Hello my dear friends and family! I am writing to you safe and sound in Southern Oregon. I am home in the states for the month of July and then I am heading back to China to begin my new job at Etonhouse International School. I am so excited to start work at this hands-on, discovery based school! I am also very excited to live in Nanjing. In June I went and spent four days in Nanjing to see my school and explore my new city. I got to see my new school and classroom and meet my new coworkers. The principal opened up his home to me so I stayed with him and he and his wife are such wonderful people. The city was very hot and humid but the history and sites to see are very cool. I made some new friends while I was there and look forward to seeing them again when I am a resident. I will be living in Nanjing for two years and now after visiting I can definitely see myself making Nanjing my new home. I already signed up to be on a Dragon Boat team and am stoked to be part of a team and compete in races. If you do not know what Dragon boating is, it is similar to crew where as you are in a boat, everyone has a paddle, and you all row to the same rhythm. The paddle is a little bit different compared to crew and you hold it and row with it a little bit differently but the rest of the rules are essentially the same.
As of Sunday I started the online Masters program at Concordia University and am already working on four assignments! They sure know how to make us work! I am so excited to be progressing in my education and learning more about how I can improve in the classroom.
I hope that this upcoming year I am able to travel as often as I did last year. I need some new partners in crime since I moved to a new city and am looking for new adventurous friends. Wish me luck in this new venture and I will do my best to keep you all posted as to what is going on in the life of Sara Jones!
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