Well that sure is a good question… here, I thought that I had the next 18 months of my life all figured out. I thought that I had plenty of time to complete my bucket list of China, but all of the sudden I may only have 50 days left! I haven’t studied the language as much as I intended to, I haven’t been to a concert, I have not been to half the places I wanted to travel to, and I have not even been to the Great Wall yet! In no way do I feel like I have wasted any time here, but I feel like my time is not over.
So I have decided that it would be in my best interest to leave MRA, but at the moment I have no other job options lined up. I have been applying to jobs like CRAZY! I have applied at just about every international (governmentally recognized) school in Shanghai, some in Beijing even. Additionally, I have also began to apply all over the world – Italy, France, Japan, Korea, Spain, Virgin Islands, Honduras, Belize… and maybe a couple in the US as well. I have a five year plan – teach on five continents in five years before returning to the US. Then again, who knows what the future may hold for me. All I know is that I am not ready to go back to the US, and as much as I complain about things in China, I am not ready to leave China yet either! UGH So frustrating when I am clueless as to where I may end up in the next four months.
Wish me luck in finding a job and pray that God will direct my path.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do and he will direct your paths.”
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