And so it begins....
Yesterday as I contemplated starting our China Training, I got a little anxious. To think of leaving my family and going to a foreign country for a year made me feel sick! I was sad and nervous and felt very incapable. We are going off to a country where most people do not speak our language. The writing on signs isn't even in my alphabet. It is completely and totally new and foreign. I can't think of any other words to describe it. But today we had our first day of training at BYU. We learned a bit about the Chinese history and their government. We learned a little about their religious beliefs. We even learned a little about how to teach English! 😄 We also met the people who will also be living in Xi'an and teaching at either Xi'an International Studies University like us and 3 others that will be at another University. I came away feeling so much better about what we are getting into. I think we might be ...