Preparation

During the first two weeks of June, I was in contact with the person at Renison College at Waterloo University. He was the one sealing the deal between the Xiamen University of Technology. It seemed to take a long time and a lot of back and forth. The President wanted this paperwork or that signature. In fact, one email stated that the project was probably a no-go because timelines were not met.

After that email, I figured I could end one contract and have a summer off. That would be nice, since our yard is now at a place where it looks beautiful and we can relax and enjoy it. I had kind of got my head around this scenario when I got another email saying that the powers that be were pretty sure that signatures and money were in place, but just to hang on.

So, I hung on! For what seemed to be a very looonnnggg weekend! It was very hard for me to have my life hang in the balance. It was hard to plan what should come next. I was trying very hard to plan my steps, but God had my future in mind already.

On Monday, June 21, the deal was sealed and I got the go ahead to proceed with paperwork. I had to get a visa application for the government. I'm looking into vaccinations as well as preparing for this course. I have never taught it before--talking about a steep learning curve! The emails are flying back and forth and I have come to a very important question: "How does one pack for 5 weeks with only two suitcases!?"