Category: team life

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Things I love about my team: They bring me dinner when I’m sick. They give me drugs when I’m sick. They go out and buy tissues for me when I’m sick. They cover an already re-scheduled make-up class so I… Read More

Up close and personal

After a week at the beach, the team headed to Chiang Mai this past Wednesday.  There’s not really an update for the beach.  I took about two pictures.  The rest of the time I ate, napped, and read. … Read More

Only in China…

Before I headed off on my six weeks of traveling, the team celebrated Will’s birthday.  Will is the fourth birthday in our crazy December-January holiday rush.  This year, we threw him a Star Wars themed bash complete with… Read More

WARM

After 10 days of traveling through southern China, I am finally completely and entirely WARM.  Granted, southern China was much warmer than my China hometown (it doesn’t take a lot to improve on -25 degrees).  However, southern China… Read More

Outtakes

I had grand plans of stories to tell you this week, recipes to try and post, and changes to make to the website.  However, the time is quickly slipping away from me.  I leave Monday for six weeks… Read More

Fear Factor: Sonny vs. Rachel

With birthdays on December 15 and 18, Sonny and Rachel’s special days often get lost in the hustle and bustle of the season.  When it comes to parties, they have often gotten the short end of the stick… Read More

Family

Truly I tell you, no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the… Read More

A Twilight Birthday

One of the challenging aspects of living overseas is being far away from family and friends on important occasions like birthdays and holidays.  Consequently, as a team, we put a great deal of effort into making these occasions… Read More

Party in Prison

Every year, the foreign teachers hold an open house for the freshmen English majors at our apartments.  The goal of the open house is to familiarize the students with the teachers and to lay groundwork for relationships.  It… Read More

Out to lunch with the team

Every Friday, our team of foreign teachers heads out to lunch together.  Sometimes we splurge on one of the few “Western” restaurants in town, but more frequently we head to some of our favorite local restaurants.  We tend… Read More