[Scenes from a weekend in Huaxi]
Last night we arrived at a friend’s restaurant for what we thought was going to be a quiet dinner with a few of our students. We climbed the stairs to the rooftop terrace and over twenty of our students began going through Charlie’s acting warm-up and performing some of their lines from the theatre productions from the past two years. Over their heads was a banner that said, “Charlie and Bekah, Love Forever.” Then they presented us with a cherry-topped cake that said “Happy 11th anniversary” and a bouquet of roses and lilies.