{"id":310,"date":"2010-08-25T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T20:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2010-08-25T14:33:47","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T20:33:47","slug":"the-people-and-places-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/08\/25\/the-people-and-places-left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"The People and Places Left Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc00060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-311\" title=\"Sony DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dsc00060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One final walk down the country road before we leave the village for our first stop, the city of Saskatoon where we will catch the plane tomorrow morning. \u00a0One of the great things about living in a small town, is the friendship that gives more than it takes. \u00a0This is our home town in Saskatchewan. \u00a0Yes, it is small. \u00a0But like all rural towns and villages no matter where we travel, the people who call this place home have big hearts.<\/p>\n<p>We are leaving our vehicles parked in the garage while a neighbour drives us to the city and the airport. \u00a0No hotel will be necessary as we will stay at the home of our neighbour&#8217;s daughter for the night. \u00a0Back in the town, other neighbour&#8217;s are already taking their roles to ensure that the lawn is mowed, the winter&#8217;s snow is cleared off the sidewalk and driveway and that the plants in the house don&#8217;t die of thirst. \u00a0Going to China is that much easier for us because of our home community.<\/p>\n<p>In a way, when you, if you decide to make the journey to China to be an ESL5 instructor, you do so with the support of a host of people, many of whom you will never know. \u00a0Leaving is easier when you know that you will return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One final walk down the country road before we leave the village for our first stop, the city of Saskatoon where we will catch the plane tomorrow morning. \u00a0One of the great things about living in a small town, is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/08\/25\/the-people-and-places-left-behind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,33,75,100,113,123,159,217],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-changzhou","tag-china","tag-esl-blog","tag-foreign-teacher","tag-home","tag-jiangsu","tag-neighbours","tag-teaching-esl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}