Randomness!

Look how big I am! Yeah yeah I know I am not that great... haha but I am pointing to the speck on the world that IS great! Zhongshan!! 

The girl in the white is Emily. I don't remember the others' names, unfortunately. Emily emails me a lot. She is one of the only people that has actually followed through with emailing me. We talk a lot and we will probably hang out next time I go back down to Shinzhen.

Isn't this tree Sweet? :) I swear it is a baby palm tree!

"When you have been trained... Then you can eat."

"Eat a dumpling Panda...."

"You may eat now... CAN I?? HiYa!"

-Kung Fu Panda

I jumped on the back of Michael's bike. He is our school cook! :)

We are suppose to wear these little booties in all the classrooms so we don't get anything dirty.

Canada, Britain, China, USA, and BOND

Posing by a cool chicken who was in fact winking and holding up both thumbs! haha I couldn't pass it up!

Nap time in China. We were just walking down the street and EVERYONE was sleeping!

Niki and me. She is getting ready to go back home to have her baby! I am going to miss her a lot.

We are so dweeby. ha

Candi, Celina, and Tina singing Peng You

Elder Perkins and Elder Wan

We got the chance to go to a Conference and Young Adult Fireside in a hotel here in China. It was really nice and I got to meet Elder Perkins and Elder Wan from the Seventy.

I admire both of them so much and we all learned very valuable things from each of them. There were a lot of beautiful talks at the Conference, and I especially liked the Fireside. The Fireside was opened to questions and so we got to ask about whatever we wanted. This was definitely my favorite Sunday since I have been here.

Hike Hike Hike Hike Hike Hike Hike Hike HIKE!

We went on a hike a few days ago. It had really narrow, steep steps the entire time! 

Look how sweaty we are... haha It is half because of the humidity! I swear I always look like that here...

On a normal hike, one of my favorite parts is getting to the top and breathing the fresh air. Unfortunately we could not experience that.. There was a little pavilion on top burning a lot of incense and a few men were smoking up a smokestack. Icky icky icky. Anyone want to have a holding breath contest when I get home? I am getting pretty good!

We met a lot of friends at the top. We gave them each an English name and exchanged email addresses. This is probably one of my favorite times in China --> all the random people we become friends with on a daily basis.

The whole group at the top.

Mary, Gloria and Me! These girls are some of the Chinese coordinators at the other school.

Kristy and I being silly on the way down! 

'There's a MOOOSE, on the LOOOSE, full of JUUUICE!'

I love teaching so much. It is really challenging to keep all of the kids attention when they don't understand you but it has been really rewarding so far. I love all my kids! My creativity is sky rocketing and I have been learning a lot of cute songs, activities, and games from all the other teachers. Opening is my favorite because all of the classes are together and you sing lots of cute songs and play games. The kids are so fun!

Emily is one of the sweetest little students. She is so happy and willing to talk all the time!! :)

Josh is my favorite! :) Look how much he loves me. Aww. He is holding my hand and making the Peace sign! 

Eva! :) She always sits right next to me in class and and tries to say what I say! She is so cute!

We learned a lot about bubbles this day! :) They loved it so mcuh! The little boy in the yellow jacket and orange pants is a real hassle. His name is Travis and all the American English teachers call him the little mafia man because he is so sneaky and scary and he is usually wearing a little suit. I always get the glaring eye when I ask him to do something and you have to be quick for his hands. They are either punching your face, pinching your arms or ripping up whatever it is that you are trying to build for the class. Overall it makes for an exciting day of class. 

Lucas makes every teacher melt. Just take a look at him. .....and no sarah, you can NOT keep him.. haha 

Peggy is very beautiful.

Leo has the funniest smile. I wish I could capture it on camera but its really a moment thing. He is probably one of my favorites to teach mainly because he makes me laugh. I have to remember not to laugh too hard when I am teaching... Its a huge distraction... 

Kenny is really cute! It takes a lot to get him to talk because he is really shy so I try extra hard with him. You can just tell he is a thinker. I love his smile when he has figured something out or I tell him 'Good Job Kenny!' When I took this picture I told him to smile while doing hand actions to show him what smiling was. He then put his fingers in his mouth and pulled his cheeks out. I laughed so hard I think I made his smile worse. I learn everyday about how to communicate with them.