Strangers

Often times in while traveling here in smaller groups we don't have the resource of a FuJen student with us. This means that we become very reliant on strangers (whether they be employees or passerbys) to help us out and tonight was definitely proof of that! Christy, Camille, and I went to the grocery to have dinner (it's a HUGE store with a food court in the basement) and go shopping. We wandered around looking at the restaurants until Christy chose one that we all thought looked appealing.

Well, as luck would have it she chose the only restaurant whose menu had ZERO english AND no pictures! This is a very rare occurence here (majority of menus have pictures), and we were not quite sure what to do. We decided to sit down anyways thinking maybe we could just point to something and get what we get! Well God was amazing, and MIRACULOUSLY this little woman comes up to us and says, "Excuse me, do you want help ordering your food?" In PERFECT english! She said she noticed we were americans because she heard us speaking english as we walked by! It turns out she is a native here who has been living in the states since she was in college and she was just back with her daughter to visit family. We were SO grateful that she was outgoing enough to approach and help us! So she helped us order and said that if we had any more questions she was sitting just across the way and we could come to here. After we ate we were sure to go over and thank her! That's when we found out she was from Louisiana, and had just spent two weeks in San Fran. her daughter was 4 years old and SUPER cute! Her attitude is just a complete testament to how wonderful ALL the people are here. Everyone has an incredibly hospitable attitude. They will do everything that is in their power to help us out (even if they can't totally understand us!). I've gotten used to being very careful about what I ask for or say I want because people will just run out and get it for us! I'm glad that I chose to study abroad in such a wonderful country!