Friday, July 22, 2016

People Stories – Kristy, Monica, Nicole

Sunday, July 17 was our first Sunday back at BBC after 10 weeks in the US. We loved seeing our BBC friends again and meeting new visitors. As always, we love to talk with everyone, and Mark invites many to our home for dinner. We find that visiting in a home much more relaxing and refreshing than meeting people in restaurants. Among the new people we met this past Sunday, three young ladies (sisters in JC) came to our apartment for dinner on Thursday night.

Kristy
Although Kristy grew up in Mexico, she has lived in Germany for about 10 years, earning her PhD and working in process engineering. She came to Beijing on a wastewater treatment project that will bring her back every few months. What a delight to get to know her briefly this time, and we hope to keep in touch as she continues to make business trips here.

Monica
Monica, an American with Chinese heritage, is a professor of philosophy at a university in Boston. Since we had made our first trip to Boston in 2013, we enjoyed comparing notes of the city and talking about her work of introducing young college students to the world of philosophical thinking, teaching them to ask questions such as what is the meaning of life? And how does one fit into that meaning? She is in Beijing taking a two-week philosophy course to enhance her teaching.

Nicole
Nicole, from Singapore of Chinese descent, came to Beijing for a summer internship between her junior and senior years of university studies majoring in economics. She reminded us of other Singaporean college students we have met who study abroad and find internships abroad. She will stay here a few more weeks so we hope to have more time to encourage her in her walk with JC.

Mark (in his Cameroon shirt), Kristy, Monica, Nicole, Cheryl

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