Josh and I just returned from our trip to Cambodia – we have much to share, but for today I’ll simply share our Shanghai pictures. On our way over to Cambodia we had a 25-hour layover in Shanghai. We were able to leave the airport and spend the day with some college friends (Desiree Talbert and Natalie Cary). Desiree and Natalie both teach at  Shanghai Institute of Health Sciences. Both friends went out of their way to make us very welcome in China. We stayed in the guest suit and got a good night of sleep before we spent the day touring the city with Natalie, Desiree, and Mrs. Tufts (another member of the team there).

We’re very grateful for the friendship and kindness Natalie and Desiree showed us during our time in Shanghai.

Unfortunately, our 8pm flight from Shanghai to Cambodia was canceled because of bad weather. It was a crazy situation. There were several delayed flights in our gate area. It was crowed and hot. Eventually several of the Chinese people started expressing their frustrations over canceled flights, poor communication, and poor customer service rather loudly. The police were called 3 different times. Finally around 2AM Josh was able to get confirmation that our flight was indeed canceled. We spent what was left of the night in the airport and around 7AM figured out how to get our rebook tickets to fly out of Shanghai at 10AM.