Happy Easter everyone! This morning we had to wake up early and get ready for church. I was a little slow getting out of bed (haha), so Jet and I didn't walk over to the church until 6:45am (the service started at 7:00am). By the time we got there, service had already started, so we sat down in the back. It's traditional at my church to have the high school students conduct the sunrise service. Usually the students do a skit about Easter, and so this year they pretended to have a news conference with a Roman guard. It was pretty good, actually.
After 
the service, we went downstairs to have breakfast in the church. We met Tong, Sky, Gird and James (Jirayu) in the hallway and all the kids seemed very happy to see each other. Tong gave me an Easter egg that he made. It was really cool! The kids sat at one table and I sat with the host parents at another table. I talked with the host parents about their experiences so far. It hasn't been 100% positive, but that's OK. A lot can be learned from encountering and solving problems and that's part of what this whole experience is about. Luckily, most of the problems have been relatively minor and the experience as a whole has been very positive for both the hosts and my students. After breakfast, all the kids got a bag of candy. Wow, they are going to be eating a lot of sugar this week!
the service, we went downstairs to have breakfast in the church. We met Tong, Sky, Gird and James (Jirayu) in the hallway and all the kids seemed very happy to see each other. Tong gave me an Easter egg that he made. It was really cool! The kids sat at one table and I sat with the host parents at another table. I talked with the host parents about their experiences so far. It hasn't been 100% positive, but that's OK. A lot can be learned from encountering and solving problems and that's part of what this whole experience is about. Luckily, most of the problems have been relatively minor and the experience as a whole has been very positive for both the hosts and my students. After breakfast, all the kids got a bag of candy. Wow, they are going to be eating a lot of sugar this week!When 
we got back to the house, Jet played another game of Monopoly while my sister got lunch ready. Then we had an Easter egg hunt out in the yard for Jet, Tim and Ben. My sister put candy inside plastic eggs and then she and I hid the eggs outside. My sister used plastic eggs that were colored with green camoflague. That made the eggs very difficult to find! She's so mean! Hahah!
we got back to the house, Jet played another game of Monopoly while my sister got lunch ready. Then we had an Easter egg hunt out in the yard for Jet, Tim and Ben. My sister put candy inside plastic eggs and then she and I hid the eggs outside. My sister used plastic eggs that were colored with green camoflague. That made the eggs very difficult to find! She's so mean! Hahah! Jet's host family came to pick him up around noon, so my mom gave him a sandwich and we sent him home with them. 
After that my family sat down for lunch together. My sister made a really good rice, chicken and ham dish. While we were eating, a friend of mine in Thailand sent me a voice note on my Blackberry. She and some friends sang a song for me. Awwww! I miss them! So I recorded my nieces and nephews as they sang a song back to my friend in Thailand. They sang "Pants on the Floor" from American Idol, if you don't know about that song, look it up on Youtube, hahah!
After that my family sat down for lunch together. My sister made a really good rice, chicken and ham dish. While we were eating, a friend of mine in Thailand sent me a voice note on my Blackberry. She and some friends sang a song for me. Awwww! I miss them! So I recorded my nieces and nephews as they sang a song back to my friend in Thailand. They sang "Pants on the Floor" from American Idol, if you don't know about that song, look it up on Youtube, hahah!So now we're just sitting around the house. My Mom is sending emails, my Dad is playing games on his computer, my brother-in-law and nieces are watching TV and everyone else is just sleeping or hanging out. Ahhh, a nice lazy day. :-)
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