Wow, it’s already been two years!? Huh, it feels like the adventure just started yesterday. I can still remember so clearly sitting in the airport, scared out of my mind, waiting to get on a plane that would take me to someplace magical…or awful. I can safely say that it was a wonderful (slightly magical) place. The Father showed me so much beauty in such a dark place. I really enjoyed serving Him overseas as a teacher.
I could write a thick book about all the things I’ve seen, people I’ve come to love, funny stories I’ve witnessed,…
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Happy New Year!
Yes, I know what you're thinking, didn't she already say Happy New Year in her last letter? I did, but it just so happens that there are two new years celebrations here. One for the western calendar at the beginning of January and one for the lunar calendar at the end of January. The lunar new years is more important here than the one we celebrate. Everything is closed and people go back to their hometowns to visit their family, visit their ancestor's graves, and have many parties with close friends and neighbors.
I was suddenly told by my administrator that I would…
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Happy New Year!
December has been a chilling 66 degrees, so we put on our scarfs and jackets! Everyone looks like they are ready for a blizzard! It has been a month of many changes. Christmas was pretty sad because not many people celebrate it or have a good idea of what it is. We made it through the holidays and hopefully things warm up in the next few weeks.
First time to go to the local market alone. It is a little hole in the wall place and no foreigners go there. I was a big shock to many of the woman selling food there. They would point and stare. Some of the more brave ones said "Hello…
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I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Even here there are decorations for Christmas! I was so surprised, when I went to the supermarket there was nativity scene. Everyone was lined up to take pictures with it.
Well, life this past month has been a little crazy. I am now officially a university professor. Before going, I heard all these horrible stories, from previous teachers and the administration at the school, about how these students were awful, they were rude and hard to control, and that they were super "weak" in English. So, needless to say, I was terrified my first day. But…
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Well, we had a big typhoon sweep in. It came, made a mess in the night, and left by morning. Our apartment building suffered greatly but only the downstairs area where the motorbikes are parked. The windows on the sides of the building were blown out and smashed to pieces all over the lobby. The ceiling tiles fell down, the elevators flooded, the stairwells flooded (the trash shoot too, that was smelly), and some motorbikes were crushed by heavy windows. Many trees along the streets fell over onto power lines. However, that didn't stop the g0vernment from cutting off all the limbs and…
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