Summer plans are finally made!

I know that most of you are wondering summer plans already but summer is still months away but it will be over before you know it. The snow will be gone and will be warming up for you guys on the other side of the world. Here its about 86 everyday! I am still loving it.

I havent done to much since i last posted. I went a long holiday weekend to another indonesia island. It was only a Thursday-Sunday trip but a lot of fun. Its amazing how each one of these islands are completely different. Some of you may know that Indonesia is one of the largest muslim countries in the world. If you didnt now you do! With that being said it was a completely different experience in Menado on the island of North Sulawesi. I felt like i was in the jungle and in some parts i was. We stayed out in the country and were surrounded by green trees and tons of palm trees. It was nice to breath fresh air made by all these trees. Some major highlights from the trip were going to see the smallest monkey in the world the Tarseir monkey. Please look him up. They are nocturnal so we walked through the jungle at dusk and went to a tree in the middle of the jungle to see him. Another great thing in Menado was the diving outside Bunaken Island. This are is a national park area and it is protected so it was just beautiful. I will have more pictures up soon about what i saw. I was surprised of all the different corals and fish that i saw. I even saw an 80yr old sea turtle. He was HUGE! He was about 5 ft in diameter. The other turtle was probably about 3ft in diameter. I was so surprised i was just snorkeling and not diving.

I cant believe all the awesome things i have got to do so far and its all here in Indonesia. Next month will be my first time visiting outside Indo. I am going to Maylasia for 6 days.

School update. I got three new students in January. Two of the three are adapting well but I am having lots of struggles with the third. I just dont know if our school is the right place for her. We struggle with things daily. So please pray for Gita and I. It can be challenging every day.

Something cool that happened in my room was when Carl Anderson came in for Professional Development from the US. He is a guru in teaching writing and has written many books. He came into my room and taught and it was great to see him use my students and I learned a lot about my students from the experience.

I miss home but i am happy seeing the world. Just FYI i will be home June 14th-July25th. Trip to NC end of June and Colorado trip mid July.