Some part of me knew that we wouldn't be starting classes on September fourth even though that's when we were told we would. We asked for clarification on that point several times and got such a solid reply that we even looked into possibly going to Hawaii during the break. It's a good thing we ended up not going because last night at 6 o'clock Nova shows up at our door and tells us that at 8 am the next morning we were going to start teaching! We were supposed to teach Wednesday, Friday and Sunday but Mitch said no because we had already said that we didn't want to work Sundays and they had agreed plus we're scheduled to give talks this Sunday. So instead we're teaching Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but then on the first the schedule will change. How's that for confusing? Fortunately we'd already discussed the fact that a review of what we'd previously covered would be best and since we'd written up our lesson plans that wasn't hard to figure out.
The classes went really well. It was great to see them all again. Interestingly enough just as we were getting into the groove we were taken away to finally meet the president of the art college. We sat down with him and bunch of other people and listened to the translator while he welcomed us. The best part about it was that we were able to tell him how incredibly helpful Nova has been during our time here. Recently we've really been wanting Nova to get some kind of recognition for everything she's done. She's just a volunteer and she's done way more for us than those who are paid to help us.
Later we went through and gave all of the children english names which is great for me but Mitch is still having kind of a hard time keeping the correct names to faces.
Oh and we got locked out of our apartment again last night and this time Serge actually climbed up to our bedroom window--and we live on the second floor! Punched a hold in the screen and unlocked it from the inside. They've now changed the lock for the third time since we've been here.
I guess we're getting our Chinese adventures!
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Yeah that sounded fishy to me too. Glad you didn't find out half way over the pacific! BTW people are loving the videos. Thanks again.!
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