Hello friends! Welcome to The Harvest Field blog! There will be (hopefully!) regular posts from now on about what J is doing in her new job so that you all can keep up with her and know
what is going on in her life! First things first, J arrived safely to her new city; she had absolutely NO issues or delays on any of her flights. This is a huge praise because she said that this trip was the very first time that she hasn’t had an issue flying with luggage, etc. She and her roommate are getting along great—they keep getting mistaken for sisters wherever they are! Her first night in her new city she got to sing karaoke with the team and just get to know everyone that she will be working with. However, she said that she doesn’t remember a lot of that night because she was so tired! Totally understandable…

Since arriving, she’s had some pretty interesting adventures. On the ‘good adventure’ side, she had her first motorcycle ride. She said it was a blast! On the ‘not so great adventure’ side,
she got sick for the first time since arriving…with food poisoning. Thankfully, she was only sick for a couple of days and is feeling much, much better. She also experienced her first bit of culture
shock her first week. In short, she and some of her team went to a market to buy some things and the market was very large, full of people, and there were many decisions that she was going to have to make to figure out what she needed to buy. She said that it was completely different than home as far as the amount of little decisions to make in such a huge place. While it was a hard
experience for her, J said that she was thankful to have gotten through it so that it won’t bother her as much in the future. On a lighter note, she also said that she was able to teach four people she’s met so far how to use “y’all”, and all four of these people are now using the saying regularly.

Aside from the adventures that she’s been having in her new city, J has also been getting used to her new job as a teacher at the English Center. Her first week, she has been getting to
know the people who come to the center to learn. She’s been able to have lots of conversations
with the people and tell them a little bit about herself before she starts actually teaching classes. She said that the experience has been good so far and that she is really surprised and happy that the people are really open and receptive to having conversations about lots of different things with her. One of the highlights of her week was that she got to have a great conversation
with some people at the center about evolution versus creation, and they were all really open and receptive to different ideas. She was really excited about that and also really excited that she got to use her major and talk science with the people at the center!

As J begins teaching more at the center, she will be keeping everyone up to date on here, so please keep checking this blog regularly to see what she is up to during her time in this city! She is really thankful that she gets to let everyone know how she is doing on here and that you all are thinking about her and taking the time to keep up with what she is doing.