I hope you have been visiting my Facebook page often. You will find I’ve been posting once or twice a week, giving a great many of you stories of my life in Laos. I encourage you to continually check that page.

The above was posted a few weeks ago along with this story:

Last year, my first attempts at teaching Easter to our junior high students and lower level learners went well but improvements were definitely needed. Our Easter Egg hunt fell rather flat, with colored eggs taped to the walls by the junior high for the children to find. It fell flat due to a speedy find by the children and then nothing much afterwards. This year, a readjustment had new students enjoying a revised Easter lesson which took me weeks to prepare. Was it worth it? Absolutely! Vocabulary included: egg, lily, cross, bunny and Easter Egg hunt. Wednesday was learning Easter customs, traditions and vocabulary along with coloring an egg on paper. Thursday was classes taking turns hiding symbol-designated paper eggs around the main hall. Was it a success? You bet! Just look at the excitement of our class Easter bunnies and our hunters. The SLVC Facebook page has more to offer. Take a look in a few days, after we’ve had time to post. https://www.facebook.com/suntisouklvc. But for now, here are the highlights of our lessons together. (It was very hot, by the way, around 97 F, so if our energy level looks a bit low, that’s why.)

A Facebook Page Highlights Success

You’ll see from my Facebook page that we’ve had several wonderful happenings here:

The roof has been repaired! Thanks to donations to the Center from overseas’ supporters, a father-and-son team came to spend an entire day (in the sweltering heat) screwing down the roof metal sheets by hand with over 300 nails along with sealing the holes. We are now ready for the rainy season, which will be coming next month. Whew!

Check out my Facebook Page for our Lao New Year Lesson updates!

Connie Wieck Facebook page will bring you more news. https://www.facebook.com/connie.wieck.5 Please pass it along to others, including enjoying all the reports of our Lao New Year (Pi Mai) English language lesson unit.

As a last note from here: Take care, all. Stay cool. We certainly aren’t here (uhg). Temps are to hit 104 for 5 days straight during our 1-week holiday, beginning this weekend, for Lao New Year. Shops, schools and government offices are closing down but streets, sidewalks and house gates will be busy with residents splashing passers-by and one another with water. Trying to dodge the buckets of water along with garden hose spraying is a challenge. This is the tradition for Pi Mai: Wash away the old and the bad; refresh with the new and the good. (Yes, that includes water pistols, which the Center graciously handed out for our term’s closing ceremony last night)

Wishing you the best for Lao New Year, everyone!

Connie in Southeast Asia