where does the time go? It's been two weeks since my last blog entry and it seems like four. Sorry to my faithful four or five that check in to see what life's like here in Asia. This is not an earth-shattering post, no really humorous stories to share, and since it's Monday morning and I'm in typical fashion chasing my tail, I'm not going to set up the camera and show the latest picture of my A8 Sunny. Although I'll have to do it later, 'cause last week she came in dressed like a model again and I couldn't resist taking a picture of her. She cracks me up!
So, hmmm, the last two weeks highlights...Easter weekend was a blast, with an evening picnic planned by Tinus and Marguerite (two of the S. African friends I hang with here) on the Saturday, which was the day in between both of their birthdays. It was cool to get together with people they love, some I know and love and some I didn't know at all. I especially loved talking to a new gal that all the S.A.'s talk about but whom I'd never met. She's the mother of 15 month old twins, so she's been really busy in the 7 months I've been here. But it was finally cool to get to put a face to all the stories about her. The twins were at home with Papa, giving her a rare moment to be an adult with other adults.
The Easter Sunday morning was a wet beginning, but that didn't put me off trying to find a sunrise beach scene. I live just 15 minutes from the water, albeit on the West coast, so it was a short scoot, but the rain was pouring so I was wet within one minute of leaving the apartment. My friend, Claudia had sent me some killer rainboots in the mail the day before and I took them on their inaugural run that morning. My friend, Ryno and I went to a place where we could stand under a shelter, staring at the ocean rockin' with the wind and rain, and prayed for the day, thankful that we both have a relationship with the risen One, and praying for people who would be in our company that don't yet know Jesus. It was a very cool moment even if we had to exercise faith to believe the sun had risen, in some ways not unlike the faith required to believe the Son has risen. We scooted to a nearby 7-11, sloshed into the store, picked out some "breakfast" and sat there watching the clouds move off while we talked and ate. We got back in time to change into church clothes and then the rain had stopped.
Easter worship was cool and there was a packed house, including my friend and co-worker, Erin with her friend/my friend too Erica. It's always fun to merge your work life with your other parts of life, and this was no exception.
After worship, we all came to our house to get ready for the potluck we'd planned for Easter lunch. We had 14 people here for lunch and quite a spread I must say. The leftovers lasted me for lunches throughout the week, so that'll tell you how much food there was. Everybody enjoyed themselves which was just what we all needed I think. When everyone left at almost 5:00 my roommates and I all went into our respective bedrooms to nap, but understandably we were still exhausted the next morning when we got up to have Easter Monday breakfast together as a household. Monday night was an early night for us all. Good weekend.
Now, it's Monday again and we've just come through another cool weekend, that was not nearly as busy and yet still a lot of fun. I asked my roommates last night what they're looking forward to this week, and not surprisingly they all said "a four day work week." Yep, me too. We get Friday off as a random holiday, I believe it's called "Tomb-sweeping Day". Gotta find me a broom, I reckon...and a tomb too come to think of it. Actually, I've decided, rather spontaneously, to join my friend Julie on a weekend trip to Thailand. We're leaving Thursday night and returning Monday morning. It's only a 2.5 hour flight, and the package was pretty reasonable, so I said why not. We'll be at a beach resort for 2 nights and in Bangkok for 2 nights, with 3 days to play and relax. Yea!! Vacation!!
Well, I've got to get moving here. One last highlight/praise from the last few days. Last Thursday I was listening to Joyce Meyer while I was scooting to work, and the podcast was on Faith. I really liked some of the things that she and her guest said, so I texted my roommates to see if they would be around Friday night so we could listen to it together. They were all in, so we got together over some homemade quiche (thanks Mari and Annaloe) and listened to the 14 minute pcast on Faith. Then we talked about what we needed more faith for in our individual lives and I asked them to pray for a meeting I would hopefully have with my boss the next day. It was a cool time of sharing together.
The next morning, Saturday, I went to Chudong to do the storytelling, and then I went to lunch with Serena, my boss, the founder and director of the school. I knew I was covered in prayer and because of that I was able to diplomatically suggest some things that she might do to make the teachers enjoy their jobs more. (You know God was doing the talking if I was able to be diplomatic!) She was very receptive and even excited that she could create an environment that attracts teachers in a climate that is very competitive for schools hiring and keeping teachers. I really knew that God had given me favor with her when she reacted so positively.
