On the heels of our M bags, we got our 5 tubs of belongings.  Almost all of our wordly possessions.  I couldn’t believe that they weren’t opened (or they didn’t appear to have been.)  They were all accounted for and they all came at the same time.  It was good to get our hands on…

duct tape = gold

And I must say it feels like Christmas. We had some friends ship us some of our books after we left the U.S. but a few weeks before we arrived here in Xining. Much to our pleasure the shipment showed up at our home yesterday. Here’s a few related statistics: Total number of books =…