Day 2 in Guangzhou

Hey guys! I have a lot to tell you but I gotta make it brief cuz I'm really tired. This morning we went to this Catholic Church on the island. They say that the Catholic Churchs in China are not under the Pope, but when we arrived there they had all of these pictures and calenders of him so we decided it was leginament. The Church is called St. Bernadet's. The only thing different was that it was all in chinese and we couldn't understand a word except for Amen. Oh- and that instead of shaking hands for the peace thing they bowed. They sang really loud and it was beautiful. Catholicism is a real minority here- only about 3 million people. I knowit sounds like a lot but with China's HUGE population of abour 1.4 BILLION- it's really small. It was a really nice, little, old fashion Church.

When you walk out of the Church there is this big park with lots of people- children and old people. There are lots of old people doing ti chi and playing games like haki sak. It is quite a site but it is very normal in China. I mean, if you saw people doing this in America you'de think they were crazy or something. You'de never see a group of old women laughing and playing hacki-sak but they do it all the time here- even at 9 o' clock in the morning.

After Church we went back to the hotel to eat breakfast and blah blah blah... Lexie- ok we have to start calling her that because she needs to know that's her name, not Chi Chi.

Oh! Befrore that this guy came up to my dad and asked if he could practice his english. He was really nice and he knew all about our football teams. He asked lots of questions and even took pictures of us. It was pretty cool.

Back at the hotel, Chi Chi took a nap and after we went to the zoo. On the way to the zoo I expected it to be really dirty and everything. BLAH! But it actually wasn't. They had all different kinds of animals that were really close up. They had huge tiger in individual cages, leapords, pandas, camels, these little deer type things and this HUGE monkey mountain. Lexie loved all the animals.

I noticed now- especially in the zoo- that whenever I walk by, everyone's neck seems to turn. I noticed also before at the pedestrian streetl. Everyone really respects us becuase of out little Lexie and they thank us. They give us thumb up signs and smile at the babies. They always ask how old she is and tell us how cute she is.

After the zoo we decided to go back to the park that we saw earlier in the morning. Lexie had a blast on the slide. She was soo cute!

When we arrived back at the hotel, we decided to go to the Brabeque place again with some different people. It was still great. Lexie laughed when everyone else laughed- even if she had no idea what we were laughing about. Whenever mom would go away she would yell, "Ma!" really loudly. It was adorable.

We're about to go to bed now and I am so tired- you have no idea! Anyway I really miss all of you