Last weekend, we were excited to have Timothy fly down from Chengdu and join us here in Kunming. Our youngest son has been living in China for almost ten months now, and we think that the experience has helped him grow a bit (especially his hair):
After he arrived on Friday, we let him take a little rest before meeting friends for lunch at a local restaurant. He then joined us for our second English Corner of the week, helping the students on their apartment-scale Easter egg hunt:
After English Corner, we went to dinner with a few of my students, giving him a chance to practice his Chinese. He’s worked pretty hard since he’s been in China and received some positive comments from the guys:
On Saturday, we rode up to the “Stone Forest,” a UNESCO world heratige site and one of the most interesting attractions in Yunnan province:
When our oldest son Stephen visited in December, we came here on a rainy day. Fortunately, this day was beautiful, and the only water we saw was in a lake around the base of some of the rock formations:
While much of the Stone Forest is kind of like above-ground caving (tall rocks, twisty passages, and tight squeezes), it also has some beautiful open places:
On Sunday, we were able to enjoy time together at our city’s international fellowship. While it is very cool to visit some of our local attractions, nothing beats a time together of true worship in the presence of our awesome Creator.
After lunch with friends, we traveled to Daguan Park on the south end of town. Among other things, this park has quite a few pieces of modern art. Here’s one that we figured was some sort of tribute to thumb wrestling:
We were also able to take a ride on the big Ferris Wheel. It is 286 feet to the top and takes about 15 minutes to make the full circuit, providing a great view of the city:
Timothy took this panaroma shot of our city at the top. If you look really hard through the haze, you can see our apartment in the upper left corner. As with all of our photos, you can click it to get a larger view:
Of course, one of the highlights was just getting to sit around the apartment and talk about what’s going on in our lives. We are really blessed to have one of our kids on this side of the planet!
We’re so glad you had some great times of adventure and talking with Timothy! I’m not sure I could get on that really tall ferris wheel like you did. Not long ago we were watching the show, The Amazing Race, and they were in Kunming showing Greenlake Park and the Stone Forest.
oooo, i love the pic of tim on the stone pillars. i miss timothy…and y’all too of course!