her from a bottle that was found in the bag. They sifted through the rest of the bag finding a small pile of clothes, some canned milk, and shook their heads. She was so small. Abandoned. "Thrown away."<br /><br />My heart just broke.<br /><br />Was it because she was sick? A girl? No money to take her to the doctor? Or no money to feed yet another mouth in family? All probable reasons that happen everyday here. I have students whose siblings have been sold for money. I will never know the answer.<br /><br />I talked to my friend<a href="http://www.geneviveennis.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Gen</span></a> in Cambodia tonight and after I told her the story she asked dumbfounded, "Now what will happen to her?"<br /><br />I don't know...<br /><br />Somewhere in this city tonight is a woman without her baby. Does she cry? Does she care?<br /><br />It still happens, everyday.Jennifer Gerberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913133790611170478noreply@blogger.com0