They Make My Heart Smile

My Conversation Class

This past week we taught our last normal classes of the semester in the hotter than Hades town we travel to teach in once a month. I found myself getting sentimental as my first class ended as I realized how these students have been a significant part of our life and journey this first year. From the first few classes where our language was next to non-existent, these students have been patient, encouraging, and just overall fun. In the frequently gut-wrenching process of language and cultural acquisition, these students have been a place of joy and purpose for me. I am so grateful for their sweet smiles and open hearts - they have been such a blessing to me this year!!

Grade One Students (10th Grade equivalent)
Don't worry about ole Fang Fang on the far left, she's not high or sleeping, promise!

My Grade Two class (Junior equivalent)
Are those gang signs over my right shoulder?
If that little bit didn't giggle every time she opened her mouth I might be worried!

I just love these kiddos to pieces, and am thankful I still have a week of fun with them during our upcoming English camp. There will be 20+ foreigners on their campus for a week - hopefully after a year of hard work they will have the courage and confidence to say more than "Hoaw ah you?!"