birthday party!

I had to work today, Saturday, because of open class at our kindergarten. The moms come to see what their kids do, and part of what they do is learn English for an hour a week with me or Jason. So, I had to be on show with the kids to show their moms how much English they have learned. It's no fun, because the kindergarten coordinator goes with me to every class and is so uptight. Anyway, I have to do it again next Friday and Saturday, and then it'll be over with for a while. Next time we have one of these, it's Jason's turn.

Today was Shannon's birthday. The girls planned a little surprise party at their apartment. All the ladies from Shannon's ladies Bible study were there with all their kids, plus all the summer team girls and all of our team and a few other people. There were a lot of people. Shannon and family (her sister and her family are in town)were an hour later than we thought, so we were there with a house full of kids waiting to have a party. Of course, the kids entertained themselves. When that got out of hand, one of the moms intervened and had them all sit in a row in the living room to practice singing happy birthday in both languages and then, with the extra time, they volunteered little performances of stuff they had memorized. It was way cute. Some of those kids are already little performers. They loved everybody watching them. Shannon came not too long after all that started, and the kids were pretty good about staying quiet as she came in the door. She was surprised.

It's raining again tonight. I think the summer monsoon season has started, but I am still enjoying the rain.