Above: our last day with our sweet teacher Ou Yang Jie Mei. I miss her!
So I've gotten to the point where my Mandarin has dragged my English down so much that I can't speak in English nor Mandarin. Makes things a little awkward.
Week word Mandarin: ganga (gone gah) - awkward. Also wugui is turtle (like master wugui in Kung fu panda!) so if you put that together you get awkward turtle in Chinese. You're welcome.
Short version: We only have two weeks left before I'm in Taiwan. I think I should probably practice Chinese now, or else I'm gonna be really confused when I get there. Hm...
Long version: We got a new Chinese teacher this week. He's pretty good (even though Ou Yang Jie Mei's still me favorite ;)). He asked me- in Chinese- if I studied Chinese before. I turned to my companion and go "what did he just ask me?" I think that sufficiently answered the question.
I am so sad- this week one of our Elders, Elder Lainhart, is going home for surgery on his shoulder. He was sick for the whole first month, had a cavity filling fall out, and now tore cartilage in his shoulder. He was my pokemon discussion buddy :'(. But I'm glad he has a good attitude about it. He will be back in two months! His optimism and enjoyment of life has inspired me to be happier, and not complain about things in my life! And to always go forward in hope in life!
So in memory of him we took a picture of us all doing his awesome pose.
Disfruta la vida! wait what uh... I mean
Xiexie nimen!
Zai Jian!
Wo ai nimen!
~Mao Jie Mei
Sister Hickman
The pose of AWESOMENESS
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