Update of the events in the life of the Hualien family starting from December 2nd.
We set up and decorated an eight foot Christmas tree in our living room.
Benjamin joined Audra Wolfly, and the Kinmen team and helped give an English Teachers’ training conference on Kinmen Island for local Taiwanese teachers.
The Hualien girls went Christmas and cell phone shopping, and now sport trendy new phones, and the nicely wrapped presents are beginning to gather under our tree.
We survived another typhoon. The rained cleared most of the pollution out of the air and we were able to get some amazing pictures of the mountains and some new waterfalls.
Planned our Christmas outreach for the 40-50 teachers we work with. This included making the invitations, a menu, buying more decorations and designing an internationally acceptable way to exchange gifts in a culture which only gives cash for birthdays, weddings, and holidays.
The girls got their first taste of an internet café. The internet at our dormitory is down thus forcing the team to venture out into the highways and byways to find web access.
Gleefully picked up our new, fuzzy, extra soft blankets, which we had ordered from a specialty store while we were in Nantou.
Were warm and comfortable for the first time in many weeks as we slept under our new, fuzzy, extra soft blankets.
Had trouble waking up because we were sleeping so comfortably under our new fuzzy, extra soft blankets, which we ordered in Nantou.
We celebrated our three month anniversary as a team. For such an important occasion we dined at the Plaza Hotel restaurant. The Plaza is a trendy hotel and restaurant located in down town Hualien and features only the finest western and international dishes, accented by local culture (at least that’s what their website says).
Katrina Nisly,
Hualien Taiwan
