Contract for Teaching in SongJiang, China

I'm in the process of signing a teaching contract with Web International English training Center in SongJiang, China.  It is a suburb of Shanghai, and the Education Director there says it is "in the country." The Training Center is in a shopping mall, so it isn't the kind of country we talk about here in the US.  Here in Stanton, MI, I am in the country and the nearest shopping mall is an hour and 15 minutes away.

I am excited about it.  I just printed the contract out this afternoon and signed and scanned it. But I can't send it back to China until Monday, because it is Saturday there now.  I want to get the ball rolling and start applying for my work visa and getting all my paperwork in order.  I finish my Masters of Teaching and Learning with Technology on February 10th, and my contract says I will start on February 20, 2014.

I will be teaching students 8 yrs to adult in an English training school.  The school age students will come after school, and the adults will come in after work.  So my hours are evenings and weekends.  The class sizes are small, and I look forward to teaching students that are motivated to learn English.  The school teaches with a combination of Web delivered training and live classes.

I am beginning to look up Chinese language information and geography so I will know something of where I am and how to communicate when I arrive.

I learned so much in my TEFL certification course and in substitute teaching this year.  I look forward to all the new experiences I will be having.  I want to re connect with people that I have moved away from here in the States and keep in contact with them while I am in China.  I want to ask for prayer that I will do a good job and be a light wherever I am.

God Bless,