The first week of the new school year in Taiwan ~ and here I am for a week at St. James’ Church, Taichung ~ delightful atmosphere, amazing teachers, lovely kids ~ as always! And busy busy busy ~ also as always! Continue reading And so back to school…. Yippee!
A non-stop 3 days at St. James’ Church, Taichung – it’s always non-stop action! Straight off the flight from Penghu, and in at the deep end! Mike and Harriet, my always-ready-for-action visitors, spending the last few days of their trip visiting all my old friends and colleagues at St. James. And what a great time we had! An 8-course (or was it 9?) welcome dinner with Luanne and Samuel at ‘Tasty’, followed by a night city tour…. On Tuesday the weather was amazing, thanks be to God ~ and my good friends Jerry and Jean kindly took us to Sun … Continue reading Warmly welcomed by St. James, Taichung ~ as always!
Well it was definitely quite a week! Accompanied Christina and Matisse on their first few days in Taiwan, firstly in Taichung at St. James’ Church and Preschool ~ where amazing welcomes awaited them, St. James at its best! And then to Taipei for a nonstop 2 days, accompanied by student Jenny… Friday ~ St. John’s University, Beitou Hot Springs, Taipei 101, tea with Bishop Lai, Tamsui Old Street for massage and ice-cream… Saturday ~ swimming in the sea at Baishawan, Taipei City – Presidential Palace, C.K.S. Memorial for Changing of the Guard Ceremony, shopping at Ximending, National Palace Museum and … Continue reading Christina and Matisse are here, definitely here!
Such a great partnership between St. James’ Preschool, Taichung and Cambridge-Ellis School (CES) in Boston, USA means that every summer we have the honour of welcoming 2 of their lovely teachers to join us for 2 months… So off I went to the airport last night to welcome the CES teachers for summer 2014, Christina and Matisse, fresh off a flight from London via Dubai… both smiling away! Yep, Matisse is indeed named after the great artist, and yep they had a wonderful time at the Tate Modern in London visiting the Matisse Exhibition ~ as VIP guests no less! … Continue reading Welcoming Christina and Matisse to Taiwan!
Yep, a whole action-packed non-stop 9 days in the USA ~ and we never stopped for a single moment ~ well, only to take a few (zillion) photos! Off we went, 6 of us from St. James’ Church and Preschool, Taichung to visit our sister school, Cambridge-Ellis Preschool in Boston for a few days. The first time some of our group had ever been there, and the first time any of us had met their lovely new principal, Gerlinde ~ what a great time we had! Such gracious warm hospitality from everybody we met, and definitely a strengthening of our partnership for … Continue reading From Taiwan to the USA and back ~ Dallas, Boston, New York YEAH!
September is fast approaching, the month when the Diocese of Taiwan hosts the Episcopal Church House of Bishops Autumn Meeting ~ so our 2 great friends, Canon Peter Ng and Lori Ionnitiu from New York have been here all this week in preparation… Hence visits to 4 churches in the diocese to see how preparations are coming along for the visit of the bishops and spouses…. St. James’ Church, Taichung (plus a tour of the Art Museum) ~ St. John’s University and Advent Church (and visit to the construction site) ~ Good Shepherd Church, Taipei ~ Trinity Church and St. … Continue reading Preparing for the House of Bishops…. busy busy busy!
Catherine Lee 