An Honored Guest

This past weekend we had the opportunity to host a special guest! Michael is 24-year old Chinese student at SMU studying for his Master's in Statistics and also serving as a Teaching Assistant. He received a scholarship from SMU to study there, and he was the first Chinese student to be accepted to this Statistics program!

I actually met Michael when we lived in China! For those of you who remember us writing about our helper, Anna, Michael is her nephew!! I know....small world! We found out he was coming to study at SMU and were in contact with him before he even arrived! Katelyn and I went to pick him up from his apartment on Saturday afternoon (the end of his first week of school), then we met Dave back at the house, and we all went to church together that night! After church, we came home, ordered pizza, and watched a little football. Dave did a good job of explaining the game to Michael! We also stayed up late talking about very Meaningful things. Sunday morning, Kristen had her first day of volunteering with the 4-year-old Sunday school class! While she was with the 4-year olds, Dave, Katelyn and Michael went to Wal-Mart to pick up a shower curtain and some school supplies for Michael! Then we all had lunch at home and watched a tennis match on TV (Michael is a big tennis fan!). Dave took Michael back to his apartment that afternoon. We really enjoyed hosting Michael and giving him a chance to rest, relax, and be a part of our family for the weekend. He is going to have a busy semester, so we hope to serve as an encouragement to him as he adjusts to a new culture, new campus, and new people!

Katelyn was taking a nap, so she couldn't be in the picture, but I couldn't just leave her out!! Below is a picture of Katelyn in a little dress that my friend Rose bought her for her birthday! I put Katelyn in the dress last time we visited Rose, and I took her inside so Harry (Rose's husband) could see her too!