"Wo Ting Bu Dong!"

Guest Post by Jen

We shared about walls and fences everywhere in China, but our biggest barrier is language. "Wo ting bu dong" is a catchy phrase which means "I don't understand."

We use it a lot as do our Chinese friends when they speak to us! We've managed to communicate well enough to purchase items at the open market and present the correct amount of money. Some merchants speak very clearly, others speak a local dialect which totally confuses us.

We enjoyed spending a few hours with Huang, Rachel's Chinese language teacher.

We're so thankful for Rachel and Drew's diligence in learning to speak, read and write Chinese. It opens many more doors of opportunity for them to be a blessing to others, including us! We have observed Titus spontaneously switching over to Chinese to talk with his friends and then back to English to talk with us.

Living on the university campus is advantageous to us. We have met several students who speak English and are very forgiving of our blundered attempts at speaking Chinese.

On one of our many walks we met these two beautiful women and they openly disclosed their ages to us, 76 and 82 years old... we think.

We met these two beauties outside a small restaurant. I called out to them and they immediately responded. It confirmed that our Chickenese is much better than our Chinese. Unfortunately our fine feathered friends will probably not be around to talk to after lunch.

Glad to be here!

- Jen