Teaching:

Sawadee Krap…Hello.

So this update is about my teaching. I have been teaching here at the Wat for a while, English to the hill tribe kids in the morning. Now I was asked to teach at a Technical College in Chiang Mai. I was not sure I wanted to do as I am not a formally trained teach but they said no problem and since I am a “native speaker” all will be fine.

I started about 6 weeks ago and it is going great! I have learned so much and now my teaching at the Wat is better. I never, ever expected to be a teach but now that I am I am happy. The only problem is I have less time to work on cooking with the kids. I am hoping soon that we can begin to do somethings on the weekends. Wisit, the principal at the school at the Wat wants to see things here and so do I so I feel this will begin to happen soon.

Another thing I am working on is a fundraiser here in Chiang Mai at the Bang Krock Noi, hill tribe hostel. It is a great place an a few friends of mine and I are working with Bobby (the guy that runs it) on putting something together. It will be in November and we will have hill tribe music, dancing and food as well as a soccer (football) and Cricket games between the kids and some local guys, it is going to be a blast. All of the money will go to helping them get fans, new wiring for the building and some more food, EXCITING! Last month I took my friend Sam over there and she taught the kids how to make greeting cards.

Sam has done this at other places to help them get money for their lunches, check out her site, stongwillseed.org. She is amazing and only 16 years old! She has helped so many kids with much mre then teaching them how to raise funds. We will sell these cards at the fundraiser and I will sell them to anyone that wants them, I will put up pictures soon.

I have lot’s to report about the Om Koi hill tribe village but that will come soon. Take care of yourselves…