Concordia International School in Pudong

Wednesday May 11

Today we went to Concordia International School in Pudong. This school had students enrolled from all over the world. The students came from places like Australia, Canada, the United States, and more. The school taught students from preschool through twelfth grade and provided classes with a diverse range that will give the students a well rounded education. The building was beautiful and would surpass a lot of the preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools in the US. The faculty there were all so friendly and their passion and love for what they did was evident. The couple that invited us, who we met at Thanksgiving church on Sunday, were great hosts and made us feel more than welcome at Concordia! As I type we are at TJ's waiting for Dr. Chen and some of our group to come back from exchanging money to work with the girls to perform skits! We will have to work together, despite our language barrier, to play out a story and perform in front of everyone. When we are done we will see if they can guess what is being performed. Before dinner time we will head to the train station and at about 9:15 tonight and will be on our way to Beijing! It will be an experience that I have never been apart of before and I am so excited! Today has been good so far and I expect it to continue! Only 8 days to go! It has gone by so fast, and I look forward to what is to come! Goodbye for now!


Sincerely,
Molly

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