So many stories forever etched in memories...So many thank you’s to so many new friends close to home and half a world away...

Thanks to Nicole for the opportunity. Thanks for thinking of me. Thanks for insisting I go. Thanks to mom for all the years she put up with water skiing taking precedence over almost all else. Thanks to Shelle for covering at work for 2 weeks. Thanks to Jackie (her American name), the Chinese trip coordinator for her tireless efforts to make our time in China wonderful. Thanks to my talented teammates, for making this trip all it was. Thanks to God...for everything!

And thanks to my country...It’s so good to be home. 

China.  I’ll never forget.  Friends forever.