I feel burn-ed

So yesterday Chelsey and I went to the beach. We had a blast. It's GORGEOUS and feels so tropical. The water is warm, the sun is hot, the sand is soft. We met a couple guys from the states, Ohio to be specific, and hung out with them most of the day. We were there for so long though... too long!!! I am now putting lobsters to shame. I am red, crispy and it hurts to move!!! But it was fun! SO that was sunday....



Saturday we went and met up with some of the university kids that were sponsered to go to Canada. They stayed with my parents for a week I think, and I got to meet them, and talk with them. It was really neat to see another perspective, and even more interesting to hear how they felt about going from Hong Kong to Read Island. I mean, i'm used to the opposite, so it was cool. I'll include a picture of it.....



Last week was a great week. We had so many kids come visit us. We played soccer, played uno, went out, stayed in... it was busy but fun! I can not tell you guys how wonderful it is to have these kids come visit, and want to talk to you.... The best feeling is when they need your help understanding something, and you explain it in a way that they understand, and they get this "eureka" look... i LOVE it!!!!!

Tomorrow is Chelsey's birthday. I'm trying to think of something special to do with her. I think i will take her out to a nice lunch, and then maybe dinner and drinks, but she isn't feeling 100% today, so hopefully she'll be up for it tomorrow.



I feel like i have SO much to fill you guys in on.... .OH last weekend we went to the big buddah!!! IT was amazing...i'll put a picture or two in here of that too :-)....



We also planned a trip to Guilin on mainland china. We're spending two nights in Guilin and then up the LI river, spending two nights in Yang Shou (sorry if the spelling of that isn't right). I'm SUPER SUPER Excited. We are planning on riding our bikes through the rice fields and taking the bamboo rafts to the rice fields. They also have amazing caves and rock climing walls, so I can not wait...BUT i will tell you all about it when I'm back....'cause i don't have pictures or anything to show you yet...but that is in store.

OH and i want to write about friday night, but it's more of a longer story and many pictures, and I have to go teach right now, so we'll save it for later :-)