Hello to Everyone: Living at the Tailor's

From Sharon

Hello all!

This is my dumb American story of the week. Taryn and I were at the bank getting cash exchanged. You have to fill out all of these forms and one of the places on the form asks for your address. Usually we write down something that has to do with the hotel we are staying at, although we don’t really know the exact address. Well this time I thought I would be smart and just hand the man the business card that has our “home” address written on it in Chinese characters.

We have many business cards that we carry to give taxi drivers so they can get us to our favorite locations. We have a couple of restaurants, stores, other hotels and attractions, etc., so that we can get around town with relative ease. Well, I gave the bank teller the wrong card. I realized when getting in our taxi that evening to go home that I had shown him the card to the tailor’s store.

I had wondered why he looked at the card so funny, and then put it away in the drawer. I had to ask several times before he finally gave it back. Taryn and I just had to laugh! We were so confused . . . but I guess sometimes we probably look like silly American tourists.

Hello to Mom, Dad, Ryan, Kezia, Micah, Grace, and Jabez.

Thinking of you all!

Love, Sharon