You know, Sanda Effinger is teaching in Europe right now...I THOUGHT in
Germany, tho...what an awesome story...

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Angelotti, Michael <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Thanks for the send. Cool, indeed. Mike
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> On 4/17/12 12:28 PM, "Griffith, Priscilla L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>  I just received this message from Mikely Williams, one of our OWP TCs
> living in Europe.  Mikela and I attended the 2004 ISI together.
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> We just celebrated our two year anniversary of living in Europe. We have
> been blessed with so many opportunities over the past two years. The reason
> I am writing is to tell you about an interesting event that happened to me
> and that is related to OWP. I don't know if you are aware or not, but I
> have spent the last four years staying home with my little boy. He recently
> started going full time to an International School in the Netherlands. It
> is an amazing school academically and otherwise. Since Kaden is in school
> full time I have started back by substitute teaching. The other day I
> substituted for one of the high school English teachers. She was so
> impressed with the job that I did that she has requested me to be her sub
> while she has to be gone for a few weeks. Anyway, I think what really
> sealed the deal was when she asked me where I was from and I told her
> Oklahoma. She asked if I had ever been involved with OWP or NWP and of
> course I was very proud to tell her that I was indeed a TC and an attendee.
> That actually made her feel more confident about the job that I would do. I
> was absolutely floored that someone all the way in Brunssum, Netherlands
> would not only know about the NWP, but also the OWP and be impressed that I
> was part of it. I guess there is no end to the connections made in OWP.
> Hope all is well with you and the dogs. I will be back a year from this
> August..  I look forward to seeing you all again.
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>
> Sincerely,
> Mikela Williams
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