5 weeks??

It is seriously so hard to believe that my 5th week here in China is just about done. 3 weeks from Saturday I will be on plane headed back to the states and it will definitely be a bittersweet day for me...

I made it back to Kunming in one piece :) Exhausted, but I made it back and jumped right back into school on Monday. Standardized testing began so it was just a crazy week from the beginning. Our normal routine was all out of order and since I don't believe in testing Kindergarteners, my patience was tested this week! BUT on the bright side, I got to start my science unit on motion which the students love. We got to walk around the xiao qu (sounds like shou choo = neighborhood) to find a swing (most of my students have never been on one before..) as apart of one of the activities. While we were walking I noticed two of my students were holding hands (a boy and a girl) and I started listening to their conversation.. the girl said "when I grow up, I'm going to marry you." The boy said "how do you know you're going to marry me?" Girl- "because I decided it." Boy- "I have to decide too!" Haha I thought this was so cute and just a typical kid conversation. Love my Kindergarteners!

Tomorrow (Friday) after school I will be headed on then Girl Scouts trip for the weekend and I'm really excited about seeing another part of China and just getting to know other students and teachers. I decided I'm going to do a "technology fast" so I'm not taking my iPad, phone, etc. so if you try to contact me, you'll know why I'm not responding! I want this weekend to just give me a break from student teaching and just relax and enjoy this time I get to have with new people. God has been so good to me, so I want to give some time back to Him. This is something I have felt like he has been leading me to do. I promise to share all my adventures when I return :)

I have also been planning and filling every spare time I have for the 23 days with seeing new things in Kunming and spending time with people. I want every moment to count so I won't leave here with any regrets. But I hardly think that is going to happen.

Keep me in your prayers. God just keeps showing me that His plans for me are far greater than I'll ever imagine. And because of that, I'm so full of joy.