Hey
everybody, I’m so glad I get to write to you again. I was able to communicate
back home a little bit more these past couple weeks and I just have to say that
you guys are too nice. I received so many encouraging words and support that
really blessed my heart, thank you. I want you to know I have discovered a
newfound joy living here and I don’t feel like I have any problems. Now let me
tell you what’s been going on the past couple weeks.
Our time at
the high school has come to an end. I am extremely sad to leave the students
and teachers that I love so much. On the other hand it is nice not having to
wake up at 6:30 in the morning. As our time has come to a close we have been
able to take lots of pictures with the students and tell them goodbye. We have
also been able to eat a few meals with the teachers and talk with them before
leaving. I have very much enjoyed this time but I also know it was the right
time for us to leave.
Ironically
we finished teaching school just before Thanksgiving, making it a truly
thankful Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was a blast! There was lots and lots of
food and it all tasted authentically American! I ate food all day while we
played games. We played tons of games. I even got to hacky sack in the middle
of a rose garden. The party lasted over nine hours. It was a day I was truly
grateful for. And oh yes, there were lots of pies and I ate a piece of every one.
Now that
teaching and Thanksgiving are over I am intensely focused on writing papers.
Brady and I have a week or so to build upon the relationships we have created with
the locals and write our papers. Our ethnography paper over the local culture
has allowed us to ask deeper questions to the friends we have made. This has
actually caused us to grow deeper relationships with our friends at the high
school. Writing these papers will be a difficult task for me as I typically get
burnt out on writing after an hour or so.
There is so
much to get done and our time is winding down here. I have been so focused on
what to do with the little bit of time I have left I have tried to plan out
every day I have left. Not to mention in early December an American will be
visiting our land and we will all go backpacking through rural villages for a
couple of weeks. This means that our school work and relationships with the
locals should be pretty much wrapped up by then. Needless to say there is a lot
to get done and not a lot of time to get it done in.
These thoughts of wrapping up my
time here and starting up my time back home have been filling my mind. If I ask
anything from you guys during this time it is that you would ask Daddy that I
would have perseverance. Finishing up papers and relationships will be
difficult and backpacking through villages will be hard as well, I could use as
much help as I can get. Even though it will be difficult I joyfully look
forward to everything. Even though it will be hard it will also be a blast. Thank
you guys for the support I love you all.
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