Amazing! I immediately recognized the woman who came out to meet us, with a picture of Helene in her hands. She was 23 when she taught Sarah and Helene. We did not see her after she had a bad head injury after a bike crash, and here she was turning 44 on April 3, same day as Helene turned 26!
This fuzzy picture is the kids tucked into their bunks. Sorry a quick snap but I always thought this was such a cute set up.
Newsletter photo of grad from kindergarten!
And as ever dancing is fabulous at this school! Can you guess that Sarah loved it!
Here she is, Bi Wei Hua, Sarah and Helene's first lead teacher, now principal. Such a warm loving presence, and beautiful as ever.
The secrecretary who knew Sarah and Helene works at the school and came to join us too. I told them that the reason Sarah and Helene wanted to do full days at the kindergarten was because they loved the little fried fish. It just so happened that that was on the menu for the day and there was some left for us!
Here's that yummy fish Helene!
Sweet Hello and goodbye, but my heart was deeply moved at the great integrity of these dear ones who want to offer their love to children. What a rich place this school is and has in my heart. Imagine two little girls learning Chinese in a classroom with 48 others, with a noise level they'd never experienced before and a hundred other new different things as well.
They keep on with the important work of playing a million games.
There is so much you just have to let go of in life, it felt like a miracle to be sitting with this beautiful little group who have been so dear to us and we were not sure what happened to two of them.
It took a great teacher, with huge positivity to walk them through it to enjoyment and fun.
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