Every Tongue Shall Confess

OK, I know what info you really want, but I did not get a chance to blog yesterday and I wanted to capture it here. We started our day by attending church at the Beijing International Fellowship. It was so moving to see and hear people from around the world singing and worshipping together. We sang several songs in Chinese and then a couple in English. The sermon was about doing church as a team. All I kept thinking through the whole service was that it was the perfect picture of every knee bowing and every tongue confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord. I cried through most of it.
Next we went to the jade factory. Robin and Colleen, I have your items. They were about $1000 each. Just kidding!
After lunch and a huge government owned "Friendship Store" we went to the Great Wall. It was cloudy and cool, but still magnificent. I will post pictures at the bottom.
After the Wall, we had dinner and went back to the hotel. Waiting for me was the most handsome man on the planet. It was so good for me to have Charlie join me here in China to share this experience.
We had just a few minutes to get organized and then we were off to the Chinese acrobatic show. Once again I was amazed at the flexibility and strength of the children in the troupe.
We had to have our bags packed and out of our rooms by 10 p.m. We were told to meet in the lobby at 5:40 a.m. for our departure to the airport. Because of all of that, no blogging happened yesterday.