Well, that's all from the TW. Gotta go teach A8, A7 and B4! Woo hoo! The wind is blowing in gusts, there's a light rain falling, but the temp is not too low, so that's o.k. Thanks for reading and thanks for keeping me in your prayers.
Have a great week.
Until next time,
LC
3.30.2008
3.16.2008
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Today's my dad's birthday, and since it's Sunday, he's doing what he's done most Sunday's for the past 51 years (since he was 23!) He's preaching. Today he begins a four day revival meeting in a church in the small town of Chelsea in NE Oklahoma. I phoned him this morning and he was getting ready to drive to the church. He downplayed the fact that it was his birthday. When you're in ministry it's a little weird to have a birthday on a Sunday 'cause you've got major responsibilities on that day of the week particularly, so you hardly get to pamper yourself. But hopefully my dad will get a little lovin' from some of the family that lives close to where he is, and I'm sure mom will hook him up with some good food. When I asked him about the church he was going to, he said this was the third time they'd had him up for a revival in the last few years. When I told him they must like him, he responded humbly. I thought that was sweet...but truthfully, most places where my father has preached in his life, they've wanted him to come back. He's a good preacher and he's really a likable person, so he draws people to him. I like that about my dad.
So, I guess I should just close by saying, "Happy Birthday, Pop! I love you."
That's all from the TW.
Until next time, LC
So, I guess I should just close by saying, "Happy Birthday, Pop! I love you."
That's all from the TW.
Until next time, LC
Dad and Kaibryn (greatgranddaughter) driving the boat
with Papa Clark last summer in Oklahoma.
The grandbabies love Papa Clark.
with Papa Clark last summer in Oklahoma.
The grandbabies love Papa Clark.
Dad with his youngest granddaughter, Candace.
This pic was taken at Christmas '06.
This past Christmas, '07, Dad performed her wedding to Michael.
This past Christmas, '07, Dad performed her wedding to Michael.
Dad holding Taylor,
another great granddaughter,
Christmas '06. Like I said,
the babies love Papa.
another great granddaughter,
Christmas '06. Like I said,
the babies love Papa.
3.13.2008
Happy Birthday to my sister, Karen!
She's my only sister and it's her birthday today, so I wanted to give her a shout out. It's late here on my Thursday, and I am absolutely wasted from my longest and most stressful day. I'm sitting on my couch making loads of typing mistakes, barely able to hold my head up 'cause I just took some allergy medicine to try to breathe better, and listening to "Take the Lead" in the background on my TV.
Earlier today I asked my little girl, Sunny from A8 to say Happy Birthday to my sister on video. It just happened to be her birthday too, so it was kind of fun to try to get her to do it. Two classes later, I had A4, and there's a kid in there who sort of takes over the class with his joking around and laughing so loudly. His name is Tim and he's a little larger than life, so all the kids really like him a lot, while I often feel he's obnoxious and hard to keep in check so I can teach. However, Tim is very good at drawing and so tonight I asked him to draw a birthday board for my sister. He agreed and this distraction kept him busy for about half of the class time. This was good for me, good for him and good for the rest of the class. When he finished, the rest of the class was very impressed as was I.
Karen, I hope you enjoy your shout out and you have a great day. Happy Birthday! Until next time, LC from TW
Earlier today I asked my little girl, Sunny from A8 to say Happy Birthday to my sister on video. It just happened to be her birthday too, so it was kind of fun to try to get her to do it. Two classes later, I had A4, and there's a kid in there who sort of takes over the class with his joking around and laughing so loudly. His name is Tim and he's a little larger than life, so all the kids really like him a lot, while I often feel he's obnoxious and hard to keep in check so I can teach. However, Tim is very good at drawing and so tonight I asked him to draw a birthday board for my sister. He agreed and this distraction kept him busy for about half of the class time. This was good for me, good for him and good for the rest of the class. When he finished, the rest of the class was very impressed as was I.
Karen, I hope you enjoy your shout out and you have a great day. Happy Birthday! Until next time, LC from TW
3.09.2008
Saturday night in TW with Friends
just a few videos of the party. Pretty subdued really, but thought you should at least see them and hear them say their own names. Zzzzz...wake up and meet my friends in Taiwan, dang it! (Yea, we have a treadmill in our living room. Wonder if it works?)
Happy Birthday to me! My live, my stweet!
Spontaneous singing at the party. Loved it!
