How does it happen?

Actually we know how it happens. Still we are moved by it every time. And as we have said so frequently, we daily look forward to our new, unexpected, and unexplained Chinese experience of the day; each day; every day.

While they are mostly challenges of some sort, not all are. But the resolutions are always quite uplifting. Here is an example. Not of the challenging type.

Meet Claire, our new 19 year old friend. We met her the other day in Starbucks. Turns out she spent her junior year of HS in Utah. Amazing English and westernization for a Chinese in Xi'an.

We asked her if she was LDS. "Not yet." While we were unable to pursue that topic, we had a wonderful conversation
 with her and have had a couple of additional enjoyable interactions. She and Ann are going shopping tomorrow.

But how in the world do we meet a former Utah HS exchange student who lives 40 minutes away in a city of 8 million people? We know exactly how. We know exactly why. And these types of events literally repeat themselves on a daily basis. China is a very special place.