While living in Shanghai we've had the opportunity to meet loads of other expats, which has been great. The couple in the picture above are Shane and Bonnie from Alabama. Shane is a pilot and Bonnie's a flight attendant (that's how they met in the States). After they got married, Shane's airline went under, and he was then hired by a Chinese airline and arrived in China around the same time as us (we met them at our cell group). Here's the crazy thing: the Chinese airline hasn't had the time to train him on their planes yet, so they're paying him full-time wages and he's just hanging out here in Shanghai, waiting for their call! This is super nice for him and Bonnie b/c they have LOADS of time to do whatever they want. It's also really nice for us b/c they have become our "most available" friends. There's always a 100% guarantee that if we call them to see if they want to hang out, they'll say yes and be there within 20 minutes! We love it! Shane and Bonnie are great for playing games with, and are quite similar to us in a lot of ways, so we get on great. Bonnie and I are like two peas in a pod, and Shane is really intelligent and plays guitar, so Andrew loves being around him too... it's a good mix and is something we have been praying for (to meet a couple where both of us really like both of them, and live nearby enough to hang out with). We're looking forward to their "after-Christmas Christmas-party" on Sat night... Italian theme!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Special Feature: Shane & Bonnie Mowery
While living in Shanghai we've had the opportunity to meet loads of other expats, which has been great. The couple in the picture above are Shane and Bonnie from Alabama. Shane is a pilot and Bonnie's a flight attendant (that's how they met in the States). After they got married, Shane's airline went under, and he was then hired by a Chinese airline and arrived in China around the same time as us (we met them at our cell group). Here's the crazy thing: the Chinese airline hasn't had the time to train him on their planes yet, so they're paying him full-time wages and he's just hanging out here in Shanghai, waiting for their call! This is super nice for him and Bonnie b/c they have LOADS of time to do whatever they want. It's also really nice for us b/c they have become our "most available" friends. There's always a 100% guarantee that if we call them to see if they want to hang out, they'll say yes and be there within 20 minutes! We love it! Shane and Bonnie are great for playing games with, and are quite similar to us in a lot of ways, so we get on great. Bonnie and I are like two peas in a pod, and Shane is really intelligent and plays guitar, so Andrew loves being around him too... it's a good mix and is something we have been praying for (to meet a couple where both of us really like both of them, and live nearby enough to hang out with). We're looking forward to their "after-Christmas Christmas-party" on Sat night... Italian theme!
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Merry Christmas Andrew and Corinna! Thanks for keeping us up to date on life in China.
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