Sorry it has been a few days since I last blogged! With the four of us having to share 2 computers and 1 phone at our bosses' home we have to prioritize our time! My priority is always to get to the phone to call home!! You know I have to talk to my Momma and Daddy every chance I get! And Mark, although he usually just passes the phone on! We all know he is a man of FEW words!
We are wrapping up our first English session this week. It has been bittersweet already. We are happy to get to move to another school and get a new chance to teach and share, but sad that we have to leave friends that we have made. Today we began our recruiting for our next 2 week session. We walked the streets in front of the local Economics University (they are all separated by degree types) asking students if they spoke English. I figured they would ignore us or walk the other way, but they didn't. They either politely said that they didn't speak English or stopped to talk. At home we are so busy that we would never stop and listen to foreigners talk about a language school. Partly because we have to be so leery of everything. The culture here is the total opposite. Young kids walk down the streets at ten o'clock at night. Now how many of you would let your kids do that?
Last night after our classes we found a taxi driver that spoke very good English! We were ecstatic! We had recently been charged a few extra dollars by getting into taxis that had no meter and then not being able to say anything because we didn't know enough of the language. Our new friend Mehot is going to be our personal taxi driver this summer! We have exchanged numbers and set a schedule. It works for everyone because Mehot gets to practice English and we have someone we can trust. What a blessing!
Today is the last day of school for all of the schools around us. We are supposed to all be going out tonight to get coffee and ice cream. Us summer girls have become quite savvy about getting around town! We now know the "cool" hangouts! Our students just laugh at us when we try and learn the younger generation's lingo. All of us have really come out of our shells in the past week! Our students and us both!
I will try to blog tomorrow! Thanks for remembering us!
