Trip to Xiamen--2

July 27, Monday

Saturday night spoke for the first time. Talked about Psalms 32:8 of God’s promise to guide us in our lives and advice us and watch our progress. Slept at about 10 pm but was 6 AM Pacific Standard time.

JETLAG STRIKES!
That afternoon I had slept from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. At 6:30 pm they called me to dinner, and I was so tired and groggy, because my body said it was 2:30 am. Sunday morning, my body woke up at 2:00 am and I couldn’t go back to sleep. The next morning, Monday, my body woke up at 3:30 am. Good thing that my body clock is adjusting later by 1.5 hours.

FIRST OFFICIAL CLASS DAY O SUNDAY--I taught from 8:30 am to 12 noon. After lunch I went down to the beach, took about 4 minutes, and then swam for about 10 minutes.

THE BEACH IS BEAUTIFUL. The water is some parts warm and some parts cool. What a fantastic beach. I plan to come and swim every day if possible. Reviewed my strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke, sissors kick. I owe it to my Dad for teaching me the sissors kick, both forward and reverse.

From 2-3:45 we taught the students Exercise Concepts, Chapter 1 and then introduction to swimming. I divided the class into two sections: beginners were to learn to float and dog paddle, intermediate swimmers were to learn breast and crawl. Most of the ladies were in the beginners and all the men and one lady was in the intermediate class.

SLOWEST SHOWER IN THE WORLD--When I came back to shower after the swim, the maintenance men were repairing some leaking pipes in another room on the third floor, my floor, and I didn’t know. The water was coming out a little trickle at a time. I had to squat down to get some more flow. It was a long and tiring Shower.

That evening we had another 1 hour and 45 minutes of training with students really liking the chair massage demo. Food was healthy and tasty; breakfast having 2-3 fruits, a root vegetable and millet porridge. Lunch consisted of both cooked and raw, leafy vegetables, brown rice, a very special vegetarian chicken dish made of some delicious cassava and some tasty sauce. Evening supper was simpler but substantial with bread, fruits and grain dish. Two men students gave me a very good massage. And Wei Xing shared my room. He helped me learn the names of some of the students. Some are easy to remember, others are more of a challenge.

Monday, 2nd day of class. Our class covered Physical Fitness definitions and the different aspects between skill-related fitness and health-related fitness. Then gave out presents: Resist-a-bands. And taught them how to use them.

ELICIOUS LUNCH consisted of potstickers and Chinese buns and lots of raw, green, leafy vege with creamy soup and dressings. I ate till full but know that it will not make me fat. After the lunch, I did a 3-way instant message session with Josiah in Australia and Johansen in California what an interesting experience.