37 Hours later

Before I say anything about my trip let me say.. MIDWEStern states you have NOTHING on this Wuhan heat. I was in triple digits for the past 2 weeks while in Kansas however, as soon as I stepped off the plane in Wuhan I felt like it was 150 degrees.. haha It is so hard to explain how hot it is here and I know that it is only going to get hotter.. : - )

Well my adventure home began on Sunday Morning (american time) and ended Monday Night. I began my trip in Chicago after spending a great two days in the chicago land area. Hitting up the downtown with some of my friends who also live in China but are on Vacation in America!

I took a 13.5 hour plane trip to Korea, which Korean Air is the way to go. Amazing service, comfortable seats, and a billion movie options. I was in the second to last row right above the wheels, oh man was that great! During the trip I saw the flight attendents struggling to make it to the back of the plane and then as I watched I saw this was because they were carrying a girl who seemed to be passed out and shaking. After they got her back and laid her on the ground they called of the speakers to see if there were any doctors on the plane. They ended up bringing the shock paddle thingy's to the back of the plane, there were about 4-5 people who stood up when they asked for a doctor. I found myself tearing up but then just praying for this girl who was apparently traveling alone. To make a long story short... The girl a couple hours later ended up walking back to her seat, answer to prayer! That was probably the most exciting thing on this trip back.

I was able to watch many movies during those 13.5 hours... Soul Surfer (Also made me tear up), Win Win (Dad you would like this one and anyone else who likes good old emotional movies), Hanna (interesting), and Prada to Nada (Loved it)!

So I got to Korea at 4:00 PM and then my next flight was not leaving until 9:00am the following morning. So while I was in Korea my amazing Cousin Andrea and her Husband came and met me. They took me out for some amazing Korean food and then we just walked around and chatted.. IT was awesome to have someone there that I could just chill with and also keep me awake.. haha

Well the morning came and I met up with the Kingmas, a fellow employee, and we went to the airport jumped on the plane and BAM we were in Wuhan.. It was so great to land and almost right away feel like I was home! We were a sight to see at the airport, I had 3 suitcases, and they Kingma's had 7 plus carry ons :- ) The driver who was picking us up just looked at us like "Are you for real, how could anyone have this much stuff?" haha... I'm pretty sure that the driver was driving significantly slower due to the weight he was feeling in the car.. haha

WEll I got home to my amazingly clean house, put my stuff down and then headed out on a mission to find a good phone. As I was walking to the store I saw a Chinese friend who ended up coming with me to the store :- ) This cell phone process took 2+ hours, ahhh I now have a pretty sweet Android phone email, internet, wifi, and all that good stuff. I started to get tired after this trip but I was determined not to go to sleep :- ) In which I didn't, I returned home and began unpacking and tidying up my room.

For dinner my roommate and I along with Ben went out for some Korean food, YUM! Oh its great to have fantastic Asian food :- ) Then hit up the Ecoffee and then made it back home to finish unpacking. I was determined to stay awake to at least 9:00pm, well I made that however, now it is 12:00AM and I'm not overly tired.... I am praying for some sort of sleep tonight : - )

I guess that is it for now, I am safely home, blessed, encouraged, ready for work in 8:00 hours, and excited to see what God has in-store for this upcoming school year! !!! Thank you all for making my summer home amazing.. I had a great time with you all and am blessed to have been home for almost 2 months! Be sure to check back with this blog to see how China is doing this time around!

PS. the quilt that me and my mom made this summer fits perfectly on my bed : - ) YEAH for old T-shirtS! haha