how to start at the beginning when one is in the middle??? awe a question to ponder in deed. i'm still in saipan enjoying all island life has to offer. what DOES island life have to offer...sand making its' way into crevices unknown, and making its' way back out weeks later for starters. it's funny how one becomes immune to the beauty which embraces them. i am able to gaze upon all shades of ocean blue each morning on my way to school (morning = 6:30am..minor detail flaw), i live a hop, skip and a trip away from a beach full of treasures and sea cucumbers as far as the eye can see, i'm able to shop for my underwear and pickles in one stop, i can hike to all terrains on one island measuring only 14 miles long (alas have not had the opportunity to use a machete, yet another minor detail flaw), i've learned to make a mean fruit salad, i pass palm trees and flame trees on my way to and fro exotic places like Joetens and "Blockbuters"... :) ..., i'm surrounded by people who love the lord and the big dipper, i spend my days with children who seem to appreciate my attempt to speak to them with my smooth interpretive dance manouvers, i'm close enough to travel to wonderful places that many never get a chance to see, AND i'm surrounded by love, encouragment, and other teachers who are finally at ease to no longer hide their bodily functions...AWE all good times in deed :)

this year has uncovered many difficult obstacles, including a harder class who is lower academically and in height. it's proving to be very difficult to teach students who have no concept of english but also have no care to learn it. i also have many students who are at a pre-K level with a curriculum teaching to a first grade level...awe tricky in deed. PLUS i have several students who take after their teacher in that they have a short attention span and tend to enjoy staring at the wall (first step is admittance). you would think shin high children would be easy to manipulate and mold :) with a class needing much growth, i AM excited to see and aid in this process. hopefully i'll have a class full of readers, writers and bakers ("OH you made brownies for me, you shouldn't have!!!") by the end of the year, or earlier.

well i shall leave well enough and alone and continue this little online journal adventure some other time. how exciting to think that i can write down all of my amazing- inspiring tales and share my wealth of wisdom with those in need :) i am a giver!!!!

write more soon. remember to always give hugs not drugs!