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Mrs. Li

Wow! It's been a LONG time since I posted anything on this blog. I wonder if anyone ever looks at it anymore to see if I've posted anything. Probably everyone has given up hope of ever seeing a new post. But here it is. A lot has happened since my last post. And I must apologize for not updating so many people about what's been happening here in Taiwan with me. But you may have guessed, or at least heard through the grapevine, that I met someone here in Taiwan and fell in love. That was shortly after the last post on this blog. I met a Taiwanese guy at the English church in Kaohsiung. His name is Bo-Wei Li. We really hit it off from the start. We found we had so much in common even though we're from totally different cultures. After spending lots of time getting to know each other and lots of good discussions, we started dating, and after dating for a year and 4 months, we married this last March. So now I'm Mrs. Li, and I love being married to Bo-Wei. I really thank God for bringing him into my life and I'm looking forward to what God has in store for our future.

more pics from Taidong

Here's Janice and I with a couple kids from the aboriginal village we stayed at... aborginal dance performances...

our morning coffee...

haha, when you're desperate, you're desperate!

Visit to Taidong

Here are a few pics from a recent trip to Taidong, a beautiful city on the east coast of Taiwan. I went with Dennis (a friend from Canada who was visiting Taiwan), Janice, and about 200 others from her church. Dennis and I were the only foreigners along on the trip, and of course everything was in Chinese, but it was a great experience!

We enjoyed lots of good food...
bike ride around a scenic lake...
The oceanside was magnificent. I wanted to stay there all day...
Taidong's hot springs...

the cutest mummies you ever saw

Here are some pics from the recent Halloween parties in my classes.

The toilet paper mummy game was a big hit...

It was a real novelty for me to see Peter stand still for a good chunk of time while the other boys wrapped him up in toilet paper. He's usually bouncing off the walls. I think his mother feeds him pure sugar (and maybe an espresso?) before she sends him to class. :-)


Another beautiful mummy...



He looks so serious but he's loving the attention of being wrapped. This kid is a real card. My class would be dull without him.


uh oh... these boys are getting carried away. I told them not to wrap the face!


Super Hero Carl!!!

hiking and caving on monkey mountain

Here's a group of us who went caving on the weekend. Sean, at bottom right, is standing at the entrance to the cave that led to a very narrow passageway. It was terribly fun crawling through the cave and getting dirty. :-)

Here's a few pics from a different hike we went on a while back . . .