Whoa, another day passed and gone. It is astounding when I stop and reflect upon the last nine months of my life, to realize how rapidly this time has passed. Perhaps this is because from that time until now, there has not been much time. Free time, that is.
Take today for example.
This morning was a fairly normal day at school. My first class of the morning went very well, even though yesterday was a holiday which sometimes causes first grade to be a little rambunctious. :)
My second and third classes, fifth and sixth grade, were good as well. In between classes I helped two fifth graders with their English competition speeches. There was an English speech/personal performance for fifth grade students that was held at Ying Pan Elementary school today, with the winners taking a trip to the US this summer. so I was going over some last minute changes with the two girls who wanted me to help them.
Anyway, Wednesday is only a half day for elementary schools, so normally we have the rest of the day off. However, not this week. Today Ying Pan team taught our first junior high school class. My class was really good! I had fun getting to know them, and talking with 30 students who can understand and respond to almost anything I tell them. So, for the rest of this semester, we will be teaching one class at Jung Shing Junior High school. I think it will be a good experience for, as I know it will stretch my teaching ability. We are thanking the Lord for this opportunity to reach out to another group of students.
This evening, Sandy from King Car came by with a teacher from the school in Washington that King Car has been working with. They stayed for about half and hour talking with us. It is really interesting to hear all the different ideas that King Car has :)
So for a normal day, it was not too bad. You would be amazed to find out how much you can do if you use all 24 hours of the day :) Actually, for as much as we do, we still find plenty of time to have fun and do stuff. It is just that we never really have what you might call a "normal day". Which is quite entertaining, and it keeps us busy!
I am very grateful for the wonderful team that I work with here, and the extended team as a whole. God has put us together, and as each one of us seeks the Lord with our whole heart, we will be able to do great things in His unity. In two weeks, all of the teams will get together in Taipei for a retreat! Please be praying that this will be a good time of encouragement and fellowship for us.
God bless each of you as you seek Him with your whole heart and seek to do His will. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. It is a great comfort to know that we have brothers and sisters upholding us to the throne of Jesus.
Till we meet again,
~Joel
