Kru Christian

Kru means teacher and so my name here is now Kru Christian.  I have been teaching at the primary school, Ban Hin Turn and it has been great.  I have been teaching English and playing guitar and singing songs with the students.  They are preschool through grade 6.  They learn English everyday as one of their subjects.  I usually help with pronunciation or clarification of the meaning of certain words.  The students are very smart and are very dedicated to learning.  Every morning they gather in front of the school to raise the Thai flag, sing the National Anthem, say a morning prayer, meditate, and receive instruction for the day.  This morning we all sang "If your happy and you know it, clap your hands".  In another picture you will see the students brushing their teeth.  They do this everyday right after lunch.  There is a funny song that plays over the P.A. system that tells them to brush the right side, then the left, then the front.  It is very cute watching them brush in unison.  There is also a picture of a green tree snake that has made his home on the school grounds in a banana tree.  The head teacher, Kru Ngo says "no fierce", which means not dangerous.  Although, the other night some of the High School boys visited me at my room and found a juvenile viper snake in a large clay pot behind my house.  I just wanted the student to fish it out and let it go in the woods but instead he smashed it with a stick.  I was kind of bummed that he killed it but he said, "if it bites you...  you could die.  But now...  snake 100% dead!"  Kind of scary but cool all the same.  I wish I had taken a picture but it all went down so fast.  The teachers are so nice to me.  Every morning there is fresh fruit hanging outside my door and they bring me a big dinner every night.  Sometimes 2 different teachers bring a full meal so there is way too much for me to eat.  The dogs are eating good.  I am trying to be polite by eating as much as possible but...  oh my...  I am always full.  Tonight is the night market in town.  Very fun.  And then tomorrow there is no school for the High School boys so they are taking me to one of their favorite places, a water fall near the beach.  I'm excited for that.

My heart is overflowing with gratitude for each day.  I am blessed.