The last 2 weeks and the future to come.

I really can't believe time is almost up here. Two more weeks, we can count down the days now. Our work has changed here a lot. We are not in villages anymore, but instead, we are staying in the biggest city here. It is so beautiful, but sometimes smells really bad. :) The trash system here is to throw it on the side of the street and let the cows and pigs and crows eat it up, burn the rest, or plant bushes over it.
We are now working with students in the universities here. We have been giving English lessons to a few of them. They are from Vietnam and so I love getting that cultural influence as well. One of the students cooked Vietnamese food for us. He is a Buddhist monk, too. So is the other student. My friend and I have been working with the girl Buddhist monk. She shaves her head, and wears simple clothes from Vietnam. We have to take off our shoes before we enter her home and we sit on the floor (which is not uncommon here). They keep everything so clean compared to the nationals. It is culture shock for them as well. She is quiet natured and so nice. Understandings on some things are hard to communicate, considering she isn't strong in English nor expressions. So, it is great to build a relationship with her. I love it, and especially teaching her how to pronounce English words and all sorts of English fun.
We have also been working with a company that trains professionals on conflict management and business values such as integrity and honesty. The business world here is very aggressive and
competitive, scaring hurting people. So, Biblically based curriculum is what we are working on by editing and adding creativity to it. That is fun as well.
Today is Tuesday, so we have one more week and 2 days before we head off on a big airplane to cross the big ocean for many hours, all to land on different soil, a different world, and a different plan. It will be so different going back. Things are already changed. My life will change. Completely. No more DBU, or 30 minute drives to the other side of the city. I will be planted in different soil, doing a different work. I already feel my roots have changed. I will not have tests and papers due and pressure of classes. However, my studies will not dissapear. I know that I will continue to educate myself and learn new things as I go along in life. I will be able to pick up books and write papers at my own pace and study. This will be nice, and I really am so excited about it. Some things I would like to pick up are chemistry, working with nutrition and the body. I love the studies about how the body functions and works. I think this will lead me to brain and social studies. Working with neurosciences/psychology. I love this, I really do. I remember going to an information center for UTD and they talked about their neuro studies, and I was fascinated, wanting to learn more. It has been 3 years since then, so maybe now I will be able to. :) So, neurology and "nutrition" here I come! (hopefully my time and place will allow for this.)
2 more weeks till I get back, but I know I will be gone again soon. Off to another place, another time. I am not sure where I will end up soon, but in the meantime I will be looking for other opportunities to travel again, maybe working in another country. I eventually want to learn Arabic, so hopefully I will be in a place where I can learn and practice this. I hope to go to the middle east sometime, for a life-time/full-time/career for my life. However, I don't know where I will be next.
My plan is to travel/work for the next few years, then maybe do some formal studies again (masters work), and then I will know my next direction.
Okay, chao for now!