Whew. . . this blog post has been a looooong time coming! We arrived on October 4th. The plane ride was basically uneventful. I mean. . . as uneventful as a 30 hour trip can be with 3 small kiddos. They DID sleep most of the first flight (which was overnight), but not so much on the second flight. That flight was from London directly to our city, and I think everyone on that flight was Asian except for us and the British flight attendants. Caden was a superstar though, and was passed around half of the plane with everyone loving his blue eyes and light hair. That was a welcome break for me 🙂 When we arrived, our supervisors had our apartment in place with basic furnishings. David went out the next day and set up our cell phones and attempted to set up our internet. Unfortunately, the internet took almost a whole month to get worked out (we just got it 3 days ago). We are thankful to have it though! Now we are looking online for some rugs, decorations, etc. to make our place a bit more warm and “home-y.” We met our neighbor – he is a young guy who actually speaks pretty good English! That has been neat and helpful at times! We look forward to developing a friendship with him and sharing the Good News. Colt started the local kindergarten shortly after we arrived because he was super excited! He is doing great and already picking up some stuff with perfect tones. I can’t help but be so grateful and excited for him! He said he made a friend his very first day, and that he likes his school. He said he would like it more if he could speak Chinese though 🙂 Kylie and Caden stay with our Ayi (“Auntie”) while David and I are in language classes from 9-12:30 each day. Caden has taken to her quite nicely. Kylie is struggling with the communication barrier. Ayi can’t speak any English, and this has been quite frustrating for Kylie I think. We are working on that though 🙂 So far we have really been blessed to love this city, the culture, and the people! It’s different to have to walk everywhere, or use public transportation (like buses/taxis) when we have to. The driving here is craaaazy! Everything seems to take a little longer. We draw a lot of attention everywhere we go with the 3 “white haired” kiddos. Whenever we learn how to speak the language, this will be a great tool though!! So, for that I’m excited! I can’t get the pictures to upload. . . so this will have to do for now.