Howdy there. I am in Jiji, waiting for lunch to be ready. We're having "hot pot", which is really good...I just hope it's done in time for us to eat it before it's time to start class again.

We started the Jiji camp on Monday. After everybody was signed in, Chris and Tina and I tested them. I wasn't totally sure what I was doing, but it turned out to be pretty easy. Then we had an hour with our class. I have group C, which is the highest English level. They are awesome. They are so well behaved! I started out by introducing myself and my family (including the dog and 22 chickens!) and then I got out a US map and showed them where I lived and what route I had taken to get to Taiwan. From that point on everything kinda becomes a blur...we are really busy and my bed is like a hard board with a quarter inch of mattress on it...I can't wait to get to Kinmen! On Tuesday I laid out the rules for the class....

1 Obey the rules!
2 DO NOT eat your socks!

I told them that if they ate their socks, they could not be in my class anymore!

Last week (while we were still teaching at Yingpan) we went out and had "hot pot" for dinner. Basically you are given a gas fire, and a cast iron bowl and a big plate of raw stuff. And you make whatever you want! It was very good.

God is so cool. You know how the Bible says that God hears our prayers before we ask them? Tina, Chris and I were having a meeting in the library and we were in the middle of talking about how we needed to pray that we would be able to connect better with our TA's. Well, right in the middle of that in walks Vivian, and suddenly we're talking and laughing together and half an hour goes by! It was so cool! Since then we've been doing a lot of stuff together. Last night we all ate lunch in our "living room" and they stayed for an hour playing silly games.

I have to go now. Time to eat! Love y'all!