China Students @ Second Baptist Houston

Thursday, August 7

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Thursday, August 7

Group 3 (Blue)

5:00am Arrive West campus
7:35am Leave Houston Bush Int'l Airport

Wednesday, August 6

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Wednesday, August 6

Group 2 (Yellow)

5:00am Arrive West campus
7:35am Leave Houston Bush Int'l Airport

Group 3 (Blue) (83+)

8:30am Check in and load buses
9:00am Leave for Rice Farm
9:45am Arrive at Rice Farm of Senator Glen Hagar
9:45am-12:00pm Tour with all Interns Senator/Farmer Hagar
12:00pm Depart for Katy Mills Mall
12:30-2:00pm Lunch at Rainforest Cafe
2:00-4:00pm Shop at Katy Mills Mall
4:00pm Load buses and back to SBC

Tuesday, August 5

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Tuesday, August 5
Group 1 (Red) 5:00am arrive West Campus
7:35am Leave Houston Bush Int'l Airport

Group 2 (Yellow) & Group 3 (Blue) (165+)
9:00am Check in and load buses
9:30am Depart SBC
10:00am Arrive Katy High School "New" Baseball Field
11:00am - 12:00pm Tour Outdoor Learning Center and Picnic Lunch
12:00-1:30pm Tour Katy High School and participate in FISH camp
1:30-3:00pm Katy High School Marching Band Performance and Practice (Fields and PAC)
3:00pm Depart school
3:30pm Back at SBC

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Monday, August 4

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Sunday, August 4

9:00-9:45am General Assembly - Worship CenterDNA of a Nation (Pastor Wallace Henley)

9:45am - Load Buses

10:00am-12:30pm Taste of Texas tour and lunch

Group 1(Red) and Room 319 (Ms. Kotlar)

10-10:45am US/Texas History Presentation

11-11:45am Small group time (American Life)

11:45-12:45pm Lunch

All Groups

12:45-1:30pm U.S.A. Today

1:45-2:30pm U.S.A. Today

2:45-3:30pm Cooking/Crafts

3:45-4:30pm Conversation practice and overview

Sunday, Aug. 3 / Closing Ceremony

2008-08-03T06:00:00.000-07:00

Sunday, August 3

Weekend with Host Family

All Groups

6:00pm Farewell to Students and Closing Ceremony

Pictures taken by Zhang Qimeng and Wangyang Xiaojing

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Saturday, August 2 Weekend With Host Family

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Saturday, August 2

Weekend Host Family

Friday, Aug 1 / Johnson Space Center

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Friday, Aug 1

7:45 am Check in and load buses (Wear T-shirt)
8:00 am Depart SBC
9:00 am Johnson Space Center Tour of NASA Facilities
11:30 am Lunch - Johnson Space Center
12:30 pm 3:30 Tour of NASA Facilities
5- 9:00 pm - arrive SBC Games, Pizza Dinner and Movie - Youth Building - (OPTIONAL)
9:00 pm Host Family pick up at Youth Building

Learning how to Dance

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Pictures by Karen and Howard

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Pictures and Videos by the Bowman Family

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Thursday, July 31

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Thursday, July 31

9:00-10:00 am General Assembly - Worship Center DNA of a Nation (Pastor Wallace Henley)

10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation

11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)

11:45-12:45 pm Lunch

12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A. Today

1:45-2:30 pm Small group time

2:45-3:30 pm Cooking/Crafts

3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview

Love the Bus

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Wednesday, July 30

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Wednesday, July 30

9:00-10:00 am General Assembly - Worship Center DNA of a Nation (Pastor Wallace Henley)
10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation
11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)
11:45-12:45 pm Lunch
12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A. Today
1:45-2:30 pm Small Group Time
2:45-3:30 pm Cooking/Crafts
3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview
4:30-6:30 pm Games and Dinner at Williams House
6:30-9:00 pm Youth Activities - Host Family pick up at Youth Building at 9:00 pm

Taste of Texas // Astros // and just stuff

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Sophie and Kelly Pict's of the week

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Houston Astros game on Monday night!

