The day was bright... the sky was clear... and we eight teachers were making our way across the dewy track field, with only the birds singing in our ears...at least, for the moment...
As we opened the door to the EV (English Village), we were greeted by our very own alarm system...you could almost feel the entire rest of the Nan Jung school vibrating as the bells rang out over the neighborhood... "The foreigners are here!" Junes commented as we trooped into the office where the police scanner report for the alarm was going off... we derived much humour out the fact that, as if we didn't attract enough attention on our own just by being Americans, it was being broadcasted (accidentally) to the school that we had arrived for the morning.
Our meeting yesterday with the Taiwanese English teachers went well...our prayers were answered as we were able to just sit back and talk over some of the concerns they had about the EV, and everyone's anticipations for this coming year. This past week has brought to my mind Ephesians 2:19 "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;" - this verse only makes a stronger hope in me to be able to settle in with the teachers here, and not be just a 'foreigner', but truly a 'fellow' teacher, and also a witness 'of the household of God'.
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