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Sorry so late

It has been a while since I last posted and I apologize. I have been a bit busy, but also a bit lazy!! There have been many things going on here. Classes have been going great and I believe the students are beginning to understand me better. Or maybe I am understanding them better? Hopefully it is a little of both! I am enjoying learning more and more about how they function and see life. Things are very different here. The pace is slower and the memories are more special.
There hasn't been a whole lot more than school going on here since my last post, but relationships are forming and that is most important. This past Saturday we spent the evening playing games with the students. We played big ball volleyball and a game like marco polo. My body is still sore, but we had a fabulous time and I laughed more than I have in a long time.
I am not as spry as I used to be and these girls run circles around me!!
I know that many of you will not believe this, but I am actually cooking and enjoying it. The girls have even asked me to make things more than once!! My mother will be so proud, but I will no longer have an excuse to let her cook all the time...I will post pics at shutterfly.
Two weeks ago I gave my first test. I was nervous. The students were terrified, but they did really well. So either they understand me more than I think, or I was too easy! I give my second test this week, so we will see!! This week in check-off, they are learning about bedmaking.
They learn from their chinese classes how to make beds in china, but we teach them the differences in using fitted sheets and top sheets along with a bedspread. In the chinese classes, they have to practice their bedmaking skills 50-100 times. I thought we were hard!!!

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