Saying Goodbye to Nanchang and Sally

Asian Arts Festival at Teng Wang Pavillion in Nanchang.

Hey Everyone,

We've had a busy few days and were without Internet service Friday as we left Nanchang and arrived in Guangzhou. We flew on China Southern. Lily Grace slept most of the way - awesome!As you can tell from Austin's blog, we now are back in business! BTW, Nanchang is a small city of only 4.8 million (Anybody know how many we have in Alabama total?)

The only problem in getting out of Nanchang was luggage, luggage, luggage. With three ladies and a little girl on a shopping spree at the porcelean store, our luggage grew exponentially! We had to get a couple of more pieces of luggage. But Connie got some really nice porcelean for our house and a very nice vase for our church. Even Austin got in on the porcelean act, selecting a beautiful red vase with gold dragons on it. Lily Grace got a little porcelean as well. I got a suitcase carryon to put it all in!


God cleared the skys and gave us a beautiful view of Nanchang on our last day there!

Our guide in Nanchang was a lady named Sally and we cannot say enough about how wonderful she was and how helpful she was. Anyone from Lifeline reading this, make sure Sally remains a part of your team forever! She had many stories to tell us about China and always had a timely recommendation for whatever we needed. She and her driver took us anywhere we wanted to go and anytime we wanted to go ther.

Even to the very end of our time there, she was doing her best to make us comfortable and make sure we got on our way to Guangzhou. When we got to the airport with our 15 pieces of luggage (between all of us), Sally said go over there and sit down and I'll take care of everything. And she did! All we had to do was get our boarding passes from her and proceed through security. Austin had an opportunity to witness to Sally and she was touched by his faith. Later, she asked many questions about the charity of our church and others. We gave her a nice umbrella along with other parting gifts because we noticed that she often shaded herself with a newspaper or magazine. Many ladies in China carry umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. She was very touched by even a small show of generosity. Thanks Sally and please take care of yourself. We will always remember you and pray for your well-being.


Check out Austin in his new Chinese jacket, real cool!

Love,
Jerry, Connie, Austin, and Lily Grace