sorry for the lack of posts!

teaching is finished! What a crazy experience. Today was the final day, and all the kids had us sign their t-shirts, give them business cards, and take pictures of them. Good times! We also went out to dinner with all the teachers and they gave us school t-shirts and beautiful Chinese fans.
I may not be [...]

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FRESH BAKED BREAD–WHEAT bread!

We eat in the school cafeteria every day, and ever since the first day, it’s been a struggle. We have 6 vegetarians on the team, so they make special tofu or fish dishes for us. They also give us alternative entrees when they have particularly Chinese foods (like chicken feet, pigs feet–with the fur and hoof [...]

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happy change

My roommate extraordinaire, Megan, and I get to be partners due to some staff re-shuffling on our team. So, I get to help out with “Stories” instead of “Songs”! SO cool!
We’re getting interviewed by a local news station today after our last class. I don’t know what to expect, so it’ll be interesting.
On an incredibly [...]

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alive but anemic

ack. It hit me today. I walked up 1 flight of stairs and couldn’t get enough oxygen. Airflow was fine, O2 was not. I’ve been chowing vitamins and enriched power bars, but I guess that hasn’t been enough. There aren’t very many beans here (my fave iron source).
 The kids have all but mastered the “th” [...]

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Rested and Ready for Another Week

Thank you for all your comments and emails…it is SO NICE to hear from people back home. I was listening to some of the Wunderhusband’s and my fave songs on yesterday’s bus ride (Thanks for the mp3 player loaner, Munchkin!!), and I had to stop ‘cuz it made me cry. Miss you, babe! It’s like [...]

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GOOD TIMES and KARAOKE IN CHINA!! :)

WOW. We got through our first week of teaching: crazy schedule changes, room changes, cockroaches, buckets of sweat, and all! :-P My poor roomie got sick, but she’s dosing up on Zinc, Airborne, and vitamines and feels like she’s beating back whatever is trying to grab hold of her! (One of her students sneezed directly [...]

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general info on China trip

I realized that I haven’t posted much background on this trip. Here’s a link to our program!
Thanks, Globetrotter, for your insightful questions! Hope this answers any that you have! Please feel free to ask for any further info!

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hilarity ensues

Sunday was crazy…we were moved from our hotel and into dorm rooms. This was welcome, as we heard rats scuttling around in the walls, and everything was really dingy at the hotel. The dorm rooms were a refreshing change. Everything is tile, so no carpet to hold icky stuff and germs. the beds. Well, they’re [...]

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Miriam & Anthony

Miriam & Anthony

Originally uploaded by Miriam and Tony.

since my pictures of anthony got stolen :(…I’m trying to print this one! :)

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dim sum at midnight

I’m in CHINA!!!!
And this keyboard is awful, so please forgive the typos.
So, it’s not terribly hot yet…probably in the high 90s but the humidity is unbelievable…just like the Philippines, only more polluted. I’m literally dripping sweat as I sit in the non-airconditioned internet cafe that we discovered..ON OUR OWN–after about 10 minutes of wandering near [...]

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this time tomorrow…

(Lord willing and the creek don’t rise), I’ll be on a plane with 30 other team members headed to Dongguan, China!!!
I’m spectacularly excited and the vast number of unknowns about this trip has me jittery (but in a positive, energy-giving way).
Please pray for safety–there was a huge explosion at a karaoke bar in Beijing (we’re [...]

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