Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head

Well..We are back in the full swing of things. We have just finished our second week of teaching. We have been busy busy for two weeks teaching, catching up with friends and students, and planning for the term. It has been so good to have everyone back and have things back to normal. We have started our reading groups again and so far they are going good. We are thankful for all of the friends we have made here.
In the last blog, I told you that I thought the winter was gone. I guess Enshi has a little Arkansas weather in it because it turned cold again. Not only has it been cold, but it has been rainy and cloudy for 2 and a half weeks and it is supposed to stay the same for at least 10 more days. Blah! I need some sunshine. We did have our first thunderstorm two nights ago. Thunder, lightning, wind, hard rain, and hail, It was wonderful! The Americans were excited and standing on the balcony watching while all of the Chinese people were running like it was WWIII. You could hear people screaming from every direction and students running everywhere. Thunderstorms don't happen here so they were all scared. It is so funny to hear them talking about it. We miss sitting and watching storms, and it was nice to have a taste of home here.
We now have five English channels including National Geographic, a movie channel, and the Hallmark channel. Craig has been overwhelmed with knowledge from National Geographic. So..I've been paranoid about the bird flu since there have been some new cases in a province close to us. We were watching t.v. and a commercial came on for how to prevent the Avian flu. That is when you know to be scared about something when they start running commercials for it.
So life is back to "normal" here in Enshi. We have 3 and half months left here and we look forward to those months and we look forward to coming home to see everyone.

The End of Winter, We Hope!

Well...We think quite possibly the cold winter temperatures may be over. It has been in the 50's and 60's for over a week. We have only had to use one little burner on our space heater to keep us warm at night. We have been using all 5 burners and it was still cold some nights. We have officially been able to move out of our bedroom and use the rest of our house. That also means we don't freeze when we take showers. Oh the things you appreciate when you live in a foreign country.
Craig and I have both been under the weather for 4 days now. We both have colds and Craig has a bad cough. We are on medicine and we are improving! Since we got sick, we didn't get to go on our camping trip we had planned, but we will go again.
Our classes start on Monday the 16th. We are SO ready! Two months of vacation is WAY too LONG! We are ready for our students to get back! We have been preparing for the next term and we are feeling really confident and know it will be a good one.
Continue to keep us in your thoughts and we would love to hear how everything is going in your lives!