Category: teaching
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May/June Recap: Teaching and Travel
The end of May brought the end of the semester in Balige. Shortly before that, I helped lead a retreat for the 3rd year students, who are now soon to graduate. And all the students with staff, myself, and our guest from Germany who gave a German language course in June. Read more and see […]
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Update update!
Long time, no write! I apologize for the lengthy silence on this blog. Not only was my schedule busy in May and June, but I had to leave the country twice. And my computer broke. Twice. But I’m happy to say my 7.5 year old MacBook continues to live in spite of a power surge […]
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One Year
Just like hiking the rugged terrain of the Cascade mountains of Washington state and the mountainous rainforest of Sumatra, I experience the joy of summiting peaks and the pain of dark valleys in my current life. This description is not anything extraordinary, as I know these kind of ups and downs in life are a […]
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Recent photos
Here are some recent images. There are stories to go with each of these photos, but unfortunately, I have had to take care of other things. What I’ve been up to in the last month: more ministry experience with students, helped lead a retreat, taught the deaconess students and at the university, and in the […]
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Holy Week
Blessings during this Holy Week. Before the start of the Easter holiday, we had a morning worship. The 2nd year class I teach performed a role-play on the crucifixion of Jesus. I wrote the basic text in English, and they organized the acting. Most of them have a low level of English, so it was […]
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The life of St. Valentine, a Performance
My students are very clever. In our conversation classes, sometimes we talk about culture. When holidays come, it presents a great opportunity for a class discussion, whether it be about certain traditions and customs on a particular holiday or the reasons behind the day. So, when Valentine’s Day was near, they were, of course, giggly […]
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Giving Thanks
The Thanksgiving holiday has just passed in America. I can give thanks for so much in my life here, but I admit that I do miss my family, and the traditions of Thanksgiving. We gather as family, we share a meal, and we live and share our abundance. I am thankful for my students of […]
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Yes We Can (a discussion on modal verbs)
The image is well familiar to the American audience. The idea to share this image with one of my classes came as I was thinking about what activities to use when teaching modal verbs (can, could, must, should, would, will …). I showed the picture and asked them to comment. Among the things said by […]
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A Day in the Life
It has been more than 6 months since I arrived in Indonesia. It is hard to believe the time has passed! I have shared some of my experiences so far, but not yet detailed what a typical day is like, because, well, it seems now so ordinary. But maybe you are curious. So… Just before […]
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A Visit to the Public School
Last week I was teaching at Nommensen University again. I didn’t go there in August because they were on semester break, and I was in Balige teaching the intensive English course. Now that the university is back in session, I’ll be going there every month again. In addition to teaching in the English classes at […]
Megs the Wanderer 