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These are several Pictures from a couple of our Host Homes (Ann Hodges/Rose Gay/Brian and Sheil/ and some others)

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These are several Pictures from a couple of our Host Homes (Ann Hodges/Rose Gay/ and some others)

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Tuesday, July 29

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Tuesday, July 29

9:00-10:00 am General Assembly - Worship Center DNA of a Nation (Pastor Wallace Henley)
10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation
11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)
11:45-12:45 pm Lunch

12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A Today
1:45-2:30 pm Small Group Time
2:45-3:30pm Cooking/Crafts
3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview

Weekend Pict's

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Pictures from Heather Lowrie

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Monday, July 28

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Monday, July 28

9:00-9:45am General Assembly - Worship Center DNA of a Nation (Pastor Wallace Henley)

Group 1 (Red) and Rm 319 (Ms. Kotlar) (121+)

9:45am - Load Buses
10:00am-12:30pm Taste of Texas tour and lunch

Group 3 (Blue) and Rooms 321 (Mr. Glass) and 324 (Mrs. Wise)

10-10:45am US/Texas History Presentation
11-11:45am Small group time (American Life)
11:45-12:45pm Lunch

All Groups

12:45-1:30pm U.S.A. Today
1:45-2:30pm Small Group Time
2:45-3:30pm Cooking/Crafts
3:45- 4:30 Conversation practice and overview

5:30pm (700 people)

Buses depart from SBC -West to Minute Maid Park Astros Game

7:05pm arrive Minute Maid Park Astros Baseball

Pictures by the Chapman Family

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Pictures by Rose Gay

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Pictures by Mike Winkelmann

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Pictures by Marc & Toni Poulain

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Sunday, July 27 Water Wars / Watermelon

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Sunday, July 27

Weekend with Host Family All Groups

6:00 pm - 8:00 Water Wars, Watermelon, and Baptism at SBC

breakfast and horseback riding at the Andersen’s

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We taught the Chinese Students Baseball this past week.

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Pictures by Brian and Shelli Carey

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Saturday, July 26 / Weekend with Host Family!

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Saturday, July 26

Weekend with Host Family

10:00am-2:00pm Incredible Pizza Day (OPTIONAL)

More Students - Hope you see your student soon

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Host Home Pict's

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American Birthday Party

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Candace Class

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Pictures by Kristin Ratterree

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Friday, July 25

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Friday, July 25

9:00-9:45 am General Assembly - Worship Center Baseball Clinic

10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation

11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)

11:45-12:45 pm Lunch

12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A. Today

1:45-2:30 pm Small Group Time

2:45-3:30 pm Cooking/Crafts (Cooking demonstration by Marc and Toni Poulain "Incredible Pizza")

3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview

4:30-9:00 pm Games, Pizza Dinner and Movie Night - Youth Building - Host Families pick up at Youth Building (OPTIONAL)

Today we had a food class for the students

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Pictures by the Bowen Family

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Rob & Leanne Jamieson - goodbye to one of there kids

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Our goodbye to Rei the night before he went back to China for surgery on his eye.

Wednesday Night with the American Students

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Tonight all the students joined with the American Students. We had a great time of music, dancing and teaching. Here is a video from tonight: I will post pictures soon

Thursday, July 24

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Thursday, July 24

9:00-9:45 am General Assembly - Worship Center Baseball Clinic
10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation
11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)
11:45-12:45 pm Lunch
12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A. Today
1:45-2:30 pm Small Group Time
2:45-3:30 pm Cooking/Crafts (cooking demonstration with Susan and Sandy Smith "Hasta la Pasta")
3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview

Some Pictures by Sophie

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Host Home Pict's

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Tonight - Wednesday Night

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A reminder to all host homes that your students are not to be picked up until 9 tonight.

Host Home's are welcome to attend the service tonight if they would like.

