In January, we attended a welcome dinner for international students, hosted by a church here in Marietta. While there, we met a student from Vietnam and several who had just arrived from China and were beginning their first semester at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). The following weekend we saw them at another event and invited six of them to our house for dinner a week later. We had a a lot of fun together at our house, and they said they wanted to make a Chinese meal for us sometime.
So just before noon last Saturday, we picked up (from left to right in the lower picture) Jun, Xiao, Ziren, and Tan (the other three Asians in the picture are our kids!) and went to a nearby International Farmers Market to shop. Then to our house to watch them and help them prepare a feast -- eight different Chinese dishes!
We're really enjoying developing a friendship with these students. It's a joy to be able to get to know them, try to make their stay in our country a little easier and more enjoyable, and communicate the love of Jesus to them.
