Candace in Taiwan!

Week 4 of school is complete! Woohoo! I had a few new experiences this week, one being TGIF (Thank God It's Friday), the school's youth group that meets on Friday nights. It was so nice interacting with some more of my students outside of the classroom. Plus, I got to play games with Jon, Grace, and Melissa afterward! As of Wednesday of last week, I'm breaking my record for time spent outside of the United States. I'm officially in uncharted waters (if I wasn't already). Good thing I got a guide this week!  On Saturday, Ben, Kelly, and I got to spend a day being led by Tim McGill, the superintendent of Morrison and a missionary kid who grew up in Taiwan. He took us to an amazing waterfall and up to Sandimen, an aboriginal village in the mountains of Taiwan.  For the rest of this post, I'll give the general quotes from Tim along with the pictures of what he's describing- I needed to type furiously to catch even the biggest parts of his stories, but...

The last few weeks have sprinted away from me! I'm still getting into the rhythm of grading, planning, and balancing my days; however, the panic has ebbed away in the face of routine, classroom management, and good ol' fashioned prayer. My students understand and encourage me daily! Speaking of things that happen daily, i t still blows my mind how easy and cost-efficient it is to eat out. I can get a meal for as little as USD 2.80!   We see funny English translations everywhere!  Taylor Swift's new song "Look What You Made Me Do" generated lots of conversations last week. Before class one day, few of my students asked me for my thoughts on the artist's new image, and we ended up talking about JB, Chance the Rapper, and Kanye West. They called it "Music Theology with Ms. Brown."   Speaking of theology, the high school students and I (along with the other chaperones) went to Taijung for the Catalyst conference, a yearly youth weekend ...