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We live in Qingdao and teach English to medical students at Qingdao University. In July of 2012 we will finish our second year with the BYU China Teachers Program.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

These are two of our favorite tutor students, Helen and Robot. We had them sing happy birthday to our grandaughter, Whitney.
These kids are getting ready to go to American
( University of Utah) and Canadian universities. Dale teaches them on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Since they are such a small group, he teaches them in our apt. which is tiny, so they all kinda squeeze in. They don't seem to mind.


He's teaching them to make chocolate chip cookies. From a box. But still. People don't bake here. They don't even have ovens in their homes so they buy all of the baked goods from a store or bakery.
Suzie, our Chinese daughter, brought Dale this cake for Father's Day.  She takes such good care of us!
These pictures are from an outing in June to Zhou Shan Park.  Most Cities have a park named after  this person who led an uprising to banish the invaders in 1919. 



 These 4 girls held hands all day long. It's very common for girls to hold hands in China.


Sunday, June 10, 2012

These cute girls came to our house and spent 5 hours cooking us a delicious meal. We also played games. It is a tradition here for students to cook for their teachers. At one point we heard a wail from the kitchen it sounded like "ohhhhh it's a tragedy!!!" They had burned some of the meat. The next thing we knew some of the girls had disappeared we were told to get some drinks. When the meal was served some of the food was from the restaurant accross the street!