It is 5pm on Thursday the 19th. I've tried to avoid going to the computer a lot and checking my email since that's all I seem to want to do. Today I think I felt the first pangs of homesickness and loneliness. I haven't made any really close friends this trip which is alright by me, but I want to be close to God. Pray for me that I will seek God's presence. That that would be utmost on my heart. I am running out of activities to do during class. I've never had to teach for 3 hours before. All the lesson materials that they give me are too advanced for the students so I have to basically make up everything on my own.

I bought some more clothes. I bought 3 shirts for 19HK dollars each. Thats about 2.50 US! I bought two pairs of chinos for 69HK dollars each.. thats like... 9 dollars a pair. The clothes are really cheap here. They are pretty good too. They have my sizes and stuff. I think I'm going to buy a suit. The blazer is only like 50US dollars and dress shirts are only 10 US dollars. So cheap. They're pretty good quality stuff too.

I have been learning a lot of cantonese words because they're all speaking so much cantonese. I am the only one from the states that is at my church. I haven't really had a chance to really bond with ppl. I don't know. I don't think I really want to so much either. People seem so different from me. It doesn't really bother me that much because I'm still having a lot of fun. But maybe it will later. I think they think that I am a bit too eccentric. People here aren't that crazy and I definitely am pretty crazy, so they think I'm weird. hahah. Thomas is very like... not laid back like a typical canadian. hahah. Not like Sam Ip. I think he likes his assistant Annie. hahah. He always talks to her really seriously and tries to find her when there is some free time. Annie has to catch a plane on Saturday to go to South Africa so she won't be here for the second week of teaching and he is always mentioning that. K write more later... gotta go. We have worship and prayer tonite.