The Students Are Exceptionally Active Tonight

I'm procrastinating. I have to write a research critique paper for my online class I'm taking, and I'm finding about anything and everything else to work on between each sentence of the paper that I type... for example, I keep hearing boisterous junior high students playing and yelling outside and keep looking up and wanting someone to laugh with about it... or at least comment to about it... but alas, there's no one around. Blast. I think I've really become more extroverted these past few years. I can't get anything done without people interaction. So tonight, thank YOU, blog-reader, for being my people interaction. Now, on to my critique...

Oh, and I hope that I will hold true to my word when I say you can soon expect a/some entry/entries and pictures soon. There have been some fun times here as of late in the form of our annual track and field day and Halloween festivities. So stay tuned. As soon as there are a few more things checked off my to-do list, let the picture uploading begin!

Truly, God is good - all the time. And all the time - God is good.

What I Like About You!

First of all, the title of this brief entry comes from a great song.


So here's a picture of one the things I really appreciate about where I live. And though I do very much appreciate Matthew, I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about the fact that you can bring food into the movie theater with you!

Now, we had a full day of school on Saturday. I mentioned this in my previous post. But, it ended up being one of my favorite days of the year so far. Why? Many reasons, among them, I felt growing camaraderie among the teachers as we discussed the unnatural sin of having a full school day on a Saturday, I got mail from Matthew across the office, I actually got quite a bit of work done, my students were rock stars, I was wearing purple shoes, AND a Taiwanese friend helped me order pizza during the day so that I could zoom to Pizza Hut as soon as I got out of school, pick up the pizza, and make it to the theater in time to see EVAN ALMIGHTY. I was looking forward to it all day. The plan went off without a hitch. (Well, except that Heidi was battling a case of explosive bug bites that day. Sorry, Heidi! Glad you're better now!) It was such a blessing. And I laughed my head off at the movie. Mostly because I think animals are hilarious and Steve Carell is hilarious... and this movie had both. And because I got to sit with a whole pizza box in front of me and share it with two guys. The three of us devoured those two pizzas. What a way to end a Saturday of school! I think I'm spoiled rotten. Well, praise God for a day of both work and fun!

Pictures!

So for the Moon Festival, we had a four day weekend. (Because of that, we had to make up a day of classes last Saturday... but I'm going to refrain from further comment on that subject.) It was a fabulous time because one of the teachers in my office took a few other foreigners and I with her family to the east coast of Taiwan. It was incredible. God completely blessed my socks off through those four days. It was full of rest, reading, laughter, and God's BEAUTIFUL creation. I posted 2 albums of pictures from this trip on Facebook, and am providing the link to those photo albums here. Even if you don't have a Facebook account, you should be able to view the pictures.

God's joy and peace be yours in Christ!

http://cune.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009984&l=21c77&id=146501043

http://cune.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009985&l=ed43f&id=146501043