For those of
you who missed WHY we are going to CHINA, here is a summary:
We applied for (in January) and were accepted into (in
April) the China Teacher's Program!! http://kennedy.byu.edu/chinateachers/
The China Teachers Program (CTP) is a nonprofit outreach
program of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham
Young University. Its purpose is to provide seasoned U.S. teachers to Chinese
universities. Since the program’s inception in 1989, almost one thousand
teachers have taught more than 175,000 students at over forty wonderful universities
in China.
Jordan and I just finished an amazing 2 week intensive and exhausting training
course at BYU Kennedy Center and now we are off to Xi'an, China for 1 year to teach at Xi'an
International Studies University (XISU).
Xi'an is in the heart of China and is home of the
Terracotta Army or the "Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses" that were
discovered in 1974.
Although we consider this our first "mission"
out and about, it should be noted that this is not an LDS
mission. Our main purpose is to make
friends and build relationships while providing a professional service to XISU.
Recently, Elder Oaks said, "The Church has no
proselytizing missionaries in the PRC, nor does it have any plans to send
missionaries or to engage in proselytizing activities in China." The Church hopes that making information
public will counter many unsubstantiated rumors that circulate about the Church
in China, including whether the Church is sending missionaries to the PRC. It is just not so.
We are incredibly excited and look forward to an amazing
adventure!!! Please come and visit us
while we are in China! Or at least stop
by the blog once in a while to see how we are doing! We would love to hear from you!!!
