Hey everyone! Just got back to my training village after a long week of traveling! I was able to visit the high school I will be teaching in, my new family, and my new village for a few days and thoroughly enjoyed myself! Although worn out from so much travel....bus, bikes, vans, on foot, tuk tuks.....you name it, we rode it...I happy with the past week and how well things turned out!
The village I will be living in is beautiful! There is a large market, a beautiful river with benches and water lillies, beautiful schools and a lovely temple. My high school is large...2,000 students...but well taken care of. My classes will run about 40-50 students each and will definitely be a challenge. I was warmly welcomed at the school with a school assembly and faculty meetings to introduce me to everyone. When my family took me around the market the next day, everyone was saying "neak kru, neak kru!" which means "teacher" in Khmer. It was nice to see how quickly everyone knew who I was and that I was not just a tourist walking around their city....we call it "coconut wireless" here...news travels very fast!
The family I will be living with is very kind and excited to have me. I have a high school aged sister who showed me all around town and already loves spending time with me. I also have a 12 year old brother who has a great sense of humor and is alawys entertainng. My father there is a dentist but also has a chicken farm.....there are chickens, roosters, and some other crazy kind of bird that run all over the back yard....it made me think about my own Dad and how he always wanted a chicken farm. :) The yard also has lots of fruit trees....bananas, oranges, mangos....it's great! There's a lovely hammock in the backyard that i love! :) Another teacher boards there and we basically have the entire upstairs to ourselves....I have a large room with two windows that look out into the backyard and a nice double bed. I know I'm going to be very happy there and can't wait to get settled in! :)
Well that's all for now.....I'm still rather exhausted from the week's events as we did not get much rest at all (my own fault actually) so I'm going to head home for some lunch and then a nice long nap! :)
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hey Sara I hope you are having a good time I know I am (except that your mom really misses you) Those chocolate ants were good I mean uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you never heard that ok!!!!!!!!!
Sarah, How exciting. We read your blog at church last night. We rejoice with you & joke how we thought you would be "roughing it". Sounds like a S.E. Asia resort, a picturesque, slow winding river, hammock in the shade, pick fruit from your bedroom window, etc., etc...
We can see the rewards of faith and faithfulness.
Do they have internet access there in the town? It sounds like a fairly large city w/ 2000 students in the high school.
Much love & prayers.
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