Thank You Ridgeview
When Chyloe’s family was spending their last day with us her Dad tried, fighting through tears, to tell us how proud he was of us. It is one of those things that one never doubts but always enjoys hearing. He then proceeded to tell me that Ridgeview wanted to encourage me by buying me a new bike. I think being an encouragement was only about 60% of the true reason they were buying me a new bike, the other 40% was that he was little bit embarrassed by my old bike. I was only mildly offended by his comments on my old bike.
I had been saving my RMB to buy a new bike. I was about halfway to my goal to buy a bike I had seen, liked, and could afford. The budget Don gave me was quite a bit higher than I had been aiming. The search for the new bike was almost as fun as the purchase. I was able to buy the bike 3 models higher than the one for which I had originally been saving. I was also able to buy a “luggage rack”, a speedometer, and a quality lock.
In the States a nice bike may have been more of a recreational purchase, but in China it is my lifeline. I don’t have a car. Traffic is nightmarish even if I did. The bike is the fastest way to get most places - and now it is even faster. I have had the bike for 3 weeks, and according to my bike computer here are the stats: it is 14.77 km (9.1 miles) round trip from my house to the orphanage, I have biked 211.8 km (131 miles) in 3 weeks, and my top speed has been 41.9 km/h (26.03 mph).
When the family came they also brought with them 8 extra suitcases full of baby clothes, pacifiers, oatmeal cream pies - the essentials. I would write more about this stuff but it doesn’t excite me like the bike does (if you want someone to gush over pacifier sterilizing wipes you will have to wait until my wife starts a blog). I have included a picture.
Thank you so much, Ridgeview, not just for the bike, but for the support, the prayers, the baby items, the love. We love you all and couldn’t be doing what we are doing without you.
I had been saving my RMB to buy a new bike. I was about halfway to my goal to buy a bike I had seen, liked, and could afford. The budget Don gave me was quite a bit higher than I had been aiming. The search for the new bike was almost as fun as the purchase. I was able to buy the bike 3 models higher than the one for which I had originally been saving. I was also able to buy a “luggage rack”, a speedometer, and a quality lock.
In the States a nice bike may have been more of a recreational purchase, but in China it is my lifeline. I don’t have a car. Traffic is nightmarish even if I did. The bike is the fastest way to get most places - and now it is even faster. I have had the bike for 3 weeks, and according to my bike computer here are the stats: it is 14.77 km (9.1 miles) round trip from my house to the orphanage, I have biked 211.8 km (131 miles) in 3 weeks, and my top speed has been 41.9 km/h (26.03 mph).
When the family came they also brought with them 8 extra suitcases full of baby clothes, pacifiers, oatmeal cream pies - the essentials. I would write more about this stuff but it doesn’t excite me like the bike does (if you want someone to gush over pacifier sterilizing wipes you will have to wait until my wife starts a blog). I have included a picture.
Thank you so much, Ridgeview, not just for the bike, but for the support, the prayers, the baby items, the love. We love you all and couldn’t be doing what we are doing without you.
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