Hope
Larissa, here's a late congrats on your birthday! We hope that the new year redefines 'blessed' and we hope you can cope with the level of the originality of this gift...but, then again: 'hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things...and a good thing never dies' - Shawshank
Godspeed,
Johan, Hein, Marguerite, Tinus
This was written on the beautiful envelope given to me last night at my Friends party by four of my South African friends. (I threw this party so I could have a reason to bake cakes and make burritos for the friends I have here in Taiwan and because I wanted to play the Friends board game as most of us here enjoy that show.) In the envelope, the second such gift I've gotten in the past three days, was one of the best gifts anyone could want...a $1000 NT (about $32 US) gift certificate to my favorite mall here in Hsinchu, good for anywhere in the mall. I used my first one in the American food store in the basement of the place and fed the 12 friends that came over last night with my purchases. (Thanks to my roommates for that one.)
I wanted to share this sentiment with you because I'm thankful for a group of people who call me friend in this foreign land...I'm thankful for remembered conversations about movies that I like...and I'm thankful that the friends I enjoy here know that the best hope is found in the blessings we all receive from our relationship with God.
So, tonight before I go to bed I wanted to say I'm thankful that our hope in God never dies. May we nurture that hope and guard it against any kind of illness even. On that, I'm out.
Until next time, LC from the TW
PS...I love you....;) ...and I will share more about yesterday in a post later this week.
Godspeed,
Johan, Hein, Marguerite, Tinus
This was written on the beautiful envelope given to me last night at my Friends party by four of my South African friends. (I threw this party so I could have a reason to bake cakes and make burritos for the friends I have here in Taiwan and because I wanted to play the Friends board game as most of us here enjoy that show.) In the envelope, the second such gift I've gotten in the past three days, was one of the best gifts anyone could want...a $1000 NT (about $32 US) gift certificate to my favorite mall here in Hsinchu, good for anywhere in the mall. I used my first one in the American food store in the basement of the place and fed the 12 friends that came over last night with my purchases. (Thanks to my roommates for that one.)
I wanted to share this sentiment with you because I'm thankful for a group of people who call me friend in this foreign land...I'm thankful for remembered conversations about movies that I like...and I'm thankful that the friends I enjoy here know that the best hope is found in the blessings we all receive from our relationship with God.
So, tonight before I go to bed I wanted to say I'm thankful that our hope in God never dies. May we nurture that hope and guard it against any kind of illness even. On that, I'm out.
Until next time, LC from the TW
PS...I love you....;) ...and I will share more about yesterday in a post later this week.
3.06.2008
Pictures of Today!
Nothin' but pics. See previous post for details. LC
Erin meeting me for our ride in front
of my apartment.
Great looking path, eh? It's a good thing.
Had to get a shot of the recycling plant
next to the beautiful beach area.
This is Sunny from A8, who I
feature frequently in my blog
'cause she cracks me up.
She came to class today
dressed to kill again, and I
convinced her to take a couple
of pics even though it was on the
wrong setting.
Cake at the end of the day! Good times.
Erin meeting me for our ride in front
of my apartment.
I followed this bus for awhile before
reading it and deciding it was worthy
of a photo, even if I was scooting beside
it when I took this shot. Don't ask me
where Yosemite is in Taiwan, but I suspect
someone just pulled that off the internet.
of a photo, even if I was scooting beside
it when I took this shot. Don't ask me
where Yosemite is in Taiwan, but I suspect
someone just pulled that off the internet.
Me and Erin, just off the bikes ready to start walking.
Great looking path, eh? It's a good thing.
Me near the edge of the beach. Can you see China?
Huge beach near the path. Beautiful from a distance,
but we walked on it and found broken bottles,
discarded baby buggies, and loads of plastic trash.
Trash Beach!
but we walked on it and found broken bottles,
discarded baby buggies, and loads of plastic trash.
Trash Beach!
Beautiful shell on Trash Beach. We didn't keep it!
Trash boat right off the beach. Yikes!
Crab on a bike makes a bench. Kind of clever,
kind of practical, kind of goofy looking.
kind of practical, kind of goofy looking.
Me and Erin at the more than halfway mark.
Had to get a shot of the recycling plant
next to the beautiful beach area.
This is Sunny from A8, who I
feature frequently in my blog
'cause she cracks me up.
She came to class today
dressed to kill again, and I
convinced her to take a couple
of pics even though it was on the
wrong setting.
Sunny posing for a pic alone.
Too dark to see her pants.
