Blog categorized as Uncategorized

We ran into Marlene Velthaus, whose swim relay won gold for the Netherlands.

On our day at the Bird's Nest Stadium we sat two rows behind Dutch fans. We told them congratulations because we'd watched their team win gold in water polo while getting ready to leave early that morning. They informed us ...

This hallway at the Summer Palace in Beijing is about a half a mile long.

Our guide said the mother of these girls asked if she could take a picture of them with Joyce and Ava.

From Hong Kong '08

We've posted more photos from Hong Kong and Macao: Hong Kong '08

Tonight we're a little over an hour away from the thick crowds of downtown Hong Kong. Tomorrow we prep for what's to come.

Macao was settled by Portuguese, so in addition to Portugese on most signs there is also a very European feel to much of the architecture. I'll post more photos when I can get online with my laptop. This was posted from my Treo.

Last night, after our presentation, we visited Charmaine Hunter at The Venetian. It's the largest resort of its kind in the world. It's on an island south of Macao, and it has Venice in miniature in its mall area.

Charmaine said how much she missed MWF ( http://MasterWorksFestival.org ) this year an...

The event went well last night, and our outreach to Filipinos in this region continued, as many in the hosting group were from the north of the Philippines.

We're now way out in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor and we have strong cell signal, so I'll report that we're well on our way to Macao now.

Tonight we're going to present our documentary, Olympic Hero in China: The Story of Eric Liddell, and afterward I'll speak.

We heard that Hong Kong has the busiest harbor and densest population on earth. We thought Singapore held the first record and Manhattan (though not NYC) the second, so don't quote us.

We're not overly concerned as we take a ferry to a nearby beach.

Chuck Allison, director of several YMCAs here in Hong Kong, introduced himself to the kids of the sports camp as the CA of the YMCA!

From Hong Kong '08

On opening day of the Olympics I performed Beyond the Chariots for a sports camp for the YMCA.

From Hong Kong '08

I've posted more photos to our album, including shots from our time on the streets of Hong Kong with our Filipino friends: click here.

I'm looking out my window at Hong Kong's nightly light show and at the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics. Joyce, who's getting ready to fly here, said they're not showing it live. So, if you read this before it begins in your time zone, you really must see it! It's breathtaking. Literally ...

This afternoon I performed Beyond the Chariots after the closing ceremonies of a YMCA sports camp. Then I joined Amor (far right) and his associates to record voices for a curriculum project. I did a number of kid voices that were, ironically, about the same age as the students for whom I'd performe...