Thanksgiving week...

Well, it's been a while again since I updated all of you...
Last week was hard emotionally because of Thanksgiving and all. Actually, the small group that I started going to had a thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday night but I didn't go because of having to work the next day.
This weekend has been good though. On Friday night I hung out with my friend Dyah at the mall. I was so excited to see Christmas decorations up! Even if not that many people celebrate christmas, I can still enjoy it here. I also got to buy a new motorcycle helmet! Now before you ask, no, I cannot drive a motorcycle...yet... But I often go along with others who drive and I always have to borrow their helmet. (The police pull over anyone not wearing a helmet.) Now I have my own!
On Saturday I went to the traditional market for fresh food and then to Carrefour for cooking ingredients. Santa went with me to a bigger Carrefour that has more items. I actually found taco seasoning and cranberry sauce! Now I can at least make up for missing it at thanksgiving.
After the English club, I was talking with some of the students (with Desy translating). One of the girls kept calling me "orang ingris" (English person) instead of my name! haha The other one asked me to invite her to America. I told her, "How can I when I am here? I'm not in America right now!" haha I didn't want her to wish to be in my country but to enjoy living here.
Today I had breakfast with Santa and her family. She showed me how to make biscotti (actually more like biscuits) so I can make it on my own now.
Well, I will go for now! Hope you had a great thanksgiving! Save me some turkey when I come home in June! :)

Fun Friday stories

I just wanted to share these two things with you before I forget.
O.k. The first thing actually happened yesterday. I asked my 5 year old students to write a sentence about an action word that I gave to them. One of the girls had the word sing so she wrote: "I like to sing Michael Jackson songs"! It was so funny to me that she even knows Michael Jackson. This is the same student who wrote about Justin Bieber. :)
The other story amused me because it reminded me that I live in Asia now. I brought an umbrella for the letter "u" and was asking my students when we use an umbrella. I said first, "Do we use it inside?" No... "Do we use it when it's sunny?" I was expecting no again. Then everyone said, "yes...". Then I remembered how they love to use the umbrella when it's sunny to avoid getting any color in their skin. Anyways, I thought it was funny. :)
have a great Friday!

Days of grace

Happy November everyone! I can't believe it's already November! Tomorrow will be my fifth month anniversary here. This is the longest I've ever had without seeing my family. It's been both really long and short at the same time.
The weather is still pretty much the same here. Still hot! haha Yesterday I put on shorts to wear around the house when I got back from school and then I realized that it is probably the first time I have ever worn shorts in November!
I title this post "days of grace" because of a sermon I heard last night by Grahm Cooke (he is a British pastor). I borrowed the cd from my friend Angie here. Anyways, one of the things he shared was that we should not consider any day good or bad. Each day is a day of grace. Sometimes God's grace allows us to enjoy what's happening. Other days God's grace allows us to endure. That is a good reminder for me to consider each day a gift from God in which He gives me His grace!
Yesterday I got to play badmitten after school with some of the other teachers. It was so fun, although very humid in the unairconditioned gym! I feel like it was a gift from God. Just recently I was watching some kids play badmitten on the street outside my house and I thought, "I wish I could play, but I have no supplies and no one to play with." But then the other teachers invited me to play badmitten with them every Wednesday!
Well, that's all for now! Enjoy your days of grace! :)