Too dark to see her pants.
Now Sunny's running cause
she doesn't want to take another
pic and she thinks it's a game.
But take a look at those pants, and
pink shoes with red socks. Crack Up!
she doesn't want to take another
pic and she thinks it's a game.
But take a look at those pants, and
pink shoes with red socks. Crack Up!
Cake at the end of the day! Good times.
4T6 2day!!
Yep, that's right party people, today WAS my birthday. Seeing that it's after midnight in the TW, it's over now, and I have officially started my 46th year. (I know I've already lived 46 years and I'm starting my 47th technically, but please just let me say it this way for now.) It only hurts if you think about how close 50 is at just 4 short years away.
This morning I was thinking about that and I tried to recall where I was 4 years AGO. I realized I had just left First Baptist, San Francisco and was studying massage and how to teach ESL. Then I realized how long ago all that seems to me and I wondered if the next 4 years will go slowly or fast. We shall see. Deep thoughts, here, eh?
Today was a great day in many ways, although it was a Thursday and, as you know if you're an avid "Taiwan to Me" reader, Thursdays are not my favorite days of the week. (My last two classes of the day I was pretty much in a fog.) I got up earlier than usual this morning for two reasons: my roommates surprised me with a birthday breakfast, which was awesome! (thanks Anneloe, Mari, and Ryno) AND my friend Erin and I went for a birthday challenge walk. We set out to find the beach town of Nanliao, (which is a challenge in itself since we neither one had ever driven there on our own, and in fact we'd only ever been there once before) and it was a beautiful morning with great sun and not too much wind. Nanliao's very near to where I live and Erin was great to scoot over about 30 minutes from Chudong to Hsinchu to meet me at 8 for our adventure. We found the "Sea Viewing Park" without too much difficulty and started walking around 8:45. After almost two hours enjoying the sea views and discovering the "trash beach" (yet another reason the Taiwanese don't swim in the ocean) we were back at the bikes and heading back into town. It was a great way to start the day, and I really am so thankful that Erin embraced the challenge with me.
After an indulgent morning, my afternoon and evening went pretty much as normal, with the exception that Erin showed up at my school to teach her one class in Erchong (on Thursdays she teaches all afternoon in Chudong and one early evening class in Erchong), brought me a yummy bubble milk tea, and then taught her beginners to sing Happy Birthday so they could invade my class and sing to me. It was a sweet interruption to my long day.
Only after I had finished teaching all my classes and was truly ready to come home and relax did I discover Erin had also brought a beautiful (albeit Taiwanese) birthday cake to the school and stashed it for the Chinese staff to enjoy with me at the end of the day. (Thanks TE!) Cara, Sharon, and Scarlet were pretending to be on the phone when I came downstairs to shut down my computer and head off. Then, I couldn't find my coat, and I had a "senior moment" wondering if I had worn it and if so, where had I put it. Cara started laughing and it became obvious she was not talking to anyone on the phone. So, I searched for my coat and found it in the storage closet sitting next to the birthday cake with a question mark candle on top and a sign that said, "Happy Birthday, baby!" Crack up! So Chinese! They love to say "Hello, baby!" sort of seductively. I think some advertiser is responsible for that trend. Anyway, the four of us had cake and then I brought the rest home for the roommies.
After a few phone conversations, I'm blogging and then crashing. I'm old you know. Thanks to everyone who emailed or sent cards (woohoo Hoops and Yo Yo!) or called me to sing or say Happy Birthday. Hope you all have a bright weekend. Love from the TW, LC
This morning I was thinking about that and I tried to recall where I was 4 years AGO. I realized I had just left First Baptist, San Francisco and was studying massage and how to teach ESL. Then I realized how long ago all that seems to me and I wondered if the next 4 years will go slowly or fast. We shall see. Deep thoughts, here, eh?
Today was a great day in many ways, although it was a Thursday and, as you know if you're an avid "Taiwan to Me" reader, Thursdays are not my favorite days of the week. (My last two classes of the day I was pretty much in a fog.) I got up earlier than usual this morning for two reasons: my roommates surprised me with a birthday breakfast, which was awesome! (thanks Anneloe, Mari, and Ryno) AND my friend Erin and I went for a birthday challenge walk. We set out to find the beach town of Nanliao, (which is a challenge in itself since we neither one had ever driven there on our own, and in fact we'd only ever been there once before) and it was a beautiful morning with great sun and not too much wind. Nanliao's very near to where I live and Erin was great to scoot over about 30 minutes from Chudong to Hsinchu to meet me at 8 for our adventure. We found the "Sea Viewing Park" without too much difficulty and started walking around 8:45. After almost two hours enjoying the sea views and discovering the "trash beach" (yet another reason the Taiwanese don't swim in the ocean) we were back at the bikes and heading back into town. It was a great way to start the day, and I really am so thankful that Erin embraced the challenge with me.
