A New Semester

Here's my new class from the Community Church of Lagoa de Itaenga. I have the advanced class. They made today fun.

Please pray that this class will learn English easily and as they understand more English, they will also understand more about the Gospel.

Vacation

This week was vacation. We got a week off for Carnival (Mardi Gras). It was nice. Whenever I make transitions or start something new, I get tired. I slept a lot this week.

But not until after we got back from Amaxias' church camp. I must say that I was not super excited about going to camp. I have a fear of interacting with new people. I know. It's silly. Ninety-eight percent of the time, I really like the new people...but I still have this quasi-phobia of new people. Anyways, so I wasn't exactly thrilled about going. If Lindsay hadn't said please in a really convincing way, I probably wouldn't have worked quite as hard on my assingment for the online class I'm taking (Language Foundations for ESL/EFL Teaching), so I would have had an excuse to stay home. But she asked with a please, so I woke up early, finished my assignment and jumped in the car in the nick of time.

And I'm glad I did.

School's in Session

We jumped from 75 to 125 students this semester. That's a big percentage. We have kids coming out our ears. But things are going really well. Several changes have been made in the implementation of the schedule & the school itself. Good changes.
In the English department, Lindsay and I are super excited that she is now only teaching the younger kids and I am only teaching the older kids. Allelulia! Lindsay loves teaching preschool and I love teaching the older kids...but schedule-wise it just never worked out. But this semester it is done. Working in the area that we are gifted in is just lovely.
We are also thrilled that we got a new teacher. Betsy came yesterday. She will be teaching the older students, with me. We are so thankful that God provided a teacher and another person to participate in our excapades.
This past week was just testing but tomorrow we divide up into classes. Should be fun.