8/8 Last day in Lidao

Our last day in Lidao elementary school was cut short because of typhoon conditions. Despite the violent winds and heavy rainfall, we kept teaching until the bus reached Lidao. For breakfast, it was egg with radish cake and milk tea. After breakfast, we quickly went to school to begin our lesson. Dr. Ryan Wang, Elton and Joey led the first course. They taught them some family relationship terms such as grandfather, grandmother, mother, brother, sister, etc... The kids also helped with pairing the English terms with Bunun terms. Afterwards, Georgina and Jessica, taught them a simple song, Mary had a Little Lamb. The kids mostly knew the tune. They got the first line pretty fast, however the second line was a little tougher. The words were more complex and had a little tough time pronouncing. They gave Chocolate kisses to those that went on stage to sing. The kids loved the chocolates from America. It was a good incentive for the students. Next, Thomas and I went to teach them If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. They had a more difficult time grasping the song. The song was a little more difficult, they couldn't pronunce some of the words and pronunciation. They get the beet really quick, but when it comes to reading it and pronuncing, difficulty arrises.
Next, sadly, was time to say goodbye. It was a short, but binding bond we built together in those couple days. The kids seemed disappointed that we were leaving. Everyone was missing Georgina. I miss Jerry and Wu Shu..who didn't even come the last day, so I couldn't say goodbye to him.
Next was off the mountain. The cars came around 10:30. We quickly loaded our luggage and prepared to drive down. As we drove down, we saw lots of rocks and tree branches that slid down from the mountain. We made it down the mountain safetly, and went straight to lunch, which was a famous traditional lunch meal. It's the most famous lunch box meal in Taitung.
After lunch, Elton's parents and my mom left and went back home via train. Originally they were planning to go tomorrow, but they decided to leave asap before the typhoon gets any worse. It was the right choice because the typhoon hit hard later in the day.
Next off we went to a rice factory. The owner of the rice factory gave us a quick tour of the factory, I never thought rice took so long to cultivate. The process takes a long long time. After the tour, we went to make wind chimes because of typhoon delays. We were planning to go to Tamali and set up, but weather prevent us from doing so.
A couple hours later, we decided to go drop off the supplies at the Taitung University. After doing so, we went to our hotel and ate Mcdonald's for dinner.
Night was over.
Good night.


Jerry, one of the children.