The Langzhong SSTers had a bit of a break from teaching this week, since this week Langzhong's middle school students took their two-day quarterly exams, so some regular classes were cancelled and replaced with testing periods. The Goshen students were able to see the Chinese exam process up close -- from the perspective of the teachers and parents who wondered how well their students and children would do, and from the perspective of their host siblings, who were taking the exams. P.J. also helped to grade some of the English exams. As a reward for good exam performance, the school is planning an outing this Sunday, November 16, for the top students and the SSTers, involving games, songs and skits.

The SSTers in the photos here were having tea and coffee and playing cards late Friday afternoon at a tea house owned by members of Beth's extended host family, who insisted that everything was "on the house." (Chris taught all morning, but was not feeling well, so went home in the afternoon to rest and is not in these pictures.)