and when you call for a taxi driver.....

make sure to explicitly tell him how many people will be joining you in the car.

This past week, my parents were in BJ for business. I LOVED seeing them - such a major heart encouragement.

Since they wanted to visit the Great Wall, I decided to take a day off of work to take them to the Great Wall. I called a private driver to take us to the wall. However, when I called, I forgot to mention how many people would be joining me on the trip.

Needless to say, he ended up bringing his aunt along - which made for a interesting trip. "Auntie" as we affectionately named her, joined us for the trip and volunteered to be our personal photographer for the trip.

nevertheless, it was a blast (well, execpt for the part where I persuaded my parents to take the stairs up the wall instead of the cable car....it was a lot more stairs than I expected, haha). They forgave me, though, and we had an amazing time.

here's a few pictures of our journey...

On our way up the million stairs, a random middle-school Chinese girl gave me this flag....seriously, its the little things like this that He uses to just make my day!

thankful for this goofball....and the flag. :)

Wish I could adequately write more to tell you about our trip (which included a drunk Austrailian and a grandma on a taboggan), but I'll spare you. Instead, I'll just tell you that I love these amazing parents of mine who would choose to venture thousands of miles (and Great Wall steps!) just to be with me. What a picture of His love...and a blessing to my heart. :)