Home Again

I made it back safely to Chicago on Thursday night around 6:00pm. It took 5 planes, 4 meals, 5 snacks, 36 hours with time changes, and two happy parents greeting me on the bottom of the escalator to make it. It is good to be back but reality is setting in that in 10 weeks I am done with undergraduate work forever.

God is good, all the time, all the time, God is good.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

I am leaving on a jet plane. I do not know when I will be back again. Today is my last day in Indonesia. I have had a wonderful time while I was here. I learned a lot about teaching and also about myself and living on my own. This morning I went to say good-bye to the children and I got mauled by them in a group hug. The boys have made up this coordinated performance whenever they see me they put their heads in their arms and pretend to cry. They all do it too. It is so great. Thank you for reading my blog and taking an adventure with me in Indonesia. I am excited to see you in person and talk to you about my experiences. God Bless

What I am here to teach?

Some people may think that all I do is vacation to fun places, and try new fruit each week. That is true but I am also here to teach. Teaching has been going really well. I taught every subject for 2 weeks and I am now weaning myself off, and giving my cooperating teacher more control of the classroom. We are currently doing a unit on Story Telling and Reading. It is so fun. The students just finished writing their stories and they will be sharing them on Friday with different grade levels. This week I am teaching English and Unit of Inquiry. These are my two favorite subjects so it is nice to end with these. I will try to add pictures of the students later today. I have to go and teach now.

Bali... So nice

This past weekend I had a Holiday in Bali with Alexis and Mark. It was so nice to be away and relax for the weekend. We could not have asked for better weather, and the beach and ocean were, oh so amazing. We got into Bali late Friday night, and went straight to bed. On Saturday we slept in a little bit and went to the pool. We then had a late lunch, went shopping, and then had a late late dinner. Don't worry souvenirs were involved in the shopping.
On Sunday we woke up early and had some breakfast. Mark and I went to the beach and Alexis hung out at the pool. We then had to check out, so we went shopping some more, and then headed to the spa. We got back into Lippo around 8:30pm. It was a great weekend.
Oh, I almost forgot- I got on the plane from stairs on the outside. I had never done that before. So fun.
Mark and I's catch phrase of the weekend, much to Alexis's dismay was, "So (insert adjective)". Mark and I have jokes but Alexis does not think so.

Pictures

I promised pictures of my weekend so here they are.