Day 25

Today marked the 2 weeks left date. I am really missing home and solid English conversations. I enjoy my time over here and it is a once in a lifetime experience but 6 weeks in a foreign land is harder than one might think. However, I have always been prone to go big once I get an idea in my head and I am glad I received this opportunity. Today was a travel day. I once again traveled to the airport had the standard delay and flew back to Beijing. I am really starting to have the procedure down pat. Although, today I was a “VIP”. Jason had me come along with him through his security point and into the lounge. I am not exactly sure how we managed that. He was trying to help me book my tickets for next week’s travels. It is somewhat funny how I went from never flying commercially at the beginning of the year to having about 20 flights under my belt by the time the trip is over. Most of which were in a foreign country and by myself. Another travel challenge is always the taxi ride. I have the address to the university in my phone and show them but that is about all I can do. I am starting to recognize the roads that I have to take but I still can’t communicate that to them. Today the driver was not sure where we had to go when we got closer. I knew we had to keep going straight but had no way of getting that communicated to him. I tried several different ways. In the end, I call Belinda from school and she talks to them but I always spend about 5 minutes explaining to her what I need done. Language is such a barrier. I often think about how frustrating it must have been at the Tower of Babel when God first changed all of the languages.