Pictures by Marc & Toni Poulain

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Wednesday, July 23

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Wednesday, July 23

Wednesday, July 23

9:00 - 9:45 am General Assembly Worship Center Baseball Clinic
10-10:45 am US/Texas History Presentation
11-11:45 am Small group time (American Life)
11:45-12:45 pm Lunch
12:45-1:30 pm U.S.A. Today
1:45-2:30 pm Small Group Time
2:45-3:30 pm Cooking/Crafts (How to make a scrapbook with Norma McGraw)
3:45-4:30 pm Conversation practice and overview
4:30-6:00 pm Dinner at Williams House
6:30-9:00 pm Youth Activities - Host Families pick up at Youth Building

More PIctures by Zhang Qimeng

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Rice University Tour and Lecture along with Houston City Hall Tour

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Cinco Ranch Water Park

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Tuesday, July 22nd

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Tuesday, July 22

7:30am Check in and load buses - Youth Bldg (Wear T-shirt)

7:45am Depart SBC

8:20am Houston City Hall Tour

10:00am Rice University Tour and Lecture

12:30pm General Consulate of the PRC Lunch and Welcome

2:30-4:00pm Houston Mus.of Natural Science Tour and Visit

5:00pm Family Pickup - Youth Bldg

A Lot of Pictures - Trying to get everyone

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Chinese Students Impersonation of Keith Carmichael

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Tour of 7 Lakes High School

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Monday, July 21st

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Monday, July 21st

9:00 -9:45am General Assembly - Worship Center

10-10:45am US/Texas History Presentation

11-11:45am Small group time (American Life)

11:45-12:45pm Lunch

12:45-1:30pm U.S.A. Today

1:45-2:30pm Small Group Time

2:45-3:30pm Cooking/Crafts (How to Make a Scrapbook with Norma McGraw)

3:45-4:30pm English Placement

5:00-9:00pm Cinco Ranch Water Park - Cookout and Swimming (OPTIONAL)

Texas Hoe Down - VIDEOS

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Tonight we had a Texas Hoe Down and the team who put it together did an amazing job. All the host homes and chinese students had a great time. This was an awesome party!!!

Here are some video's that I took with my digital camera. The quality of the video is low but you can see what we did. You will enjoy all of these:

Sunday night and some host home basketball

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Mark Poe Fishing Trip with his chinese students

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Pictures from Sunday AM

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Kemah Board Walk

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Some of the Host Homes got together this past weekend and went to Kemah board walk here are some pict's from there trip.

Note from Margo Womac

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We have waited with great anticipation for the arrival of our Chinese students and all 248 have safely arrived;

21 – 7th graders,
37 – 8th graders,
62 – 9th graders –
111 – 10th graders
along with teachers/chaperones.

In the next few weeks students will learn American History, Texas History, U.S. culture, cooking, attend a baseball clinic, and arts and crafts. The students will be attending all of the Second Baptist Church youth activities and spending time with American students their own age.

We are so happy to have them here and if you are on the West Campus be sure to say Howdy!

Host Home Pict's from the Weekend

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More Pict's from Friday and some from the weekend

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If you are a host home and have some good pictures please send them to us and we will upload them. I pray each of your homes are doing well and have had a good experience so far.

Sunday, July 20th

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SUNDAY AM SCHEDULE
9:30am – Chinese students attend the HS service in the Student Building
11:00am – Chinese Students attend the Worship Service in the Worship Center

6:00-8:00 pm Welcome to our China Students!!
Texas Hoe Down and Opening Ceremony - BBQ Tickets Provided for Students

Saturday, July 19th / Weekend With Host Family

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Saturday, July 19th - Weekend with Host Family

Pictures by Lisa Paulk

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Senator Glen Hagar, Rice Farm and a Rodeo at McDermott Horse Farm

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Sunday and Wednesday Schedule for Chinese Students

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SUNDAY AM SCHEDULE
9:30 – Chinese students attend the HS service in the Student Building
11:00 – Chinese Students attend the Worship Service in the Worship Center

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
All students are not to be picked up until 8:15 – 9pm. The students will attend the Student Ministry service from 6:30 – 8. All Adults are welcome to attend.

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The Second Group Arrives!!!

