Hi all! Thought I would start off this post by giving you some numbers that are pretty incredible and have shocked me as well. I have been here about two and a half months, ten weeks and five days or seventy-five days. Its crazy to think that its been about nine weeks since the team left and 8 weeks since Peter left. That feels like a year ago to me now. So much has happened since then and whenever I go to the guest house its like a vague memory that I stayed there for a week.
You want more numbers? I thought so. I´ve taught Seventy-one classes to one-hundred fifty-three students and I am still trying to learn all of there names! Thats all i have as far as numbers, hope you enjoyed!
Classes have been going well, Iam learning how I have to give the students some kind of grading system, which has been a little bit challenging trying to figure out the process.
I have made a new friend who has been really great. For those of you who were here, his name is Randy, and he is Margo´s son. I´ve been hanging out with him and getting to know him. Last night he taught me how to drive his motorcycle. Don´t worry mom! I went slow and it was safe. Not too much different then a bike really. I think he and I are going to go fishing sometime and do some other stuff. Maybe hunt for snakes to cook them up and eat them. So needless to say I am very excited for the opportunities i might have to do with Randy.
I visited his youth group and tonight I am going to help teach them the dramas that we did with the team when they were here. Please pray for Randy as he is a new Christian and I want to be a good friend for him. Also please pray for the dramas that i will be teaching them, just that they would beable to understand me and that everything would go well. I Think thats it for now, I´ll try to update on a more weekly basis. Hope all is well at with everything. God bless!
En Cristo,
Dan
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
A Day In The Life...
So i know what you have all been thinking, what is a normal day like for Daniel? Don´t fear, thats exactly what i´m going to tell you.
Well since I don´t have classes in the morning I have the luxury of being able to sleep in. For this I am very grateful! I always have breakfast here, which is a meal I usually skip at home in the U.S. After breakfast, I usually have my quiet time. Then depending on the day, I might read or plan my lessons or wrestle with Amos. When Larys and the two other boys return from school, we eat lunch, which is the largest meal of the day here in the Dominican Republic. After lunch, I head to the school to teach my classes. I always walk there, everyone thinks i´m crazy but i really enjoy the walk. Its about a 15-20 minute walk from the house to the school. Once At the school I head to my classes, one day i have one class another day I have three, all the other days I have two classes. If I have a break between classes or once I am done with classes I usually head to the library to help our Raquel ( the librarian) and also to practice Spanish with her. I also help her with her English. Sometimes I will also help the other teachers with their classes or with their English. We´re usually headed back to the house any time between 6-7 P.M. After we eat dinner the activities really depend on the night, sometimes its watching TV, sometimes its talking to friends in the street, sometimes its reading, sometimes its planning lessons or playing uno with Amos. Thats about it really, not every day is like this, sometimes there are English classes that I go to or other activities. I´m sure things will probably change with Frank and Juanita here now.
Speaking of Frank and Juanita, I just got back from visiting them at the guest house. It was great seeing them and talking with them. hopefully i´ll be able to go over there to be a part of some of the things the groups are doing. It was nice talking to Juanita, someone who obviously understands a lot about adjusting to this culture and learning the language.
Sunday I recited four verses in the night service. I forgot a little bit of parts of them and slipped up because I was nervous. Oh well. And Tony got the whole thing on video haha. I can´t really think of anything new, please keep praying for me! Thank you all, Dios le bendiga!
En Cristo
-Dan
P.S. The spell check is set on Spanish so sorry if there are a bunch of typos :)
Well since I don´t have classes in the morning I have the luxury of being able to sleep in. For this I am very grateful! I always have breakfast here, which is a meal I usually skip at home in the U.S. After breakfast, I usually have my quiet time. Then depending on the day, I might read or plan my lessons or wrestle with Amos. When Larys and the two other boys return from school, we eat lunch, which is the largest meal of the day here in the Dominican Republic. After lunch, I head to the school to teach my classes. I always walk there, everyone thinks i´m crazy but i really enjoy the walk. Its about a 15-20 minute walk from the house to the school. Once At the school I head to my classes, one day i have one class another day I have three, all the other days I have two classes. If I have a break between classes or once I am done with classes I usually head to the library to help our Raquel ( the librarian) and also to practice Spanish with her. I also help her with her English. Sometimes I will also help the other teachers with their classes or with their English. We´re usually headed back to the house any time between 6-7 P.M. After we eat dinner the activities really depend on the night, sometimes its watching TV, sometimes its talking to friends in the street, sometimes its reading, sometimes its planning lessons or playing uno with Amos. Thats about it really, not every day is like this, sometimes there are English classes that I go to or other activities. I´m sure things will probably change with Frank and Juanita here now.
Speaking of Frank and Juanita, I just got back from visiting them at the guest house. It was great seeing them and talking with them. hopefully i´ll be able to go over there to be a part of some of the things the groups are doing. It was nice talking to Juanita, someone who obviously understands a lot about adjusting to this culture and learning the language.
Sunday I recited four verses in the night service. I forgot a little bit of parts of them and slipped up because I was nervous. Oh well. And Tony got the whole thing on video haha. I can´t really think of anything new, please keep praying for me! Thank you all, Dios le bendiga!
En Cristo
-Dan
P.S. The spell check is set on Spanish so sorry if there are a bunch of typos :)
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