It's hard to understand English, much less to draw it. Celery? Or Salary?
We finally sit down together for our Thanksgiving dinner.
JingSheng (Ben) is in charge with the potatoes.
Our Cultural Connection class celebrating Abby and my birthdays in November.
A pleasant surprise to have Abby celebrating our birthdays together again.
Blow it harder. Congratulations on your becoming a year older, Cynthia!
Go ahead cut the cake. It's your birthday, ChengShieh!
We concluded our trip with New England seafood dinner, Yummy!
ShuangLing with the pilgrims
Laughing with the native people.
Inside the captain's cabin of the Mayflower. (Shun, me, JingSheng, Shuangling, Ting)
On board the Mayflower that carried 120 pilgrims to America.
Mayflower float with the background of the Plymouth Rock pavilion at the Thanksgiving parade in Plymouth.
This is believed to be the rock where the first Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, MA.
Foliage peeping in New Hampshire.
A trip to Kancamagus Hwy in New Hampshire on Oct. 2, 2010 with (L-R): Fernando, Fe, Sunny, me & Chris.
Sabbaday fall in NH.
From L-R: Irina (Russia), Cori (USA), Shun Nakamura (Japan), Chris, JingSheng (Taiwan), me, ShuangLing (China). November house dinner (11/14/10).
Farewell dinner at the Brazillian restaurant for our dear friend, Fernando.
We have a special visit from Dr. Samuel Mathai (third from right) from India (10/3/10).
Dr. Fernando (Brazil) is cooking the Brazillian meatballs. Yummy!
L-R: Chris, Bruno (Italy), Hamad & Jameel (Saudi Arabia)
Who says men can't cook and clean? Here is the proof! While our men are working hard in the kitchen, our Saudi woman just playing her ipod. Sign of the times!
In honor of our Muslims friends, we celebrated Eid Ul Fitr on 9/11 to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
At the end of our journey, we proudly show off our lobster. THANKS, Rev. Rob John for a wonderful adventure in lobstering!
Rev. Rob John also taught us how to stir/cruise the boat. Here Cheng Shieh got a private lesson.
Mother lobster with zillion of eggs. She returns to the bottom of the ocean.
Chris caught another mother lobster with eggs... No dinner for us.
Here is how to measure the lobster for dinner or for freedom.
Cheng Shieh and a juvenile lobster, which one is cuter?.... maybe I can wear it as an earring? We threw the lobster back to the ocean, thankfully!
Here is our first lobster waiting in the parlor for our dinner.
Jameel (Saudi Arabian) get a lesson from Rev. Rob. John of Newburyport First Presbyterian Church
Getting ready to embark for an adventure of lobstering in Beverly, MA
Congratulation Alfred Nurja! Both Fredi (Albania) & Claudio (Italy) were Tufts Univ. students. Fredi received his Master Degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. We are blessed to have him to be our first tenant in our international house.
Let's post for a photo with Fredi holding his diploma from Tufts university. From L-R: Angelika (Germany), Muhamed & Jameel (Arabs), Fredi (Albania), Chris (USA), Claudio & Chiara (Italy)
Celebrating Fredi's graduation on May 25th with a special Asian dinner at our International House.
Here is our crew: Cynthia, Angelika, Nanan & Chris.
Feel the water ... it's so refreshing and cool. This is my favorite thing to do in the world! Let my honey do the rowing while I'm enjoying the ride on this kayak ... ahhh, life is good!
Angelika and Cynthia enjoy kayaking together at Spot Pond.
We reached to this Bear Hill tower which sits on top of igneous rock. You can see the city of Boston on the horizon, and Boston harbor in a clear day.
Sharing our lives stories while walking along the trail at Middlesex Fells Reservation. (Cynthia, Angelika, and Nanan)
Dr. HanKyung Kim.... another dear friend graduating from BU this year. You have indeed enriched our lives for the past nine years through your friendship and partnership in ministry. We always thank God for you, Hankyung.
Congratulation, Doctor HanKyung Kim! All these professors rejoice with your well accomplished dissertation paper. Nine years of hard labor finally come to an end on April 13, 2010. Hurray!! Time to serve now ;-)
Meet our Cultural Connection class spring semester 2010 (L-R): Sara, Cheng-Shieh, Chris, WenHao, Christy, Cynthia, and Nanan. We've been studying the Gospel of John via video and discussion. Plenty of food and fun together.
Soon after we moved in to this house, our international friends join us too. We're now house parents of this International House. Meet Angelika (Germany), Claudio (Italy), Ali & Muhamed (Saudi Arabia), and of course, Chris.
We moved to our first home in Medford near Tufts University last December. See our snowman greetings and smiling at everyone.