After an indulgent morning, my afternoon and evening went pretty much as normal, with the exception that Erin showed up at my school to teach her one class in Erchong (on Thursdays she teaches all afternoon in Chudong and one early evening class in Erchong), brought me a yummy bubble milk tea, and then taught her beginners to sing Happy Birthday so they could invade my class and sing to me. It was a sweet interruption to my long day.
Only after I had finished teaching all my classes and was truly ready to come home and relax did I discover Erin had also brought a beautiful (albeit Taiwanese) birthday cake to the school and stashed it for the Chinese staff to enjoy with me at the end of the day. (Thanks TE!) Cara, Sharon, and Scarlet were pretending to be on the phone when I came downstairs to shut down my computer and head off. Then, I couldn't find my coat, and I had a "senior moment" wondering if I had worn it and if so, where had I put it. Cara started laughing and it became obvious she was not talking to anyone on the phone. So, I searched for my coat and found it in the storage closet sitting next to the birthday cake with a question mark candle on top and a sign that said, "Happy Birthday, baby!" Crack up! So Chinese! They love to say "Hello, baby!" sort of seductively. I think some advertiser is responsible for that trend. Anyway, the four of us had cake and then I brought the rest home for the roommies.
After a few phone conversations, I'm blogging and then crashing. I'm old you know. Thanks to everyone who emailed or sent cards (woohoo Hoops and Yo Yo!) or called me to sing or say Happy Birthday. Hope you all have a bright weekend. Love from the TW, LC
My roommates made me breakfast!
3.02.2008
Two weeks, two weekends, and...
too many emotions to explain why I haven't written in that length of time, and why I'm sitting on my couch on a Monday morning, in denial that my day/week looms large in front of me and I've done no planning. All this to say, this is a short update with high points of how re-entry has been in the past two weeks here.
I made it through the first week of teaching without too much fanfare. The new teacher, who my boss had made such a fuss about him being my age, was here when I returned and there is definitely no there there. He's not bad looking but he's not for me. Mainly because he's not walking with the Lord, and that makes him completely unattractive to me, but also because I think he's quirky and strange and may put my money on a future news story highlighting a sordid past at the community college where he taught most recently before moving to Taiwan in the middle of the school year to teach 1st graders. (That was a great sentence don't you think? Long by anyones standards but particularly meaty coming from the English teacher that I am! Woo hoo!) So, first week down, I entered last weekend with a few things to do, but it was raining and cold, so I didn't do much. Got my hair washed/head massaged Saturday morning. (A great indulgence for less than $10.) Then I met up with my co-worker for some shopping and a movie. (Saw The Bucket List and thought it was great.) The first Sunday back was great seeing people on the worship team at church, and reconnecting to the body in Taiwan. The rest of the weekend was chill with me fixing tacos for the roommates for Sunday dinner. We usually have Sunday evening dinner together, sometimes with friends and sometimes just the four of us.
Last week went by pretty quickly because we had this random day off on 2/28, which was Thursday and my hardest day of the week. I was thrilled to stay up late on Wednesday night, sleep late on Thursday morning, do laundry, and generally have a lazy day in the middle of the week. Friday was a quick day because it felt awesome to have a "one day week" so to speak, and the weekend was upon me again.
Saturday I got up early and scooted over to Chudong to read stories to the munchkins from 10 to 11, (part of my job I have to do about once a month), then I scooted to Jubei to catch the High Speed to Taipei and meet up with Lucy. Lucy is Irene Morris' sister and she is great to spend time with. Except for one annoying thing, which is she makes me eat Chinese food when I'm with her. Alas, I found myself at a hotpot restaurant for two hours with Lucy on Saturday afternoon. Taipei is full of American chains like Chili's and Macaroni Grill so I'm generally disappointed to have to eat bad Chinese when I can eat bad American food. It was great company though, and I made it back to Hsinchu by 7, so not too bad of a day.
