Hello to everyone reading my blog!

I wrote last night with no power by candle light, but the connection got lost and after I tried posting, what I wrote got lost.  So here we go again...

Tuesday was great!  Santiago is a big city about an hour away.  We had to stop in a mall so Chris could stop at a bank.  That was a little bit of a culture shock. haha  The school we went to go visit had a group there finishing up building a couple more rooms of the school.  They are adding rooms while having classes still.  It was a little crazy.  I sat and talked with Shelley, the woman who started the school about 8 years ago.  She also started with just a preschool.  It was very inspiring talking with her.  She gave me a handful of lesson plans and worksheets all in spanish.  I need to get to translating those.

Thursday morning I spent in El Estrecho Abajo, one of the villages where I will be teaching.  I walked around house to house and let all the families with 3 and 4 year olds know that the class is starting on Monday in their church.

Friday, Chris and I were both "out" for the day.  We ate something with fresh milk in it and as yummy as it was, our stomaches didn't enjoy it as much.

Saturday I spent the day with Suni, in Pueblo Nuevo.  We spent the morning going over what I have planned for Monday.  I taught her some songs, read a couple of books, and explained the project and the activity.  She loved the songs and stories.  She got a digital camera from who knows where, and she video taped the songs and the props I made for them.  She has a cord to hook the camera up to her tv and when there is power she said she was going to hook it up and practice.  She was then walking around all day singing them.  She is very excited about helping with the class.  We then spent the afternoon walking house to house telling them we are starting on Monday.

So as of now, the plan is I will be in El Estrecho Abajo from 8:30am- 10:30am for the first class, and then in Pueblo Nuevo from 2pm-4pm for the second class. I'll be teaching Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  I'm keeping Wednesdays open to plan and prep in the morning, and hopefully help out at the Kindergarten class I have been working with in the afternoons. I'm a little nervous about how its going to go, but excited to start as well. 

So I'm going to be keeping busy, as usual... haha

To all reading,
I'd love to get a comment or 2 back... Let me know how you are doing and what you have been up to! :)

Well I need to get to finishing up the garden before the sun gets too hot.

Buhbye!

(Tim, 5 our of 6 of your eggs hatched!  I'm expecting a visit now! (:  haha )