Well, Kim and I have officially started our trip to China. We are now in Vancouver, Canada waiting for our connecting flight to Shanghai. The day started early at 3am at our friends Jim and Carol Cure's home in Beaverton. They were kind enough to invite us to stay the night before our early flight from Portland, during their large family reunion! Thank you Jim for getting up super early and driving us to the airport!!!

The plane to Vancouver was tiny and prop-driven and the one to Shanghai should be a huge jet, so I get to spend the day traveling on the smallest and the largest airplanes I've ever been on. Kim and I are super excited to arrive in China around 2pm on Sunday. (2am Sunday morning for most of you) Hopefully we will get to relax some and see a bit of Shanghai before leaving for orientation in Nanjing on Monday. Not much else to say just yet as we are just traveling and waiting for planes. More to come soon!

~ Erik