weekend in guangzhou

For the first time in my life I traveled more than five minutes to get to a church meeting this weekend. We traveled to Guangzhou to attend a district conference and a few of us decided to go a day early and make a weekend out of it! 

We always take the sky train to Guangzhou. It's AWESOME. 

so grateful to have good friends with me :)

We then took the metro to our hostel. This is where I came to the conclusion that there are TOO MANY people in China.

After walking around in every direction for what seemed like years and asking a million clueless people where to find the "wedding dress street" we finally found it! I think... We're still not exactly sure where we were. We never are. 

So yes, we went shopping for wedding dresses for one of my roommates. {shhh, she's not technically engaged yet} She didn't find one but we had a lot of fun looking! 

After a loooong day on our feet we got some street food and headed back to the hostel. On the way we stumbled upon a park decked out in lights. I quickly forgot all about how tired I was and took a stroll, soaking up every second. Nights like this remind me why I'm here. I just wish my camera could capture how beautiful it was. Because it was. 

Sunday came and we made our way to District Conference. A room full of white people. A room full of families. A room full of members. It felt like home. 

The Gospel may not be in China quite yet, but the Spirit is. And I'm so glad.