Yesterday, I led worship in the morning, spent the afternoon with my roommates rearranging our house and hanging some pictures I had framed, then napping. We made breakfast for dinner at 6:30 last night for about 10 people before we saw a two hour (about) slideshow from our friend Hein. He just returned from 3 weeks in Thailand and Cambodia and had an amazing time with great stories to tell, so it was fun.
Now, this morning, I'm struggling again to get out the door. Thus there will be no pictures with this posting, but promises to do so later.
It's March, best month of the year...hee hee...and I promise to do better with the posts this month. Thanks to all of you who read it faithfully or try to (sorry Stephanie;).
One funny story about A11 from last week. As I was teaching and calling out the names of the children to participate in various class activities, I unwittingly called on two children one right after the other with interesting names. The first one's name is Willie and the second one is named Nelson. I said, "Willie, Nelson, come up here." And then, I heard what I had said and just busted out laughing at myself. These kids must definitely think I'm nuts. As if that wasn't funny enough, two days later, same class, I called on two other kids. The first one is a little girl called Jessie and the second one I called up was James. Yep, I've got Jessie James and Willie Nelson in my A11 class. Only in the TW!
Take care until next time,
LC
I made it through the first week of teaching without too much fanfare. The new teacher, who my boss had made such a fuss about him being my age, was here when I returned and there is definitely no there there. He's not bad looking but he's not for me. Mainly because he's not walking with the Lord, and that makes him completely unattractive to me, but also because I think he's quirky and strange and may put my money on a future news story highlighting a sordid past at the community college where he taught most recently before moving to Taiwan in the middle of the school year to teach 1st graders. (That was a great sentence don't you think? Long by anyones standards but particularly meaty coming from the English teacher that I am! Woo hoo!) So, first week down, I entered last weekend with a few things to do, but it was raining and cold, so I didn't do much. Got my hair washed/head massaged Saturday morning. (A great indulgence for less than $10.) Then I met up with my co-worker for some shopping and a movie. (Saw The Bucket List and thought it was great.) The first Sunday back was great seeing people on the worship team at church, and reconnecting to the body in Taiwan. The rest of the weekend was chill with me fixing tacos for the roommates for Sunday dinner. We usually have Sunday evening dinner together, sometimes with friends and sometimes just the four of us.
Last week went by pretty quickly because we had this random day off on 2/28, which was Thursday and my hardest day of the week. I was thrilled to stay up late on Wednesday night, sleep late on Thursday morning, do laundry, and generally have a lazy day in the middle of the week. Friday was a quick day because it felt awesome to have a "one day week" so to speak, and the weekend was upon me again.
Saturday I got up early and scooted over to Chudong to read stories to the munchkins from 10 to 11, (part of my job I have to do about once a month), then I scooted to Jubei to catch the High Speed to Taipei and meet up with Lucy. Lucy is Irene Morris' sister and she is great to spend time with. Except for one annoying thing, which is she makes me eat Chinese food when I'm with her. Alas, I found myself at a hotpot restaurant for two hours with Lucy on Saturday afternoon. Taipei is full of American chains like Chili's and Macaroni Grill so I'm generally disappointed to have to eat bad Chinese when I can eat bad American food. It was great company though, and I made it back to Hsinchu by 7, so not too bad of a day.
Yesterday, I led worship in the morning, spent the afternoon with my roommates rearranging our house and hanging some pictures I had framed, then napping. We made breakfast for dinner at 6:30 last night for about 10 people before we saw a two hour (about) slideshow from our friend Hein. He just returned from 3 weeks in Thailand and Cambodia and had an amazing time with great stories to tell, so it was fun.
Now, this morning, I'm struggling again to get out the door. Thus there will be no pictures with this posting, but promises to do so later.
It's March, best month of the year...hee hee...and I promise to do better with the posts this month. Thanks to all of you who read it faithfully or try to (sorry Stephanie;).
One funny story about A11 from last week. As I was teaching and calling out the names of the children to participate in various class activities, I unwittingly called on two children one right after the other with interesting names. The first one's name is Willie and the second one is named Nelson. I said, "Willie, Nelson, come up here." And then, I heard what I had said and just busted out laughing at myself. These kids must definitely think I'm nuts. As if that wasn't funny enough, two days later, same class, I called on two other kids. The first one is a little girl called Jessie and the second one I called up was James. Yep, I've got Jessie James and Willie Nelson in my A11 class. Only in the TW!
Take care until next time,
LC
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