Friday, July 18th

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Friday, July 18th

Group 1 (Red) & Group 2 (Yellow) (165+)

8:30am Check in and load buses Williams House

9:00am Depart SBC for Rice Farm

9:45am Arrive at Rice Farm of Senator Glen Hagar

9:45am-12:00pm Tour with Senator/Farmer Hagar

12:00pm Depart for Lunch and Rodeo at McDermott Horse Farm

12:30-1:00pm Lunch

1:00-3:45pm Rodeo

3:45pm Load buses and back to SBC - Williams House

4:30-9:00pm Games, Pizza Dinner and Movie Night (Youth Bldg) - (OPTIONAL )

9:00 pm in Youth Building Host Family pick up students

9:35pm Blue (Group 3) Arrive at Bush Int'l Airport

10:30-11:00pm Host Family Pickup at Williams House

Message to Host Home's from Cathy Jackson

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The first and second groups of our Chinese students arrived safely Thursday and Friday. The meeting of the students and the host families was truly a heavenly sight to behold.

It was hard to tell who were more excited ---- the students, the host parents or the host children. All went extremely well. It was like a great big pep rally but one that you needed Kleenex as there were many tears of excitement. We can hardly believe that it is less than 24 hours before our next group of students arrive!

We pray that you are ready for students and are as excited as we are. What an incredible journey for us as a church family. On behalf of the Second family a very big TEXAS THANK YOU goes to all our Host Families for giving so much of themselves and their families the next three weeks!

Pictures taken by Zhang Qimeng and Wangyang Xiaojing

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The students are having a great time on their visit. Remember you can leave comments if you would like.

Here are some pict’s that the students in our home have taken since they have been in America. Enjoy their pict’s.

1st Group is here!!!

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The first Group arrived safely yesterday and the meeting of the students and the host families went extremely well. It was like a great big pep rally but one that you needed Kleenex as there were many tears of excitement. Might I add that most were from the host families….

We can hardly believe that it is less than 24 hours before our next group of students arrive! What an incredible journey for us as a church family.

Here are some Pict's from this morning:

Thursday, July 17th

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Host homes, friends, family or anyone can leave comments on this blog. Just click on "leave a comment" and let us know how it is going. If you are a parent and you want to leave your child a comment we will be sure and get the comment to your kids.

Group 1 (Red - 83)
9:00am Check in and load buses Williams House
9:15 am Depart SBC
9:30am Tour Seven Lakes High School
11:30-1:30 pm Lunch at Westin Lakes Country Club with Chamber of Commerce, Mayor of Katy and Woodcreek Reserve
1:30-4:00pm Shop at Katy Mills Mall
4:00pm Buses depart for SBC - Williams House

Group 2 (Yellow - 82)
10:01am Arrive at Bush Int'l Airport
12:30-1:30pm Arrive West campus and Lunch
2:00-4:30pm Orientation Host Family Pickup - Williams House

Welcome from Pastor Keith Carmichael

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Hi my name is Pastor Keith Carmichael and on behalf of Second Baptist Church and the community of Katy Texas, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the 255 students and teachers visiting from Chengdu, China. It’s going to be an awesome experience!

All our visitors will be staying with families in Katy for three weeks and will take part in all kinds of exciting field trips and cultural studies. Welcome and as we say in Texas, “Enjoy your stay!”

Wednesday, July 16th , 1st Group Arrives Today!

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Today the first group of Chinese students arrives at our west campus. It is a great honor to have them and we are excited for the next 3 weeks. You can leave comments on this blog anytime you would like about your experience with the students.

If you are a parent over in China reading this blog you can also leave a comment and we will get that comment to your child.

Here is today’s Schedule for July 16, 2008:

2:58 pm Group 1 Arrives at Bush Int’l Airport
4:30 – 5:30 Group 1 Arrives at the West Campus and has English Placement Testing
5:30 – Group 1 has dinner at the west campus and the Host Home’s will pick them up
6:00 – 9:00 – OPTIONAL: Group 1 will attend our Jr High Ministry in the Youth Building.

Second Baptist Church Houston Texas host to 255 Chinese Students

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Welcome to the blog from Second Baptist Church Houston Texas where you can find information about the visit of 255 Chinese Students visiting Houston Texas. Here are some pictures from Pastor Keith Carmichael and Margo Womac visit to meet the students and their leaders: