The bad: my mom is coming on friday and my bathroom was a disgusting mess, including a wad of tissue stuffed away in the corner that's been peed on for what looks like the past few months. The good: that nasty freaking bunch of tissue is finally gone.
The bad: I almost gagged cleaning it off the floor. The good: I managed not to throw up.
The good: no classes tomorrow. The bad: there are no classes because the students will be busy writing their exams. Two of which I happen to be writing right now.
It turns out my procrastinating as a teacher is just as bad as it was when I was a student.
I've been so unfaithful with my blog posts... pasencha na po...
My room is now squeaky clean and suitable to host my mother. She begins her journey in about 12 hours. I'm trying to brainstorm all the things I can do to make her more comfortable... I'm going to buy some ice and manga and serve her mango like she's never had before and a cold drink once we get to the church. (I'll taxi to the airport to pick her up on friday morning and bring her back here.) One nice thing about arriving on a friday is that we don't have any ministry or outreach- only worship practice friday evenings. So she'll be able to just chill and get accustomed to being here. I have a surprise planned for monday and tuesday, but in case she reads this post I'll wait and hold back from saying what it is.
A couple exciting things have happened! I've decided now that I'm definitely staying until the end of November. Since I'll be here during the time the church goes on its mission trip to Thailand, it looks like I'll be going there with them! It will cost me 300 dollars which I'll have to try and raise somehow. We will spend one week in Thailand ministering mostly to children who are only familiar with Buddhism. Our desire is to see them come to know the Lord, and His incredible love for them. I'll try and change my flight to leave Manila November 30, and my friend from way back in grade 4 has invited me to come visit him in Wuhan, China! So if all works out, I'll go and hang out with him there for about four days and "get my feet wet in China" as he puts it. That would mean I'll get back to Canada some time in the first week of December, just in time for my 21st birthday and Christmas :) How exciting!
Aerobics with the ladies has been fun! We even had one of the little brothers join in on tuesday haha. I think he's 6, and it was so funny to watch him try and keep up with the dvd we were watching. He put forth such a great effort!
I better get back to these exams and finish up. It's almost 1:00 am and I really have to finish and get up early enough to print them off before 8. God bless!
