The Been Briefing

old students...

today brought slightly sad and also good news. one of my favorite students, phil kim, is taking a break from ERC. he has been one of my advanced students from day one, and i have grown to love him very much. for some reason his mother feels he needs a break and is so switching him to another academy... at least for this month. hopefully he will return. it is so hard to lose students who i have invested so much in. i am praying for God to give me a bigger heart to include new students.. and for Him to bring just the right ones to fill the seats of those who - for one reason or another - have to leave ERC.

also today one of my favorite little students who i also had from the beginning, john, left back in august to go to an international school in suwon. today he came and visited our class. it was wonderful and exciting. his mother stopped in and we were able to catch up for a bit. what a blessing and joy it is to connect with people who i am starting to have a little history with. it has been, after all, over a year now that i have known some of these people and have been able to develop a little history with them. God has indeed been good to me. apparently john will return to my class for at least vacation time during the summer. yay!

little note: john had lost a tooth since i saw him in august. it is our custom that those who lose a tooth can pick a little goodie or two out of a bin i have. so, of course john had not forgotten THAT! he was most anxious to pick something out of it. and the girls also wanted something, so i had to say, "well, you have to lose a tooth first!"

john replied... "i can pull your tooth off!"

LOL. i love my children!