Nov 11 SHANGHAI

Had an FDP at the Peking Opera School and went with Sara and Jocie. Saw all the training the kids go through, dancing, posing, face painting, etc. I was bummed we actually didn’t get to see a full performance which I thought we were going to see. The kids go through a lot of training and the teachers are very firm and demand perfection. Fell asleep on the way back to the ship and went straight back to bed and watched movies and cleaned my room. It looked like a bomb went off in my suitcase of clothes.  I can be so messy sometimes. Chilled all day on the ship because I had no desire to go out. I need to catch up on sleep and work. There was also a meeting about the details of Kurt’s death so after that no one was going to be productive. I spent a lot of time supporting my friends who were close to them and just talking it out. It is so sad. Makes me miss home a lot and everyone I care about. Just want to let you all know I am being as safe as possible and I have a great group of friends that looks after each other. I plan on being home in a month and making it there so see everyone. Miss and love you all very much. Please pray for Kurt and his family (he had a twin brother studying in New Zealand).