So this past weekend i was able to spend time with my old student, Anna, and her friends.
talk about an AMAZING weekend.
the girls (Anna and her friends) had just graduated from Jr. High that morning (Friday) and were officially on "Summer Break" for the weekend!
and boy did we make the MOST out of it....
we started by hitting up the beach and watching the sunset
it was GORGEOUS!!!
(there were about 10 couples out there getting their wedding pics done - that tells you how beautiful it was)we then rode our bikes back to Anna's house, but got rained out...
...boy were we lookin haaawtt ;)
we then chilled at her house for a while, cleaned up, and then went out to this fabulous coffee shop and bought some amazing food ~ WhooHoo for lil' town coffee shops! Better than Starbucks any day ^_^
the next day we headed out to Taichung, which was pretty exciting for the girls cuz they'd never gone there without their parents before... ((no pressure on me, right??)) :P
but it was good! we had SUCH an enjoyable time together!
we explored new roads, checked out multiple shops, worked on courage with the girls (cuz THEY had to ask the adults for directions - i was no help whatsoever), ate a TON (and a half) of really, really fantastic food (including going to restaurant from INDIA = SCORE!!!!), and basically walked around ALL of Taichung (which is no small walk, let me tell you)!!
Anna's father picked us up from Taichung and drove us back to her house, however... on the way home we were able to stop at this really, REALLY beautiful rest stop.
it
was
INCREDIBLE!
we pulled up and i instantly thought of all of the rest stops back in America and it made me sooooo happy!!
(i know, i'm lame like that :P)
we watched the sunset and it was rather amusing actually... i'm pretty sure that half of the population of Taiwan came to this rest stop... JUST to take pictures of the sunset (not lying ~ see pictures below for proof).
the sunset was quite beautiful though.
and we got front row seats on the balcony, overlooking all of Taichung, AND over the Taiwan straight, which was pretty darn amazing...
and it was so... so peaceful.
Isn't God good like that?
even in the midst of several crazy weeks, besieged by several crazy weekends IN A ROW...
He still provides us with a few moments of peace.
:)
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| My dear friend, Anna ~ I love this girl a lot <3 <3 |
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| The train ride over to Taichung was long... and yeah... long :P |
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| i, being a girl after my mothers heart, HAD to get some Starbucks. not paying mind to the mile-long line that i had to wait in for 45min before i could ORDER my drink, nonetheless ANOTHER 45min before i actually got my drink. fail. |
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| The patient crew was totally rewarded with a free drink ^_^ |
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| Anna and Alex were great troupers (: (: |
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| The sunset in Taichung was AMAZING!!! |
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| a great day with amazing friends! Goodness i love these kids <3 <3 |
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| i was highly amused by the peoples with cameras. it started with simple pictures on lil' phones ... and then made it's way up to the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III (or something like that) |
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| i was being a good example and teaching Anna how to smile... with her teeth :D :D |
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| it's too bad that my ipod doesn't do this picture justice >_< |
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| it was really extremely breathtaking and quite lovely :) |
i will add more pictures later ~ my kids took more pictures than i did and once i get them, i'll post them up here too :) until then...
[OH WAIT]
i was almost forbidden (by my awesome team) to even GO to Miaoli...
this is why:
Joyce was having another wedding reception this weekend and had invited Jo+i to sing, but i had already made plans... so Jo+Fae came up with something instead. i think it turned out quite nicely... with just a touch of camille-ish craziness in it ;)
Mmk, it's getting late and i've still gotta study Chinese. so until later my dear friends...
<3 <3 Lots of Love in Christ <3 <3
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