Back in China!

This rush hour selfie shows the protagonists headed to the first team leader meeting of this school year... still feeling the effects of jet-lag, but this was early enough in the day that it isn't too outwardly-evident.

It is a two-hour bike/subway/hike to most of our meetings downtown...

Sunset in Chicago, Sunrise in Beijing

Not the same day, mind you... we left the home in which we were staying at 9:00 o'clock Saturday morning, and arrived at our apartment at Beijing Institute of Technology just before midnight Sunday night (27 hours plus the 12 hour time differential)!

Grace took this picture as we left Chicago...

Waking up the next morning, this was the view out our dining room window at Beijing Institute of Technology.  Looking forward to meeting our new teammates... and to the challenges that this new year will surely bring us!

Arrivals and Departures

Promo poster @JAX for JU featuring its Student Body President

2 Months in Africa, and where do you suppose he wanted to eat his first meal back in the USA?  Why, Chick-Fil-A, of course!

All of this the evening before our return to China!!

Visit to Tim's School

Tim's bedroom (he has the top bunk)... shared with one of three housemates.

The building where Tim will have most of his classes this term

Appalachian State University has a gorgeous campus in the mountains of Boone, North Carolina. 

Tim gave us a guided tour, including lunch at his favorite restaurant, Black Cat!

He's a junior Appropriate Technology major this year, and made A's in everything but Chemistry last year (a B+)

The Main Event

Not the clearest picture, but the best one I have so far of the Bride and Groom with their parents at the wedding!  Looking forward to seeing the professional version of this and others!

Wedding Day!

It has been five weeks since our last entry, and pretty much everything has built toward this day... this photo was taken at one of Kara's favorite breakfast spots, her choice to host a "Bridal Brunch".  The wedding itself is scheduled for 7:30 this evening!!

The future Mrs. Eddie Kelly framed by two of her sisters (Ashley Niklinski Latham and Bonnie Baxley Strickland)