Today is the second day of our training. We left home at 7:00 a.m. and got home after 10:00 p.m. It was a long day. Today we had a "survival" Chinese class, a class on teaching English as a second language, a class on Chinese history and a presentation from the BYU travel department. They are the ones who are arranging our travel. We found out that the formal invitation letters for us have finally arrived and the visa request has been made. They feel confident we will have our visas by next week. The plan is to leave for China on August 24 at 9:20 p.m.
During the day we met with Eric and Christine Sorenson. They will be living in the apartment next to ours and will be teaching at the same university. Lugene and Christine will teach on the campus where we will live and Eric and I will commute to the second campus (about a 50 minute commute) to teach. They are really nice people. We are lucky to have them as our co-teachers.
In the evening we met with the other teachers who will be in Ji'nan as well as some couples who have previously taught there. It was very interesting and informative. Jay and Dana Thelin, a couple who are returning for the second year were there as well as the Sorensons. Other couples teaching in Ji'nan are Mac and Marilyn Nelson and Richard and Paula Watkins. They are all nice individuals. It should be fun to live, work and play together.
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