Fall in Wuhan

Hello all!

As the seasons of Wuhan start to change from Summer to Fall we can't help but think of the same changes happening among family and friends. We hope this Fall brings you many opportunities to drink apple cider, carve pumpkins, and jump in leaf piles!

Speaking of pumpkins, Steph found a Chinese citizen of the squash family that resembles a small pumpkin, and she is ready and raring to boil it, mash it, mix it, and then magically turn it into yummy treats. I am looking forward to pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin biscuits! With Steph being such a great cook/baker, being far away from home is not as bad as it could be, what with her being able to whip up familiar foods.

Most of the grade 2 students from my level two English class

An underwater adventure!

Fall also brought us our first field trip experience at our school. Annually, our school takes a mid-autumn day-trip and this year had the whole school going to the newly opened "Polar Ocean Theme Park." We heard that these types of trips can be the apex of chaos: our students converging with hundreds of other students from multiple schools all firmly fixed at seeing as much as possible as fast as possible. How thankful we were to arrive at the Park to see hardly any people in attendance! Also, we had enough adults divided among our students to split off into groups of 4-5 students and one teacher. I had such a blast with my four students, who were all part of my grade 2 group. This was such a great experience considering it was the last day of our 7 day school week and we were pretty exhausted (due to us having a week long holiday at the beginning of October, we had school from the following saturday to Friday to make up for lost time). Attached are a few pictures from the trip. Unfortunately, since Steph is part of the kindergarten she had to stay back at the school. However, she gets to go on a field trip this coming week to the orange groves to pick oranges. Fun!

My group hiding in a shell

The field trip was an opportunity to spend time with students and teachers in a unique setting. I definitely felt like connections were made that will benefit relationships for the rest of the year.

Sorry this is a little short, but I just wanted to start getting into the swing of updating more regularly. More to come!

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers,



Luke and Steph