We drove a few hours to get to Shanghai from Nanjing. We were in Shanghai for only a day and a half. This is the most modern and advanced city in China. It is so apparent once you get into the city. It looks a lot like New York or some large city like that in the states.
We took a riverboat tour of the city and we didn't sing in Shanghai. Well that's not true we sang on the boat. We sang "Total Praise" and a host of other gospel songs. Everybody joined in, ya'll betta sing! China was amazing!!!
me on the Great Wall of China
picture of Christmas at Belmont in China newspaper
Shanghai
Shanghai
that's the kind of boat we were on...I think
floating tv :-) pic from boat
Dacia, Kristina, Holly, Mark, Josh and David singing some old school songs
me and Christina before the cruise in Shanghai
street vendor - they were cutting something with a knife
Superman store! - Christina and Isha posing
me and Isha
Shanghai
group picture with the Amity Home of Blessings residents
Shao Shun and Samuel (his English name)
Seminary students at Pizza Hut - Sophie and Annalee
two altos from NAI behind me - they didn't speak a lick of English and I couldn't speak a lick of Chinese, so we just smiled at each other and I held up my camera - they consented obviously :-)
NAI piano student - Duan Baojun; her English name is Baby
Nanjing Arts Institute choir students singing for us at the master class
more Fuzi
Fuzi Temple entrance
Fuzi Temple - more like a market, rather than a temple
Kristin and a fish almost still in tact
Shanghai
the dinner they fed us after the Nanjing concert - check out the birds' heads
Nanjing Arts Institute
me and Shao Shan
Ben and I getting psyched for the concert at the Nanjing Arts Institute
the soloist himself - Amity House of Blessings
they also did a Chinese rap for us
Amity House of Blessings
eating dinner with the seminary students
me at the end
we're still at the water facility
me and Dacia
Qingdao Olympic Water Competition Facility
Dongfang Hotel Dining Room - eating some grub after the concert
Qingdao Grand Concert Hall
Qingdao - view from Hotel window
beautiful Qingdao - I would love to go back there some day
Susan, Isha, Hilary, Dwan, Will, Jameson, Greg and Josh - up top, and Mark - those are some happy people on the train
Four-story Walmart and KFC is just as big as Mickey D's in the states
Cyclists and bikes everywhere - this was the "parking" lot in front of the four-story Walmart
Pearl Factory - yes, she just cracked open that oyster! surprise, fresh pearls anyone!
Pearl Factory tour
some of us
Nae and Dwan continuing the praise well after the song ended...and 10 minutes later, the director is now next to them, taking a water break...lol! - you know it musta been good!
Dwan "going in" after we sang the spiritual "Rockin' Jerusalem" - you betta!
this one too
my friend took this pic
me trying to get a serious pic - lol! :-)
Dacia taking on the wall
we're almost there - pic from the bus; we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to be on the wall
dinner at RU caf - Brittany devouring the watermelon that we had at basically every meal; it was good every time, so it was hard to get tired of it
prep before the concert
me and Christina - some photo fun before the concert
inside RU
me and Alvin - it was so windy, we had to take a Michael Jackson pose
sign outside of Renmin University - I'm at the bottom - this is definitely not everyone, some couldn't make it to the photo shoot
The facility that was built especially for the Beijing 2008 Olympics - it's cool lookin', huh?!
calligraphy brushes of all sizes
gongs!
music store
market
me and Dacia
Dwan and Knox - the two accompanists at the antique market
factory - finished product
factory
factory
Factory tour
Forbidden City Concert Hall - "look at the pipes on that bad boy, what!"
Belmont Chorale - bottom right corner in Chinese at Forbidden City Concert Hall (this is not a direct translation)
the ceiling of one of the buildings within the "city"
one of the many statues at the Forbidden City
Forbidden City
Forbidden City
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City
Tian'anmen Square
me and some random woman on the square - black people are scarce in China
me on the square
shot of Tian'anmen Square from bus
the show - short and sweet
chopsticks - skills good before, but skills are at mastery level now - don't challenge me, they might fall into my lap after the first try :-)
me and Ricky at restaurant
the grub
Emily, Kelsey, Erin and Melissa at the traditional Chinese restaurant
I don't know if you can see the wad of tissue, not really a roll, but a wad, we (me and Dacia) came prepared with rolls ourselves, hah, but God! :-)
Shoufu Hotel - quaint
another random shot from the bus
our tour guide in Beijing, Maggie
some chorale members cheesin' it up - Ben, Jameson, Josh, Christina
we made some friends, Korean tourists, we exchanged words by writing on paper and holding it up to the bus windows
my friend and fellow Resident Assistant, Pete in front of the inspection line at the airport
China skyline from Bus
easy takeoff, calm ride, smooth landing - Praise the Lord! Beijing here we come!!
God's glory - a little taste of heaven and cotton candy as a kid I know puts it
the suddenly camera-shy pretzel monster
mom, bill and evan - she was originally from China, but mom has been in the states for 7 years since starting school
me and Andrew on the flight to Washington
more waiting & breakfast- Whitney, Laura, Nae and Shaleen
early in the morn traveling to the airport - Melissa and Dacia
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