It starts with one thing...

Hey all,

Welcome to my blog! What is a blog, you may ask? A blog is a web log. Its like an online diary where I can say whatever feels right at the moment. I hope to add a posting at least every other day, so you'll know what I'm up to despite the distance between us.

So, I was at a Rez worship service last February/March (I usually didn't go) and their was a lady trying to recruit students to teach at this school in Nonthaburi, Thailand called Global English School. I let her words percolate through my brain for half a year or so, contacted her for an interview....so I'm leaving in May. On a jet plane. Looks like I'll probably be teaching junior high math and computers.

So Sammy, you may ask, do you like the sun and hot weather? No, sun gives me headache and heat makes me fell blah...guess I'll have to get used to it. So Sammy, I hear you ask, do you like Thai food? Prob not, not really into spices, but I’ll get used to it. Sammy learn Thai? I spent 9 years learning French in school and still suck at it, but I plan to put more effort into learning Thai and hopefully will be more exposed to it. So Sammy, why are you going to Thailand? I like to experience new things. I wanna overload my senses with new sights, sounds, and smells. I wanna see if I’m cut out to be a teacher before spending 2 years and $$ on an ed degree. I want a bit of a break between my undergrad degree and my next educational venture. I wanna experience and learn about a different culture. I wanna be a Christian rolemodel to non-Christian kids. Do I feel called by God to go to Thailand? No, I never feel called to do anything, but afterwards when I’m looking back I feel like God has been nudging me.

I hope to keep y’all updated on my whereabouts and doings. Feel free to respond to my posts or just say hey by adding a comment to a post or by emailing me. I have a companion site at Flickr where I post photos, so check it out here.

So…I hope you’ll join me in my travels….