Chapter 6: The Day is Finally Here - Part 2

I made it!!! I'm in Wen Shan!!!
It feels so good to be here. I don't really understand why, but I still truly love and appreciate the feeling!
The interesting part of the journey was the very beginning: packing the mian bao che, or van. (Directly translated, it's "bread car." They call it that because it looks like a loaf of bread to them.) LA and I were a little worried in the beginning that our stuff was not going to fit... but after a very intense interlude of Tetris, the digital piano, the bike, the two big packages of floor mats and the T-frame for the clinic, and all the suitcases miraculously fit in the van. I wish I had the pictures we took to show you, because it is seriously amazing how perfectly everything fit in... So, it was definitely a huge blessing that we didn't have to leave anything behind!
The drive was about 6 hours without stopping. We made good time and got to our apartment (which is awesome!) and dropped our stuff off. Our friends P and S (team leaders and friends) were there to meet us and help us unload. I met them the first time I came to visit Wen Shan, so it was really awesome to reconnect with them.
We had a really good hospitable Chinese dinner with a local family and enjoyed friendship together for the evening, and now I am currently staying the night with a very cool couple from Australia. They are the "team supporters," you could say, and they are letting me stay with them until we get things set up in my apartment.
I feel so welcome and at home here in Wen Shan already. It's almost a bit strange, because I barely know my way around and am still getting to know the team members here. But they've already made it clear that I'm a part of their family, and everything feels so perfect. It's definitely a huge blessing, and I'm so thankful for the peace in me.
The only challenge I'm facing right now is learning the language... I'm able to understand mostly what people are saying, but my words and grammar are so jumbled up right now I can't say a proper sentence! So yarps that I would pick it up efficiently would be much appreciated.
Thank you so much for your support for me, friends. I really appreciate it!
Stay tuned this week for an entry about my first time working in the clinic!
Blessings :)