Beautifully Blessed by Four Specific People
Wow, I am in awe of how God has taken care of me! I feel so blessed! I made all of my flights because all of them were at least an hour delayed. =) I watched lots of movies and slept a lot on the plane. I traveled GR-Chicago-Seoul, South Korea- Jakarta, Indonesia-Semarang, Indonesia. On my longest flight, I was blessed to be sitting next to a man who was traveling with his family of ten who were going to help run a Christian summer camp for 3 weeks. His four oldest children have a traveling Christian music group in the states. I love to see who God places next to me on planes, especially when they are 14 hours long! I had to stay in a hotel in Jakarta, because I had a long layover at night. The next big blessing was Yohanes, an Indonesian man who worked for the school, but was in Jakarta for the weekend and flew with me on my last flight. He made sure I made it to the hotel ok, and helped me with my domestic flight and took my luggage (so I didn’t have to pay any extra charges). I do not know what I would have done without Christine, who picked me up at the airport, preset up my house, showed me around my house, school, and town. She has gone out of her way to answer my thousands of questions, and always connect with all the right people. Last, but not least, on Monday night another blessing arrived, Valerie, my roommate arrived. She is a very sweet girl who will be teaching mostly ESL classes. She is originally from the Chicago area, but has spent the last year teaching just outside of Seoul, South Korea. We have discovered a lot of similar interests (running, swimming, traveling, etc..). We have had a lot of fun discovering everything new and brainstorming ideas to decorate our new house!
I have had many opportunities to connect and get to know most of the staff through a large prayer breakfast, small lunch outings, and an all-day shopping spree to the big city about 1.5-2 hours away. I am really excited to be able to be spending all year working with them at Mountainview. I have already spent a significant amount of time in my classroom, trying to get it ready for the school year. It feels so good to finally have my own classroom; I just wish I had a little more time to prepare! My teacher training starts Friday and there are several staff social events for the next week! It seems like there is a never ending list of little errands that need to be done for our helper, internet, insurance, broken refrigerators, broken water heaters, passport/visa needs, etc….. It is taking a while to learn who to contact and who can translate for me.
