... oops. I guess I have some catching up to do

It's been quite a while since my last post and so much has happened...

For six months I taught classes at Emmaus and spent time getting to know the students and faculty. I will admit that it has been very challenging... and I'll leave it at that, haha.

Aunt Laura (Director of Adult High School) needed a science teacher for the Spring semester, so she spoke with Aunt Theo and they made arrangements to have me teach at Adult High School at Palau Community College. For about a month now, I've been teaching Biology and General Science. The load is much lighter, and lectures are only Monday through Thursday with Fridays reserved for field trips. I'm enjoying my experience here... especially General Science class because it's a small class and the students are very outgoing and entertaining. Today we're going on a field trip and I'll be lecturing on Oceanography... followed by swimming in the ocean :P


Let's see... what else has happened in the past 7 months?

I've joined the worship team at the church.

I moved from Koror to Airai.

My twin brother, Josh, has left for Iraq as a combat medic in the National Guard.

My little sister is finishing her last semester at Columbia College in South Carolina. She'll have a Bachelor's degree in Biology and if she doesn't go straight back to school we may both end up here in Palau next year... we'll see.

I went to the rock islands a few times and loved it!

Over Thanksgiving break, I went to Peliliu with Jenny and Erin (teachers from Bethania). We ended up patroling the resort area at night and chasing high teenagers from our cabins... it's a long story.

The Emmaus boys won the championship for Varsity basketball... beating Palau High School.

Learned how to do a Shooting Star at T-dock

Watched dolphins at Dolphin Pacific

Gone kayaking around the rock islands and through caves, snorkeling, etc.

Explored Ngatpang and Ngardmau waterfalls


I don't know yet when I'll be returning home... probably sometime this summer. I still have to see Jellyfish Lake before I go... ok, I have to get ready for the field trip.
I hope everyone back home is enjoying the cold weather, hehe.