Since moving to China, I have really wanted to be able to travel. Traveling was something that got shut down pretty quickly, when I got kidney stones and decided to go back to America-- until they were gone. I am now healthy and the trips are back on track and I am excited!
First up, volunteering in the Philippines and then a little bit of a beach break right at the end, soon. I am excited for this opportunity and so excited to do some service work! I will get to work with an orphanage and with street children. SUPER excited!! I am really looking forward to a break, away and in another country.
Second up, a trip with my friend Mary who lives in Vietnam! She will be coming to China to see me :) and then we will take a train up to Beijing and do the typical Beijing things, The Great Wall and hopefully zip lining it, as we have heard they do that. After Beijing we will be going up to Mongolia! We were watching a documentary about a year ago, on Mongolia and we both made a promise that we would not go without the other, so we are going this summer!!! Crazy how dreams become reality. I miss her and I am excited to see her and get to show her mainland China, since she has never been here.
More trips will be planned and more trips will change my life, I can't get enough of this traveling. I love seeing the Light in people's faces, showing them the light and just being friendly with everyone I encounter. My heart has been overtaken with traveling-- I can't complain.
It seems like India will be in my semi-near future as well and I am stoked :D
Things at school are going well, busy as usual! We have been having fun and the students like me, or at least I think they do, but that doesn't really matter. After school EFL is a lot of fun with the kids, on Monday's I have 6 pre-graders, whoa are they a handful! but super cute and you can't help but love on them!
I am working on finding a motorbike, yes a motorbike. I am ready to brave these streets, everyone thinks its a great idea :) I have decided that it would be a great thing to have this summer, since I will be here doing summer camps the whole summer. Makes sense to get around on my own, and to avoid taxi's, because they can't seem to find my school to save their lives, even with directions written in 3 different forms and someone speaking Chinese to them. So I am resorting to my own modes of transportation. yes!
I am enjoying it here a lot right now.
Highs:
Trip with Mary getting planned
Philippines coming up
Students being amazing
growing closer to my new chinese friends at the school
growing closer to other expats
Lows:
Caught a little bug last week.
Not being organized enough.
Prayer requests:
For some of my friends here, mostly for their families back home.
Stay healthy!
Power through an awesome semester
That I can become more organized and give my all to everything I have committed myself too.
Thoughts about next year, what am I being called to do...
with love,
Ashley
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