Well, the last month has been pretty busy. Mandi and I have been planning on heading back to the states for awhile, but we officially told our school that we are going back to America after this school year. We will be home in 66 days, on June 26!
Where we'll be and what we'll be doing in America is still TBD though. We'd both eventually like to go back to school, but not right away. After moving back and paying for a wedding, we want to save a little money first. So far, we've applied or interviewed with places in Washington, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. So yeah, we're kind of all over the place! The one I'm most excited about is in Indianapolis, and I'm really hoping that works out. Indy has been our first choice all along, and I think this job would be a great fit for me. Whatever happens, we both want to continue to trust in Him through it all.
Lately, it seems like most of our time has been spent on job-searching, wedding planning, and lesson planning (somehow my job load has gotten busier every year even with getting to re-use some of the same lessons!). However, we have had time for quite a few other things:
- We both celebrated our birthdays. I'm one year away from 30!
- We went to KTV (Chinese karaoke) with some of the Chinese teachers that we've gotten to know.
- Those same teachers recently invited us over for a dinner they cooked. Charlie, Phillip, Halley, and the rest of them are such an amazing group. They can all speak English pretty well, and they understand our Chinese. They will be some of the people I miss the most after we leave Jingzhou.
- We helped find a new teacher for our school next year. Welcome, Briana!
- We took Chinese engagement pictures. It's difficult to explain them. I'm hoping to post some pictures on here as soon as we get them back. Think overly-dramatic strange pictures with even weirder clothing on.
I hope you all are doing well. We're looking forward to being back home soon!
Mark 7:7-8
