Putting on the Dog
The hotel we are staying at is the Guizho Mansion and it serves up Guiszho foods. Michael, his wife Sally (who is returning to Calgary in November to defend her M.Eng.) and their daughter Julia host us for supper. It is good to join together and talk about people at FBC. When Michael heard we were coming he said "I'm glad our church is sending a team to China." It made me realize that our membership reaches further than we think – there are a number of people in China that still consider themselves to be part of the Family at First – and they are.

One of the specialties of the house is dog so we try it. I am a dog lover – and I always will be – so it is hard to think of eating dog. I set my jaw and decide that if my mom could raise animals on the farm to eat, then I could certainly eat some puppy I have never met. Throwing caution to the wind Russel announces that if we going to eat dog we might as well just get to it – and he digs in…it is at this point that Michael assures him it tastes better if he waits to cook it!

Before the meal started the waitress bought a bag with a live fish in it – Michael explains that this is to show that it is fresh. I am sure glad they didn't do that with the dog!