I am sitting at home right now with laundry in the washing machine and
dryer, clothes and other supplies spread all over my sister's bed and
so much more to do before leaving. I head out tomorrow morning around 6
or so am to drive to little rock, fly to chicago and then from chicago
straight to beijing. I'll arrive around 3 pm China time into the
Beijing airport on Friday.
I'm really excited about heading back
to China and am really ready. I have had a great time this summer
seeing friends and catching up on everyone's lives. It was so good to
see friends yet it is still very hard to say the goodbyes again for
another year, knowing how I will miss my friends. Everyone has been
great this summer. I am excited to see my friends in China though. I
will be in Beijing for about 4 days with my organization doing some
training and team building and that will be good to see some of my
friends in the organization who live in other parts of China. I will
then fly out to Harbin on the 28th to return to my home there. I am so
excited to see all of my Chinese friends there and spend time with them
again. I am also so excited to get back into the regular flow of life.
I feel like I have been living out of a suitcase for the last 2 months
and it will be great to feel like I am back in my home again.
I
know this year is going to be a very different year. I wont be having
to do as much adjusting as I did last year and will really be able to
pour time into my friendships there and teaching. I know there will be
different things to adjust to about living in China-coming from a
different culture, I am always learning and needing to learn more. It
will also be a different year having a totally different team. My team
will consist of 3 girls this year: myself, my returning team leader,
and a new teacher to China. Please be thinking about this and asking
the father that we will be able to work together well. I am also
planning on spending a lot of time studying Chinese this year. I think
it is so important to learn the language of the culture one lives in so
I am going to be making language a top priority (other than teaching,
of course!)
That's about all for now. Be sure to check out my
flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinamegan) to see pictures-I
updated them the other day of pictures from the spring and will have
some more up soon as well as pictures from this summer. Let me know if
you have a change in address/email or would like to receive my
newsletters and do not. Thanks for remembering me as I am traveling
tomorrow.
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