Beautiful and Broken

 Day 10 of 27

Waaah! I am literally counting the days here in Thailand. I honestly am a totally different person here. I mean, same. Just more, more joyful, more delightful, more grateful! More!!!

It's my second week at the English center and Mondays here are not rushed. Love it! 

Today, I am sharing some classroom encounters. 

Learners here come to class with a homework. They are asked to make 10 sentences from the word list in their workbooks every class day. One boy wrote today, 

Our teacher looks very beautiful. 🎉😘💃

Of course, that's me. 😂😁

Then, while reading our Bible story, one lady told me, "Teacher, I'm sorry. I am broken hearted. 😢 She had a misunderstanding with her boyfriend and I think it's bad because she cried after class. The ladies who were listening all tried to comfort her. 😘


So what's today's moral? 
Whether you are beautiful or broken, you can choose to be kind. 

Kind Monday all! 

Love,
Teacher Jane


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