10) The Doumen team was invited to a birthday party in a nearby village on Wednesday night. Each year the entire village celebrates the birthday of a "barefoot doctor" that was relocated to their village during the Cultural Revolution. An amazing experience for the team that money can't buy.
9) Kids at Yung Wing keep patting my belly and saying "you have a baby" or "what a big fat tummy". Grrr!
8) Jenaya will go to karaoke with some of the Yung Wing teachers on Saturday afternoon.
7) The Doumen team will go to the hot springs resort on Saturday evening for a bit of pampering!
6) Susie is spending time with Yang Yi this weekend, her host from 2007, 2008 and 2009. Yang Yi has been dealing with breast cancer this past year.
5) I'm in Macau with my boys this weekend - eating nostalgic food and celebrating Bridger's birthday a couple of weeks early. We had dinner last evening with John Mayhugh - a childhood friend of Bridger and Piers.
4) I was able to have a focus group session with Doumen English teachers to shed light on my research project. I'll be presenting a paper about Chinese values at HU this October based on my research.
3) Some folks on the Doumen team are being asked about their habit of reading each morning. Some meaningful conversations about reading have occurred.
2) Mr. Reagan Li, deputy magistrate of Doumen with responsibility for education and foreign industry, has invited our whole team to visit two parks in Zhuhai on Sunday. It will be nice to have most of the team together and to continue building our friendship with Reagan and his son, Bruce Li.
1) The team is doing an outstanding job! It's really cool to see the quality program that we're able to deliver in both Doumen and Yung Wing. This team is more prepared than ever to deliver a quality program - everyone on the team either has significant experience working with kids and or has taken at least one TESOL course.
Luke
Terry and Mary Ellen talk with the "barefoot doctor."
Holly teaching primary students in Doumen.
Piers teaching in Yung Wing.
The Doumen team at the village dinner.
