I learned not to notice the secret police quietly video taping us foreigners on Beijing's streets. But I also learned that beyond all the external trappings of culture and language, we are not all that different . Children everywhere laugh and play. It seems all boys like wheels, and girls like dolls and stuffed animals. Fathers and mothers everywhere love their children.
People everywhere appreciate beautiful things.
People everywhere dream. People everywhere value friends. People everywhere hurt. People everywhere long for a better world, a world of peace where they can raise their children and grow old without the threat of war and violence. People everywhere need God.