Did summer happen already? It’s
been such a whirlwind couple of months; scratch that, couple of years.
As many of you know I spent the
summer in Boston, plus about 8 days in New York City. What might have I been
doing on the East Coast? You might ask, I’m not 100%, but if you are curious I
was working for a group called International College of English (ICE) with some
phenomenal individuals from around the world teaching English to kids from all
over the world on an education vacation in America. You may have seen pictures
floating around facebook if you are also a stalker, I’m not judging, I do it
too. This incredible experience allowed me the chance to tour Harvard, do the
Freedom trail, scream at Six Flags and Canobie Lake Park, walk the plank on the
Mayflower and experience the Plymouth Plantations, I gazed at the bright lights
of Times Square, walked 5th Ave, stared in awe at the Statue of
Liberty, got sick on the ferry that took us to said statue, I ate a hot dog in
Central Park, jumped through fountains at Battery Park, I felt the sadness of
Ground Zero, sat through three open top bus rides with the rain in my face and
wind in my hair, stood face to face with a Van Gogh and other famous paintings,
walked on a high rise garden, “heellllooooo’d” at the Seinfeld restaurant, took
a stroll along the Hudson River, rode the NYC subway alone, ate massive amounts
of icecream and didn’t even feel an ounce of shame, ate New York cheesecake in
Brooklyn overlooking the NYC night skyline on a park bench, sweated it out at
Bunker Hill, let my nerdy side out at the Boston Science Museum, went to a New
Hampshire jersey shore wannabe beach, “pretended” to jersey chase at a private
Boston Red Sox tour, I rock climbed for the first time, I played house mom to
13 Chinese middle school boys, and taught some high school boys the joy of
American Football.
That is what I did this summer. Oh,
and I taught English for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. I stayed up way too
late, and I woke up way too early. I sat on the miranda (AKA- the veranda) and talked openly with friends about
life, I grew close to people who live oceans away from me (literally), I stole
diet coke, ate horrendously horrible disgusting boarding school food that
constantly made me sick, I fell asleep sitting straight up mid conversation, I
got really strong butt and leg muscles, I found out I can push myself a lot
harder than I knew was possible, I learned a square dance in five minutes and
danced it for 80+ people(I’m sure it’s floating around youtube somewhere by
now), I actively listened to kids, I gave hugs out freely, and I learned a lot
about who I am. And a lot about Justin Beiber.
It was truly a wonderful
experience.
That I would do again in a
heartbeat.
I’m
still not sure why the Lord opened this opportunity up for me but I am so
thankful that He did. It was truly God’s timing and His will because for me to
get over a month off from both of my jobs, to have passed my certification with
a 94% and to get my stubborn self to do something out of the norm could only
have been orchestrated by one who is much wiser than I. I know a mission of
being a Christ follower is planting seeds where ever we go, and I hope I was
able to embody the love of Christ to all I came across and show that
Christianity can, should and does equal love; but today, I eagerly await to see
what blossoms from the seeds that I know were sown into my very being while I
was there.
NYC Public Library.
And to the right, David and I at Grand Central Station
1 comment:
That all sounds awesome! I'm so glad you got have that experience, I sure it was fun and very difficult at the same time. Hope we can chat more about it sometime:)
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