12/2/07

Red are the Champions!

Red won the sports month! We also have spirit. Balloons, bull horn, mini-pom poms, and all of us are in red. We played basketball (which my team won), tug-of-war (which I played in), and soccer (which I watched).

We had a great basketball team and we had a lot of fun :D. We won both of our games. The funniest thing is that these girls have NO idea what a foul is. The first time I realized this was when I was holding the ball and trying to think of a way to get two girls to stop hugging me while praying for a whistle to blow, which it did, thankfully. I didn't know they loved me so much! Or maybe it was just the rubber ball I was clutching.



This sports month was a great time for me to get to know people at church and I'm developing some friendships from this month and my care group I go to each week. These people have been a huge blessing and encouragement to me. So many times people can come to church and not talk to anyone and go home and live there lives. However, this church is not like that and it's very refreshing. Tonight we had a celebration supper and decorated a Christmas tree! I didn't get to decorate one last year and my roomie and I have currently not finished decorating our Christmas tree, so it was a real treat tonight. They even had blinking, singing Christmas lights! I was kinda shocked to see those in Thailand, but it was funny. I still become a little kid at Christmas time. My roommate and I are planning on going and seeing all the Christmas decorations around Bangkok this coming weekend.



The best news is that all of my students have gotten used to me. The first week was just shocked faces watching me wondering who I was and if I was nice. The second week was smiles as word was getting out that I was nice, followed by kind of shocked happy stares everywhere I went. The third week was a little more natural with people waving and smiling really big while saying hello. I don't think they knew exactly how to react since most teachers aren't like that. HOWEVER, we've finally gotten to the point where my students respect me (the smile and wave or wai me when they see me and they do all their work) but I'm not so far above them that they won't ask me for help or feel uncomfortable around me. It took me a while to get to that point, but I'm really enjoying it. :D.


I'm still meeting with Ting and her friends. They're starting to talk to me more and me being their friend is actually making them work harder in my class, which is nice. Please continue praying for them. Ting and one or two of her friends will be coming to my house to bake cookies in the next few weeks. I'm sure none of these girls have ever been to their teacher's house before. It'll be fun. This picture was from the last time Ting came to my house to bake cookies. She loves her cakes and cookies. haha. May God bless you all!

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