Church and The Great Wall

Got a chance to go Bejing International Christian Fellowship church this morning. The church is only for people with passports outside of China. It was an awesome experience and great to see people from all over the world praising Jesus. They sang a song with the lyrics "to the ends of the earth" in it. I thought that was interesting because I was feeling like we were at the ends of the earth already.

After that we headed to the Jade Factory - pretty cool place. We got to see how the hand carve each piece and how they grade the quality of each piece.

Then we ate a massive lunch, then headed to the Great Wall of China. We all noticed that there didn't seem to be many people there for a Sunday afternoon. We soon found out why. The was a pretty good storm rolling in and we got caught in it. Let's just say we spent some quality bonding time in a tower of the wall with a bunch of our new chinese friends and few other families in our group. But after awhile the rain faded and the sun came back out. It was time to keep climbing. I have no idea exactly how many steps we took - but it was a mother load! The legs were trembling by the time we got back to the bus. How awesome to climb up something that was being built before Jesus was on earth. Wow!

Jordan was a celebrity and had a bunch of people wanting to take their pictures with her. She loved it, but was a little embarrassed. Jordan also made some new friends with 2 little girls named Melanie and Kristen. They had both been adopted from China in previous years and their parents were coming back for one more child. It was great to hear them laughing, playing, and singing at the great wall and in the bus. One of my favorite moments of the day was when they were all three siting together on the bus singing "America."