15 days to go...

So, tomorrow will be the 2 week mark!!! im really excited! now im just waiting for my visa to come back. today i did the hardest thing in all my preparation for China...I drank some medicine. i have to drink some twice before i go to help prevent me from getting sick....it was the worst! i have never drank anything so bad in my whole life. drinking it made me feel sick. but i drank it all...and i get to do it again next saturday, next time i will use colder water. today i went to bible study and was extremely encouraged about being a christian in China. at first i was really nervous because i have heard many things about persecution in China. but my friend helped to reassure me that everything will be ok. i hope this trip gives me the chance to really focus on God, and to help strengthen my relationship with Him. i hope this trip opens my eyes.

18 days!!!

I can hardly believe that there are only 18 days left until I'm sitting aboard a plane and flying half way around the world! There are only 2 and 1/2 days of classes left, then i have 3 exams, and then im gone. seems likes its too good to be true. on sunday it will only be 2 weeks until i leave, seems like just yesterday i was still at the 40 day mark. this is totally the best year ever. im also going to have the best birthday ever, what can be better than a birthday spent in China? even better my b-day will last 2 days!!! China is 11 hours ahead of NS time, so when it is the evening of May 15, here in NS, it will be the morning of May 16(my bday), so it will be my birthday in China, then when it is the morning of May 17, it will still be the evening of May 16 in NS...so i have two days of birthday!!! haha. pretty sweet! anyway, im so excited, i can't wait until i get off the plane in Shanghai and know im officially in China, lets hope I don't get lost in the airport.