Chapter 8 - Trip into town

Part 1 - The Electronics Store
Well today Lee and i made a trip into town to go to the electronics store to get a better ethernet cable so we might have better internet connections which mean better skyping we hope! well while we were waiting to get the cord made, yeah they make it right in front of you its pretty cool. Well we were waiting and these 2 sales girls wanted pics with Lee and I.Totally random and again i will say we were in an electronics store! How many times do girls want pics of guys in an electronics store??? This would be a geeks dream come true. Well a chinese geek! hahaha!
But my day got so much better from there!

Part 2 - Street Vendor
Ate my first thing off the streets. No not off the cement, it was from a vendor.

This lady had a cart and was selling these tortillas with meat, seasoning, and other stuff on it. It was so good! I was proud of myself for trying something new and from a vendor! Best part was i didn't even get sick! Still haven't gotten sick sense i have come to China! Hopefully i can keep this record up!

But this still wasn't the highlight of the day! No, not even close!

Part 3 - Playin' with them boys!

Well we were on the walkway back to school and we were walking in front of this very run down apartment complex. There were these 2 little boys kicking a soccer ball around! I stopped in my tracks, turned around and walked up to the little boys. I said hello in chinese and gestured with my hands to pass the soccer ball to me. One of the kids got really nervous and scared so he sat down. The other just stood there by the ball doing nothing. Out of the apartments i hear a man's voice yell something in chinese, than the little boy kicks the soccer ball to me! Now that i have the ball i get a very good look at this ball. Sort of sad, but there are parts of the original grey color of the ball showing through the mud and dirt. The ball was deflated and even had a hole about the size of a golf ball in it.
I kicked it back to the boy making sure to not kick it too hard because it would cave in. Once he kicked it back the fear and nerves from him disappeared like that! We did a few passes then i noticed the second boy still off to the side sitting down. So my next pass was to him. Perfect pass...it stopped right by his feet. He looked up with a huge smile and kicked it with all his heart! we all started playing and having a blast! I even noticed some of the grown ups stopping and watching so i started passing it to them and getting them involved! I heard lots of laughter and when i looked up, there were people with their heads out their apartment windows watching and enjoying the excitement that the boy and i had started! A smaller boy even joined us and started chasing me & trying to get the ball. He was laughing like crazy. i think he was so happy to finally be playing with the big kids!

Our little play time was only like 15 mins or so, but inside my heart it will ALWAYS be there!

Crazy to think that a flat soccer ball could bring so much fun to these boys and i! Tis' sad to think that at home i have a sport box full of flat sports ball that never get used :-( I mean they could be here getting played with and creating a great time for some kids!

"Be thankful for what you have for somewhere in the world there is always someone who doesn't have it." by Jordan C. Barnes

I love everyone so much and i am thankful for this experience! Maybe i was sent to this particular town for that very reason! If so i am very glad that i came!
Love,
Jordan