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Friends and Family,

Today was the last day of classes with the students and it was a long and very HOT day.  We taught three hours of classes this morning, returned this afternoon after lunch for two more hours of instruction, and then returned tonight for the second part of Minute to Win it games.  ...read more »

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Friends and Family,

Day five found us very busy.  From our first meeting at 6:45 (a few of us at 6:00 to take a walk and talk to the boss) to the end of our walk home from the the birthday party at 9:00 pm  we were on the go all day.  So much excitement here and the students were very excited about an American Birthday celebration.  This activity was to culminate all the lesson on the best birth ever which has been told by all teachers now. ...read more »

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I want to try to blog before dinner today as we go back to the school this evening for an evening activity with the students.  They so look forward to us being with them and they have very quickly found their way into our hearts.  Tonight we will have a digital camera hunt but it is really just a ruse to spend time with smaller groups of children and let them become more comfortable with us so they will begin to ask deeper and deeper questions. ...read more »

Family and friends, all is well in Xi'An.  Today was a beautiful day.  We woke to a cool morning and there was a heavy breeze all day and dense cloud cover which made the temperatures feel all the more tolerable.  ...read more »

Well it is all official now.  Our opening ceremony this morning marked the official beginning of Xi'an Foreign Language School summer English Camp.  16 English teachers and 164 students strong.  Classrooms were humming with the sounds of Chinese students speaking English and getting to know each other.  Lots of laughter and songs. ...read more »