Chengdu

We are currently scheduled to go to Chengdu (where the earthquake was) on Monday, but we are waiting to see if the airport will be open to commercial traffic by then. Right now it is only open for official relief efforts. We talked about it today and decided that if we could go there and help in some way we would like to. We'll keep you posted. It's strange to think that had we planned our trip for a week earlier, we would have been in Chengdu and possibly at the Panda Research Center (the location of the epicenter) on the day of the earthquake. Speaking of the pandas, Audrey has been so excited to see the xiongmaos (pandas), she mentioned them again tonight. I decided she should know there was a very good chance we wouldn't get to see them and tried to explain why. Do you know how hard it is to explain what an earthquake is to a 2 year old? I told her something bad happened where the xiongmaos live- the earth moved and shook, kind of like a very strong wind, and the pandas were in a lot of danger. But we could pray for them. She looked very concerned, hugged me and said, " oh yittle pandas and windys. Oh....." super sweet.