olympic madness

i've decided that the olympics in beijing is more irritating than it is exciting. everything is so much more difficult like getting through the security checks on the subway. i mean, do you realize how many thousands of people pass through the subway systems everyday??? it's crazy. the same goes for traveling outside beijing. since they're limiting the number of foreigners into the city (i.e. people from outside beijing) it's hard for people like us who have foreign passports to get back into the city once we leave. it's horrid! ok maybe i'm just irked at all this olympics stuff. there are good aspects like the reduction in traffic and the cleaning up of the side streets. the only thing is, it's probably all going to go back to the way it was before the olympics. i'm probably jaded but i have a feeling that this is all just a show for the rest of the world.

anywho, enough of that rant. i have exactly 2 weeks until i come back to the US. YAY!! that means i have less than a month until i go back to los angeles! even more YAY! being in beijing is really an exercise. it's hard being away from the saints, i realize. definitely. it's even harder being with my mother all the time. i think one thing that's saved me this time in china is praying for the saints. it doesn't help me any to keep praying for my own situation, in fact it makes me feel worse. but once i start praying for the other members, i feel so much more released. it's good, so Lord keep me praying.