Heifer Village

After I've processd my trip to Heifer Village I realized why it mean so much. Wayne died 20 years ago this october. Then weekend before he went on the hunting trip he drove all our youth from church on the Bus to the Heifer project in Perryville. I was in charge of the children program at the time. Cally was 5 and Drew was 2. We had a fair planned for later that month for the kids to buy animals to send to people in under developed countries. Lynda Boone took over the running of the fair and so many people bought animals in Wayne's memory to give to others. I realized that Wayne's memory was living on in that villiage and will forever because Heifer's goal is for within 10 years you must then give an animal to another family so they can built their income. What a day. That you Jesus for bringing me to that point today. Yesterday we were in the capital city of Beijing. We went to one of the great architectural wonders of the world with the Temple of Heaven. The Emperor would go their twice a year and pray for good crops for the people of China. I stood in the place he stood over 600 years ago. This place went on and on. We bought lots of cool stuff. I wish everyone could see all the stuff others have bought. We went to another pearl place. I bought my hot pink wedding shoes yesterday for $40. or 269 yuan. I'm getting good at this money thing. Last night we had a meeting with the director and talk about current events in China for two hours. I'm going to do a project on tourism in china that I will present at the ArkansasCurriculum Conference in November. We then went on to our Peking Duck dinner. What a lay out. Then our travel director gave out gifts and spoke to each of us about a quality she had seen in us that benifits children and others. Of course you can guess mine!!! That I speak out loud what is on my mind, and its what others are thinking but afraid to say. in other words I think out loud. She wants me to kept talking and figuring China out and to share it with my students. Today we ride 2 1/2 hours outside of town to go the the Great Wall. Tomorrow is Forbidden City home of the Emperor and then its home sweet home. We leave at 8 am and get back to Little Rock at 1 pm. but its a 24 hour deal. so we get back the day we lost on the way over. See ya soon. Love ya.