What a Day Friends and Family,
Last night was our final English corner at the college with some games and laughter. Before students showed up, the foreign Engish teachers were talking about the upcoming week and what days we thought we had off for the New Year Holiday. We all had different information about the days off. Ryan and I were told that we had Monday and Tuesday off but we needed to teach on Saturday to make up for Monday classes. They do this so that they have the days off consecutively together even if that means teaching during the weekend. But then they asked us to switch our afternoon class to Friday so that we could attend a English corner at the Middle school on Saturday. We said okay but then the college called back saying that we don't have to make up our classes on Saturday at all. Great! But the next day we talked she told us that we did not have to teach at all next week so that the students can study for the final tests. Okay, then! Then she said that the English corner at the Middle school was canceled. So that means that we don't have anything for a week in a half and we only have to give our finals the last week in a half that we are here. A week ago we didn't even know that we had Monday and Tuesday off but now we have a week in a half off. We're glad to have the time off to enjoy relaxing and hanging out with friends. Since we didn't know that we had this time off some of our students don't know what groups they are in for their final so somehow we need to contact those classes. Before the finals, we hope to take some pictures of each of our classes as a memory of each class. I'm really going to miss my students and the fun times we have had together in growing and sharing special qualities we have to offer. My students have been so wonderful to Ryan and I. I hope that they know how much they mean to me. I told one student that we will not return next term and she teared up. I really hope that we can stay in contact but a lot of my students don't have email, they don't have as much resources to computers as we do. My students have impacted my life and I cherish the times we had together.
--Kealy with one of her students and Elaine, a teacher from the Phillipines--
--Elaine, Kealy, Ryan and Appiah, a teacher from Ghana--
--Kealy with more students--
--Kealy and Appiah doing Kung Fu!--
Today we hung out with some true friends that we care about very much. We enjoyed bowling together on the sixth forth of a building in downtown Nanning. They even had shoes that fit Ryan and the other guys. We had a great time, it felt like bowling in the states. It's truly amazing the people God brings into our lives and the connections that can be made so quickly and unconditionally. The families we have come to know and love will always be close to our hearts and the times we have shared. We truly feel loved and accepted for who we are by our wonderful friends here in China. Later, we went to a Pizza Buffet that was greatly enjoyed and it even had free drink refills, which is extremely rare in China.
--Ryan staying warm in front of our new space heater--
Before we left for todays outing we had an experience here at home with our toilet. Our Western toilet was placed on top of the Eastern toilet leaving a small hole for our shower water to drain into. One of us flushed the toilet today and had a great surpise when our toilet backfired and stuff came flying out of the small hole from underneath our toilet, filling upour bathroom floor. We thought since it was coming from the Eastern part of the toilet maybe it was clogged so we descided to flush the Eastern part of the toilet but that only filled up the Western toilet with the unspeakabe. Let's just say it was hard to eat our next meal. So we called our landlord and they said they would fix it while we were out. When we got hope we found a note in the door expressing their concerns, the note said, "The toilet is ok now. But it was really very dirty this time. so much so that the repairman felt very sick. They want to give you some advice in case it happens again." And then they listed four suggestions on how to prevent toilet cloggage. We laughed really hard for a long time and are still chuckling as we write this. We feel really bad for the repair guy but the sewer system is a little different then what we are used too. Why would stuff come flying out of a hole in the ground when you flush? What a day in China. We are so glad that they came and fixed it.
What will tomorrow bring? We will keep you posted!
Love,
Kealy and Ryan
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