Waterslide of Pee

I promised to tell you about our exceptionally merry weekend. There were two main things that made it so good, in addition to clear, warm weather.


#1

On Saturday morning Titus and I were invited to join our friends Lou and her son JJ for a trip to an indoor play area.

JJ wears split pants (note the cute little butt crack in photo below). Most Chinese babies and toddlers use this method of waste management, although many wear some variety of a diaper.

As JJ stood at the very top of the big red slide, well, he had to go! The big red slide became the big red waterslide of baby pee.

Some workers wiped up the pee and children resumed play. No hot soapy water, no sanitizer. I had to laugh...Ohh China. Moments later I was changing Titus' cloth diaper as one of the play area workers watched with interest. I asked her "What do you think of this diaper method?" She said "Eh, it's not too good" with a scrunched nose and disapproving eyes.

This is what we might call a clash of cultures. Chinese lady thinks my diaper method is a bad idea. I'm disgusted when children pee on public play equipment precisely because they have no diaper. Ohh China.




#2

Drew has become pals with a young brother, and they're meeting for mentorship and study. Drew also has a colleague friend who recently went on a trip to Oregon. He was shocked to discover that many of Oregon's intellectuals had trust in jc. In his mind, education and this kind of trust are mutually exclusive. On Sunday, younger brother, younger brother's friend, colleague, and Drew all went to something like the Alpha series at the local Chinese fellowship. Drew said that discussion groups were rockin awesome.


Hope y'all are finding lots of things to rejoice in, too.

love -
rach for all three of us