First Day of School!

In Thailand, the summer school holiday goes from the middle of March to the middle of May.  Corban’s school started May 10 and Esan was supposed to have his first day of school this past Monday, May 17, but a big storm blew through town on Sunday night and knocked down a couple of big trees at his school, so they didn’t have school on Monday.  So, Tuesday was his first day of school and he did great!  His teacher’s name is Kru Gai (Kru means teacher).  She is very sweet and is so happy to have Esan in her class.  He was so happy when Tonya picked him up and he said he had a great day.  He said they played on the playground twice and Brynn shared her sandwich with him at lunch time.  We were so happy but were still a little unsure how day two would go, that is, today.  Well, it wasn’t bad, but he definitely wasn’t as excited and willing as he had been on day one.  Corban and I took him this morning and stayed for a few minutes with him but he didn’t want to participate in the game they were playing outside and he just wanted to stay right by my side.  He did good when I said I had to leave and he gave me a hug and kiss and let me go, but he and Brynn were still just sitting watching the other kids when I left.  When Tonya picked him up today, he said he cried and missed us, but then when I came home and asked him how his day was he said, “It was good, I had fun.”  So, please keep praying for him and Corban and them going to school.  Here’s a short video from Esan’s first day.

Here are some pictures of Corban’s first day of school.  Corban went to this same school last year but of course was in a different class with a different teacher.  Luckily, a lot of the same kids are in his class again this year and he really has fun with a couple of them.  His teacher is very sweet, but is not the same as last year, so it looks like it might take him a little bit to get used to her.