About my home, Lingnan University: 2,300 Students – compared to the 28,500 at WVU. 75% of students live on campus, so all the students are like family! Lingnan is the only Liberal Arts College in Hong Kong, and I am currently just 1 of 114 exchange students!
It is nice to be at a smaller university, considering there are 7 MILLION people in Hong Kong!
Yesterday was the end of the three day “NSO – New Student Orientation”. In the past three days I’ve attended seminars and lectures, tours and assemblies, I’ve played crazy Chinese games and I’ve eaten strange boxed Chinese food. I also got to know the students in my hostel really well – all of the girls in my hostel are so sweet! They are all fascinated by my blond hair, my height, and American culture!
The best part of New Student Orientation was a Student Organization Fair, where all the Student Organizations set up decorative informational booths and you could go around and learn more about all the activities the University had to offer, as well as meet the people in the organizations!
I am excited to say that I am the newest member of the Lingnan University Rowing Team! I even have a T-Shirt, a water bottle, and a lanyard that says so! The Rowing Team practices every Monday and Wednesday night on land on the rowing machines in the gym at the University, and then every Sunday the team takes a trip to a river in Hong Kong and practices on water! I’m really excited to start practicing with the team! More to details to come on this for sure…
Perhaps the most encouraging and unexpected thing happened right before joining the Rowing Team…I was walking among the hundreds of students promoting their organizations and I noticed there were a group of students providing information about Christian organizations on campus. Lots of things here are in Chinese characters, including the names of many of the organizations the students were promoting…so in many occasions I had no idea which organizations where which until I talked to someone.
Then it happened…I was handed a pamphlet that said “Our Vision...Our Mission…Turn Lost students into Life long Spiritual multipliers for global harvest”. That sounded a lot like the Campus Crusade for Christ mission statement in America?? Sure enough, there is Campus Crusade for Christ at Lingnan University! I didn’t believe it at first! I got the contact information for some of the students who are involved here and met a husband and wife who are on staff and work for Campus Crusade. I also got information about some churches in Hong Kong that speak English!
I’m so excited for the next four months here in Lingnan. Right now that seems like a really long time, but I know it’s going to fly by. I’m itching to become familiar with this place, I feel like there is so much “unknown”, I can’t wait to explore Hong Kong and all the opportunities it has to offer! I’m looking forward to more strange food, making life long and global friendships and making the most of every unexpected situation!
Since New Student Orientation is over, my schedule is pretty much free to explore until classes start on Monday. Today, I’m off to explore “Central” which is in the main city of Hong Kong, on Hong Kong Island…wish me luck!
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