First, let me pan out and mention that our organization has three teams in this city, Changsha:
1. Teaching Team consisting of four single women, at a university east of the river. One of these women is from Minnesota -- and I actually met her last summer.
2. Teaching Team consisting of two families and two single women at a university west of the river. One family has three children, a boy age seven, girl age five and girl age three. The other family has two kids, boy age eight and girl age six. The Dad of this family is from Minnesota as well.
Our Team:
3. Student Team consisting of four single women and one family, with a baby boy age five months (that's us!).
From Left:
Bitsy, our team leader, is originally from Ohio and has been in China for six years. She has lived in the northeast, out west, and now in Changsha. She's been an English teacher and a student of Chinese -- and her Chinese is excellent.
Drew you know.
Portia is in her second year in China. Last year she taught English in the same province (Hunan) and is now a student. She is from South Dakota.
Rachel and Titus you know.
Ani is from Minnesota, which makes six of us in Changsha (way to represent!). Ani has both taught and studied, and I believe that this is her third year in China and second year in Changsha. She knows the city best.
Emily is also in her third year in China. In August 09 she's getting married to Jesse, who is an English teacher in Wuhan city. Delaware is her State-side home.
This week we've done team building and business, including a lot of petitioning, together. Drew and I are quite optimistic about the health of this team -- we're looking forward to a great semester together.
In other news, Drew picked up his class books today, met some of his teachers, and we climbed a small mountain.
Love,
Rachel
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