Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sunday in Ex-Pat Land...and the GW

Well...let's just say Beijing is a little bit different from the towns I had visited in Henan Province.

This morning, a bunch of us (nurses, volunteers, directors) went to church at Capital Community Church in Beijing. It was full of ex-pats from all over the world. Apparently it is a-okay to attend church here if you have a foreign passport. However, they could be shut down by the Chinese government at any time. They introduced a couple from England during the service who have been living in outer Mongolia for 16 years doing mission work and running a small business. Needless to say, they were a unique group. The pastor is from North Texas - also very interesting :-). We went to brunch after church at The Hungry Horse which was located in an ex-pat "village" area. We may as well have been in the USA.

Here are the name badges in the entryway:


A view of the church:

Oh yeah...then we swung by the Great Wall on the way home:







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