Moving into Fall

The weather is starting to cool off here, and fast! It actually makes us a little nervous as to just how harsh the winter may be! We continue to feel more settled all the time, and have been blessed with great new friends and community here. Work and class are still going well, and we are certainly taking advantage of living in such a fun city. We plan on spending our upcoming seven day holiday here and are very much looking forward to it. More pictures to come!

Highlights so far this fall include traveling to Chengdu (Aaron's home here for five years), participating in our first Chinese wedding, and visiting an orphanage and surrounding areas affected by the May Sichuan earthquake. Enjoy the pictures below!

Pre-wedding picture with the groom-to-be (in green), his groomsmen, and Hayley

The wedding party

Hayley and Aaron with the newly weds

Steeling a kiss in front of the Sichuan University front gate (Aaron's old campus)

Aaron with our co-worker, Sunny, who we visited the orphanage outside Chengdu with

Hayley with a precious little five month old baby girl at the orphanage we visited; loving on the kids was a definite highlight, and really helped us re-catch the vision of why we're back in China

Hayley and Aaron with two of the Orphanage directors

Aaron with an orphanage worker who broke both feet helping get the children to safety during the earthquake...truly a hero!

Aaron and Sunny with an earthquake survivor our boss met back in May

Aaron and Sunny at one of the temporary housing facilities for the earthquake victims...they had the opportunity to hand out necessities and spend a few minutes talking with the people there

Some really cute little kids who enjoyed having their picture taken

Jason, Charlie and Aaron (co-workers and friends at Care for Children) at Charlie's going away lunch