Hi everyone!


Mrs Atkinson here!! No, I've not nipped over to China to meet Mrs E and Mrs G.


I received a message from Mrs Edwards to say that she couldn't get internet access to blog so she's sent me the last couple of updates so I could load the pictures and messages - modern technology eh.


It looks as though they are having good time. I love Mrs Edward's face and the excitement of street food. I told them we said a PG prayer for them in Golden Merit today and all wish them a safe and happy trip.

What a day!

Today has been eventful! We arrived into Beijing airport at 3pm and collected our luggage before taking a taxi to our hotel. The traffic here is pretty busy and it takes a LONG time to get even short distances!  Once we had freshened up we met Ellis and Candy who took us out for tea and a wander round some lovely souvenir shops. Its warm and stuffy here but we've seem some great sights with more to come tomorrow.... Night all xxx

Bonjour!

I bet you can't guess where we are?!

So we're here at Manchester Airport and about to board our flight to Paris! This is a short flight before we head to Beijing. We're hoping to get some sleep on that flight because it will be 3pm when we arrive on Friday. Keep checking the blog to see what we are up to!

Goodbye Assembly

Our Chinese Visitors

Padiham Green were very excited to welcome 8 teachers and 8 children from Qingdao a couple of weeks ago ...and what fun we had!

It was a pleasure to get to know these lovely people and have them stay in the homes of our children here in Padiham. During the week there were many opportunities for our friends to get stuck in with English family life and experience some truly British days out - including a day in Blackpool complete with fish & chips at Harry Ramsden's!

Having taken part in a variety of art, science, PE and maths lessons, our Chinese friends then performed some traditional dances and art skills of their own. We heard Mrs Ding play a very special Chinese instrument and the children showed off their calligraphy and martial art skills.

The teachers even met up one evening for a game of ten pin bowling and then went for a meal which was lovely - despite the language barrier there were many laughs and jokes shared!

The end of the week was very special as we had an goodbye assembly. There weren't many dry eyes as we lit a candle and shared our gospel values, explaining to our new friends that we hoped to stay in touch.

 

Before they left, we all signed the 'Qingdao on Tour' banner which they took back with them. Lucky for us, we'll be seeing that banner back in its hometown VERY soon as we are off to China in only 2 days - it's all very exciting!!

 

Mrs Edwards & Mrs Gardiner

 :)