Wow! We've officially finished our first full week of teaching at the university and it's been great...sometimes seemed to go by slow, other moments fast, but we're all enjoying in nonetheless :)
The students have seemed to enjoy the classes and (hopefully) learned alot...I'm definitely looking forward to seeing familiar faces next week as we teach on our regular schedule we've begun. The friends we've made have been so kind to us and helping us feel welcome here...The other night we went to the small market with several of them after class and we all had a blast! We were definitely all stuffed after dinner because they kept buying all these different foods for us to try, and it all being so good (arroy mak!), we couldn't resist :)
On Monday, Thursday, Friday we teach English Education majors of many different years on school; those classes usually have about 30 to 40 people on them. Tuesday and Wednesday we teach 2nd and 3rd year English majors, and those classes each have 20 students in them. We mainly taught about family last week, and most of the students caught on well, and we all learned so much about their families...it's alot of fun finding out where they are all from and what they like to do for fun. It's a little overwhelming trying to learn all their names (or rather nicknames, since all Thais have nicknames)...The ones we've hung out with lately include Mintra, Thu, Jiw, Momew, Tee, and so many others!
By the way, in case your interested, here are our Thai nicknames:
Me- Shompoo (rose apple)
Josh- Pleng (song)
Ginny- Nam Som (orange juice)
Stephanie- Nam wan (sweet water)
Becca- Nampung (honey)
Kristen- Namthan (sugar)
...when our student find out all our names, it's pretty funny cause they all say something like "oh you all so sweet!" haha ;)
Today we went with Thu, Tee, and Tee's sister to Khon Kaen for the day (about the 4th largest city in Thailand). We took a bus, and it usually takes about an hour to get there. They've recently built a really big new mall in Khon Kaen, where we watched a movie and had LOTS of pizza for lunch :) It was lots of fun hanging out together, and we look forward to possibly going again sometime to see more in the city.
That's about all for now...continue to pray for us as we meet so many new students and find ways to spend time with them and get to know them more. Also, please pray for the other missionaries we're working with, Rich and Vicki Casebolt, as they seek to make connections at another major university in town (Rajabhat Mahasarakham University). We're able to see them a few times a week to help Rich out and see their little boys sometimes :)
Sawadee Ka!
(by the way, I'm hopefully gonna have a chance to possibly post pictures next week...I'd love to share some with you if I can!)
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Glad to hear that your first week of teaching went well. I knew that you all would do a great job... but I bet it's a huge relief to have that under your belt. Are you all teaching one big class together or smaller classes with just two or three of you? Missing you and praying for you.
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