Summer in March

That’s right. It’s already summer break. It’s hard to believe, but I just had my last days at the schools I was teaching at on March 5th and 6th, and the kids had their last day a week later after they finished all their testing. It was such a fun last day! My last day at Huai Bong school was cute! Me and Cherise, with the help of some of the girls at Agape, made packages of cookies for each kid. I bought red, white and blue yarn and we all made bracelets. Red, white and blue are the colors of America, Thailand, and Karen. I told the kids whenever they missed me all they had to do was look at their bracelets. They loved it! It was funny to see all 300 kids at Huai Bong school walking around with their little bracelets on. For my last hour, the 7th-9th graders came out and I put them into groups and each group wrote a good-bye song for me. It was precious! Some sang their songs in English and then some in Thai and then it was translated to English for me. They were the sweetest songs. With the younger kids, we played games on the field. We played a huge game of duck, duck goose. I’ve never played with 200 kids before, so it was really funny!
My last day at the Mae Lamao schools was really fun too! We played musical chairs and made the bracelets there also. Some of the students were having a cooking class and me, Cherise, and my dad were served 4 different kind of Thai desserts and boy were they delicious! Then after we finished our celebrations with the children, the teachers took us to the Mae Lamao river. They had lunch all prepared for us and then we went white water rafting. It was a blast! The teachers were so sweet and it was a really neat time to spend with them! I have tried to be a blessing for them, and I continue to get blessed by them more and more! It’s been wonderful!
I can’t believe how time flies though! It’s already summer break in Thailand……and yes, it for sure already feels like summer! Bring on the heat!