BICF and the Great Wall.

We went to Church today at the Beijing International Christian Fellowship. It was great to be in Church in Beijing. We had quite a treat this morning, as the guest speaker was Max Lucado. Even better, we were able to meet and talk with Max and have our photo taken with him. He message was simple, Psalms 23, "The Lord is my Shepherd". No matter what your circumstances, or what you can or cannot control in your life, The Lord is my Shepherd. There were probably 1000 or so people in the auditorium and not just because Max was there. Let me tell you there is nothing better than worshipping in a Church in China. The sad part is, you could only enter the building if you had a foreign passport.

After we left Church, we headed to The Great Wall. We went to a section of the wall called Mutianyu about an hour outside of Beijing in the mountains. We hired a cabbie to take us and bring us back and this guy was good, because he took us through the countryside through the small villages, the places most people who visit China never get to see. Of course we picked the hottest day since we have been here in Beijing to go, it was hot with about 125% humidity. Now imagine two americans from Florida who are used to hot and humid, sweating like pigs as we climbed the wall. The best part of this section of the wall is the cable care ride we took to the top and the Alpine Slide we took to get down. Those things go fast and beleive me we were vying for the world record in the Beijing Olympic Alpine Slide, they were not very happy with us, so we rode it again. More tomorrow.