Earthquake in China today....

At about 2:45 today our building started swaying. Three of my quilting students were still in our apartment when one of them said..."I think the building is moving". And...it was! The light fixture over the sofa was swaying back and forth and it felt really weird. Our entry door was open and it started making a strange sound against the door frame and the whole room was rocking. We were not shaking....just rocking. The rocking/swaying lasted much longer than a normal earthquake. ....So....at the time this was happening we were not sure if it really was an earthquake or some other strange thing happening to the building. Yikes!!! We decided we should get out of the building so we rushed into the stairway and walk down 36 floors.

The stairway exits to the driveway at the front of our building so we asked the security guards what was happening....they thought we were nuts and had a great laugh. "Crazy Westerners!"

Then....a few minutes later they said all the buildings were shaking....then a little later they said there had been an earthquake in western China.

The earthquake center is the province where Xiao Zhangs parents live. Please keep them in your prayers.